Category: Gender and Sex

Carpe Datum! Paragraphs from “Galileo’s Middle Finger”

Apr 18, 2017

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mwkruse

in Books, Culture, Gender and Sex, Politics, Science, Sociology

Alice Dreger's "Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science," is one of the most refreshing books I have read recently. Dreger is a clinical medical humanities and bioethics professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Nearly twenty years ago, Dreger became an activist for the rights of intersex persons.…
The Changing Rules of Marriage, for Rich & Poor

Jul 29, 2014

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mwkruse

in Culture, Gender and Sex, Sociology

New York Times: The New Instability by Stephanie Coontz … Meanwhile, women’s expectation of fairness and reciprocity in marriage has been rising even as men’s ability to compensate for deficits in their behavior by being “good providers” has been falling. Low-income women consistently tell researchers that the main reason they hesitate to marry — even…
Economic Development Links

May 27, 2014

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mwkruse

in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, Central America, China, Demography, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Gender and Sex, Globalization, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, International Affairs, Links – Economic Development, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water), Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Economist: March of the Middle Class 2. Chrsitianity Today: Poverty Is a Moral Problem – Interview with William Easterly … The sad thing is that the field and practice of development have too often been on the wrong side of this debate. They’ve implicitly painted themselves into a corner where they’re on the authoritarian…
Economics Links

Apr 30, 2014

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Gender and Sex, Links – Economics, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Huffington Post: Financially Speaking — Are We an Illiterate Nation? … Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy released its '2013 National Report Card,' which quantifies what states are doing to promote financial literacy in the classroom. Only seven of 50 states surveyed came away from the study with an "A" rating. That's right, a…
Religion Links

Apr 17, 2014

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Culture, Ecclesia, Gender and Sex, Links – Religion, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sociology, Trends: Social

1. Huffington Post: Understanding Why Americans Seem More Religious Than Other Western Powers Many Western Europeans think of Americans as hopelessly, bafflingly, and dangerously, religious. Many Americans think of Western Europeans as distressingly, inexplicably, and unrelentingly, secular. In 2009, the German sociologist Hans Joas observed that “it is widely accepted that the United States is…
Demography Links

Apr 1, 2014

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mwkruse

in Culture, Demography, Economic Development, Education, Europe, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Immigration, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Washington Post: Robert Samuelson: America’s demographic denial … For proof, see Paul Taylor’s new book, “The Next America.” Taylor oversees many of the Pew Research Center’s opinion surveys. His masterful synthesis of polls shows that three familiar mega-trends lie at the core of America’s political and social stalemate. First, immigration. By 2050, immigrants and…
Social Science and Culture Links

Mar 31, 2014

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mwkruse

in Culture, Environment, Gender and Sex, Generations, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Public Policy, Race, Sociology

1. Atlantic Cities: How Different Generations of Americans Budget Their Time Example 2. Business Insider: How Women Spend Their Time Vs. How Men Spend Their Time 3. USA Today: Millennial doesn't mean liberal: Column Bad news for Democrats: It seems Millennials are special little snowflakes after all. A new report by the centrist Democratic think…
Business and Management Links

Mar 19, 2014

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mwkruse

in Business, Education, Gender and Sex, Links – Business and Management, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Vocation

1. Huffington Post: The Unexpected Way Philosophy Majors Are Changing The World Of Business … Despite a growing media interest in the study of philosophy and dramatically increasing enrollment in philosophy programs at some universities, the subject is still frequently dismissed as outmoded and impractical, removed from the everyday world and relegated to the loftiest…
Economics Links

Mar 5, 2014

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in Business, Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Environment, Europe, Gender and Sex, Globalization, Health and Medicine, Links – Economics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Quartz: Globalization really means countries just trade with their neighbors 2. Business Insider: Europe's Share Of Global Profits Is At A 28-Year Low 3. USA Today: Europe widespread corruption 'breathtaking' … Meanwhile, the report, which was the first published by the EU to detail people's perceptions of corruption in the union, also said that…
Social Science and Culture Links

Feb 24, 2014

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mwkruse

in Business, Education, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Vocation

1. Two informative articles in Forbes: A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having More Money Than Your Friends and A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having Less Money Than Your Friends 2. New Yorker: Why Your Name Matters … The effects of name-signalling—what names say about ethnicity, religion, social sphere, and…