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A Slightly Different Take on V-day

A Valentine’s Day discussion from someone who engages in polyamorous relationships. Welcome to the psychologically complex and wacky world of polyamory, where people have romantic relationships with more than one person at a time. While there are many kinds of … Continue reading

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More on Mosher

A bit more on Clelia Mosher by Kara Platoni in Stanford Magazine (2010) and the first I’ve seen her mentioned since I found the article we read by Jacob (1981). It is a similar take on her pioneering work researching … Continue reading

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Sex and the effect of Night vs. Day

What sociological factors play to the fact that most sexual encounters happen at nighttime? What makes our culture value nightlife as the primary means to find potential sex partners and how has that custom come about? What are some conclusions … Continue reading

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Homosexual Marriage- Children

How does the marriage of same-sexed couples affect their children? This question is of particular interest to me because several of my friends have gay parents. Based on the information I came across researching this topic, I discovered that the … Continue reading

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How Many CEOs Running the USA’s Largest 500 Companies are Women?

How many women are CEOs running the USA’s largest 500 publicly traded companies? The reason this is a question that I am curious about, is because since my parents are getting divorced, my mom is going to start looking for … Continue reading

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How Does the Marital Status of Parents Affect Adolescents

How does the marital status of parents affect the way adolescents view sexual and romantic relationships? The association between the marital status of parents and their children’s social development is of particular interest to me because nearly all of my … Continue reading

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Who is More Violent?

My question is who is more violent: men or women? This question is of specific interest to me because it seems that there are more reports of females perpetrating violence then men in media but in my personal life I … Continue reading

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Racially Motivated Sentencing Disparities

As we discussed in class on Thursday November 5th the sentencing disparities between crack and cocaine are one of the most blatant and obvious examples of how racist effects can still be accomplished under the guise of some other objective. … Continue reading

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Privilege Line

Participants to either take step forward or back, responding to prompt: 1. If you are physically able to take a step forward do so. 2. If you are a man – take one step forward woman – take one step … Continue reading

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The interaction of masculinity and control and its impact on the experience of suffering for an older man

Canham, Sarah L. 2009. “The interaction of masculinity and control and its impact on the experience of suffering for an older man.” Journal of Aging Studies April 2009. Vol. 23(2):90-6 Elsevier Inc. Retrieved October 14, 2009 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W51-4VC7402-3&_user=918210&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1050035444&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000047944&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=918210&md5=3d30d51ca940340bd492c3adb27b7248).

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Kinsey Confidential

Sex information site from The Kinsey Institute gets a new look. Kinsey Confidential, our sexuality information service designed for college-age adults, is not only packed full of information on all things sexual, but now looks better than ever. The newly … Continue reading

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More on Zimbardo

Here is Zimbardo’s (who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment we discussed in class on Thursday September 18th) relatively recent appearance on the Daily Show. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Philip Zimbardo www.thedailyshow.com Daily … Continue reading

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Lack of Equality of Opportunity for Education

Equality of opportunity is one of the measures we are using to evaluate fairness and justice. This is directly related to privilege and inequality. A recent story in the NY Times is directly relevant to these issues. From the article: … Continue reading

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VLC

If you will note on the Course Schedule you are asked to install VLC on a computer that you will have regular access to during our class term (until Oct. 15th). I am asking you to use VLC specifically for … Continue reading

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