December 2010
10 posts
RT @ASAnews: Public asked to be judge & jury of science funding http://bit.ly/hVsJyj/ Elected need to know the importance of soc sci htt …
Eleven Ways to Fight for Human Rights and Social... →
Interesting Article on Gender in Toy Catalogs →
RT @HuffingtonPost: Tonight’s total lunar eclipse is the first to coincide with the solstice in almost 400 years http://huff.to/e802NZ
The White House Staff Make and Post "It Gets... →
This makes me smile.
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– The Humorless Feminist: “Caring about women doesn’t make me a man-hater. Caring about the rights and welfare of minorities doesn’t mean I don’t care about the rights and welfare of the majority. Caring about immigrants doesn’t mean I don’t care about citizens...
Oh my goodness ya'll she said s-e-x!
Why is it that people think sex is a dirty word? I know all too well, because I had hesitations about doing research on sex education and human sexuality. After all , I am in the South and sex is a touchy subject everywhere not just here, but I was generally nervous about researching a topic that is considered so taboo by a majority of people. I could not help but wonder if people would...
University of Central Florida's Abstinence...
When I read the article and watched the news report on a video game website about this sex edu-game I almost passed out. Seriously? No disrespect to the researchers, but WHY? No wonder kids think sex ed is dumb, boring, and they do not pay attention. This is not even a good video game. Kids are playing games with stunning graphics like Halo, Red Dead Redemption, and Assassin’s Creed....
Staying in School
In March 2010, President Obama pledged to tackle the dropout rate of American high school students. He said is was imperative to the economy and in order to stay competitive with other societies around the world. I keep hearing national, state, and local leaders voice their concerns about school drop out rates, but I have not seen the evidence that any of them are doing anything about it. In...