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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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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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A Female Mason Perched High above Berlin (c. 1910)

With the rise of industrialization, the number of German women who worked outside the home also increased. This usually meant factory work. But in some families with their own businesses, daughters also learned a trade so that they could help out: here, we see a master-mason’s daughter during the renovation work on the old city …

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A 7-Year-Old Taught A Big Corporation About Sexism With Just One Picture

When Karen Cole tweeted a photo of her seven-year-old daughter Maggie holding up a Tesco advertisement, people took notice. The powerful photo shows Maggie at the Tower Park branch of Tesco in Poole, Dorset, angrily holding a superhero alarm clock ad with the caption “Fun gifts for boys.” “My superhero loving 7yo daughter not impressed …

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