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A new study led by Malena Ivarsson from the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden) comes to the conclusion that teens who have been overexposed to violent content may become desensitized to it. via Research: Frequent Exposure to Violent Games May Have 'Desensitizing Effect' | GamePolitics.
You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers. Considered a standard gauge of intelligence, an intelligence quotient (IQ) score doesn't actually provide an accurate measure of one's intellect, according to a landmark study. via Debunking the IQ myth.
As long as the West continues to accept the portrayal of people of colour as generic, interchangeable bodies with which to contrast modern, individual white models, then there can be no room for empathy; they will remain the "other". Self-criticism is a fundamental and essential trait of any society that wishes to progress. The issue [...]
When it comes to your mental health, it's true that being alone is better than being in bad company, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. Psychiatrist Dr. Alan Teo, who led the study, found that people with unsupportive or critical spouses were significantly more likely to be depressed than people who [...]
I recently heard of a girl who was given a boob job as a graduation present by her parents. The parents had just invested a fortune in educating their daughter in one of Australia’s top schools. But it seems the final message of her schooling was effectively to not worry her pretty little head about [...]
The problem lies in the ease with which people can get their hands on unlimited supplies of alcohol virtually any hour of the day and at ridiculously cheap prices. The solution is simple – provided politicians have the gumption to act on it. via Time for leadership on alcohol | DrinkTank.
Website Cafe Press has close to 100 infants' clothing items, bibs and blankets baring overtly sexual and offensive slogans; including "horny", "sexpert", "classy ho", "wanted: one night stand" and "sl_t: all I need is u". via 'sluts' baby clothing | Cafe Press | sexualisation | children.
Children have always found ways to discover the world on their own, and that's essential - it's important that adults don't interfere with that discovery and self-education. But it's our adult world that is increasingly seeping into their childhood, at the touch of a button. And when the mark of fitting in with your mates [...]
"Some of the most interesting characters exist above sex. It's not an infirmity. They simply have better things to do with their lives" via I went 12 years without sex | Sophie Fontanel.
Young girls are sharing their self-taken snaps - known as "selfies" - on the photo-sharing website Instagram to compete in pop-up beauty contests on the site. Adolescent girls – some as young as 10-years-old - upload their photographs with hashtags like #instabeautypageantawards or #instabeautypageant and are willing and ready to be judged on their pictures. [...]
