May 2011 Blog Posts (6)

Do you believe that: 'that women could avoid rape by not dressing like "sluts?"

Like the Canadian police officers group? Is the 'sluts movement' helping or hurting things?

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on May 28, 2011 at 6:33pm — 32 Comments

new model of sex differences

here is a recent useful paper from Arnold and McCarthy that updates our biological understanding of sex differences:They say:

"In the twentieth century, the dominant model of sexual differentiation stated that genetic sex (XX versus XY) causes differentiation of the gonads, which then secrete gonadal hormones that act directly on tissues to induce sex differences in function. This serial model of sexual differentiation was simple, unifying and seductive. Recent evidence, however,…

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Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on May 28, 2011 at 6:15pm — No Comments

Human males and sexual restraint?

What do you all think? I find it curious that the examples of lack of retraint by powerful men this past week are such a big surprise to anyone. (That doesn't mean they should get away with it or be able to abuse women in this way or that as a society we shouldn't have laws and punishments for those who violate--no matter how powerful)-- but is this really a surprise to anyone?…

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Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on May 19, 2011 at 10:00am — 78 Comments

What is the male-female wage discrepancy REALLY about?

(AND Why are Wyoming, Utah and Louisiana the worst states for a woman to live/work in? http://huff.to/iieChL )

Does anyone have any ideas about when, how or if this will EVER change?

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on May 4, 2011 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

Who cries more? Read It and Weep, Crybabies Tears of Men...

By K. Rosman in WSJ: You first feel your bottom lip tremble as your work is critiqued in a meeting. Or maybe it's a clenching of your jaw. Or perhaps there is no warning at all. One moment you're composed and the next … waterworks.

We can alter the shapes of our bodies, slow the signs of aging and learn to control our heart rates. Yet we're often powerless when it comes to crying. …

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Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on May 4, 2011 at 6:29pm — No Comments

Those who had unprotected sex were in a better mood because....well

So, study of the week: Dr. Lazar Greenfield, the (recent) president-elect of the American College of Surgeons referred to the research from the Archives of Sexual Behavior " which found that female college students practicing unprotected sex were less likely to suffer from depression...."

The three psychologists who wrote the peer-reviewed article… Continue

Added by LOUANN BRIZENDINE on May 2, 2011 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment