The True Believer

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How do two guys come to believe, with absolute certainty, that murder is a moral necessity?

“Unlike other groups of people, it’s pretty easy for a white person to use their skin privilege and brush off any stereotyping.”

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This is a comment by Red Seven and J. Serens on the post “Yes, Black People Can Be Racist Too”.

Urinals, Graffiti, and Boys Being Seen

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Being invisible in a high price to pay for being a teenage boy.

The NFL Refs Debacle: A Case Study in Hype

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Were the replacement refs this season actually making the worst calls in the history of the NFL?

A Mission to the Venice of the Amazon

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Welcome to Belen, where the poorest of the poor float for half the year on the floodplains of the Amazon.

“Laws prohibiting consensual deviant exchanges damage the public’s respect for law.”

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This is a comment by Andrew on the post “Open Thread: Should Drugs Be Legalized?”

My Dad Never Told Me He Loved Me. And That’s Perfectly Fine.

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Ali Rizvi writes: “I was his first child, and his first son. I wonder if I was also his first experience with real intimacy.”

8 Myths About Sex Differences

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Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what “everyone knows” isn’t what science shows.

National ‘Let Your Boy Be a Girl’ Day

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Boys will discover their own interpretations of their gender if they’re given the freedom to explore masculinity—and femininity—on their own, Soraya Chemaly writes.

Scientific Study of PUA Techniques

Science Daily has an interesting press release from new research about pick-up artistry. Turns out that pick-up techniques do work… on sexist women. Hall and Canterberry set out to understand the characteristics of men who use aggressive court-ship strategies, based on speed seduction techniques described in the US bestseller “The Game” by Neil Strauss and the popular [...]

Are Women the Real Sexters?

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Do women send most of the sext messages? If so, why?

Social Change, Gender Roles, and Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever

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Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever has changed from its initial publication in 1963 to reflect changing gender roles. Here’s how.