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Kids Point Out Dark Side Of Fashion Ads That We’ve All Been Ignoring

by Jamie Feldman “She seems to have an illness.” “Maybe she’s drunk.” “Maybe she took some pills with drugs or stuff like that.” Those are not the feelings typically expressed by adults when they see a fashion campaign. But get a group of kids together, and the not-so-pleasant truth comes out. Yolanda Domínguez , a Madrid-based …

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LEGO is slipping a feminist message into its newest line of characters

Women aren’t entering fields of science and math in large numbers, so LEGO is encouraging them on the minifig scale. The trend of men dominating STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, math) has been omnipresent in the US, but not for any biological reason, many experts say. Most girls just aren’t pushed in that direction. Now the …

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Study shows how men overcompensate when their masculinity is questioned.

της  Maya Dusenbery Μια νέα μελέτη επιβεβαιώνει ότι οι περισσότεροι άντρες, αν αισθανθούν ότι αμφισβητείται ο ανδρισμός τους, θα προσπαθήσουν να αντισταθμίσουν απορρίπτοντας οτιδήποτε θεωρείται «γυναικείο» και υπερβάλλοντας για την «αρρενωπότητά» τους με άλλους τρόπους. Η μελέτη έδειξε ότι άντρες φοιτητές πανεπιστημίου που έλαβαν ψευδή χαμηλά αποτελέσματα σε ένα τεστ δύναμης των χεριών πρόσθεσαν κατά …

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