By Vanessa • 17 years ago

Immoral parasite rapidly spreading across planet!

Weirdest headline ever: “Parasite turns women into ‘sex kittens.’“ Whaa?
Apparently, about 40 percent of the world’s population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite found in raw meat, that makes men dumb and women sluts:

‘Infected men have lower IQs, achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans. They are also more likely to break rules and take risks, be more independent, more anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose, and are deemed less attractive to women.
On the other hand, infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.
In short, it can make men behave like alley cats and women behave like sex ...

Weirdest headline ever: “Parasite turns women into ‘sex kittens.’“ Whaa?
Apparently, about 40 percent of the world’s population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite found in raw meat, that makes men dumb and women ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

Your gay blood is no good.

Wow.
A 17-year old student at Santa Cruz was turned away when he went to donate blood at his high school because of his previous sexual history. Oh, and the fact that he’s gay.
Santa Cruz school officials are actually thinking about canceling blood drives altogether because of the incident, particularly if their students are going to be required to disclose information about their sexual orientation.
Despite the fact that the major blood supply organizations in the U.S., including the American Red Cross, petitioned the FDA to relax the rules on gay men, saying that, “the current lifetime deferral for men who have had sex with other men is medically and scientifically unwarranted,” gay men are ...

Wow.
A 17-year old student at Santa Cruz was turned away when he went to donate blood at his high school because of his previous sexual history. Oh, and the fact that he’s gay.
Santa ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

New year, same old shit.

There was a really good article in the New York Times on Sunday about the gender pay gap in the United States. Who woulda thought?
The piece approaches the varying views on reasons behind the issue, between men’s socialized breadwinner roles making them more career-motivated to blatant gender discrimination in the workplace and the nation’s lack of good daycare.
It also exposes the fact that for women with a four-year college degree, the gap has actually slightly widened since the nineties.
I had a bit of a problem with the article’s focus on Francine and Lawrence Blau from Cornell University, whom are said to have done among the most detailed research on gender and pay. While they’ve brought ...

There was a really good article in the New York Times on Sunday about the gender pay gap in the United States. Who woulda thought?
The piece approaches the varying views on reasons behind the ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

What not to get a feminist for Christmas.


This game is horrifying. According to its description, The Battle of the Sexes Game “is about defending your gender tooth and nail.� Your gender role, that is. In other words, you test your knowledge of the opposite sex by answering questions that only “they� would know.
For example, a question a guy would be asked might be, “Which member of the bridal party throws the bridal shower?â€? or “How many birth control pills come in a single pack?â€? (So basically, the only woman-friendly questions are about marriage and sex?) The male questions seem to be mostly on fishing and cars. ‘Cause what real man doesn’t know about fishing??
I can totally see some ass thinking this is ...


This game is horrifying. According to its description, The Battle of the Sexes Game “is about defending your gender tooth and nail.� Your gender role, that is. In other words, you test your knowledge ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Random Sunday Annoyances

Before I head off to my parents’ place in search of yummy food and day-early gifts, I just wanted to share a couple of things that (almost) ruined my holiday spirit.
This one is from Libby Copeland at The Washington Post, in an article oh-so-cleverly titled, From Thong to Thesis: Monica Lewinsky Flashes Her Intellect:

There are moments that make you question your fundamental assumptions about the world. One of them took place a few days ago, when news emerged that Monica Lewinsky had just graduated from the London School of Economics.
She did not!!
Lewinsky, 33, is known more for her audacious coquetry than for her intellectual heft, and the notion of her earning a master of science degree ...

Before I head off to my parents’ place in search of yummy food and day-early gifts, I just wanted to share a couple of things that (almost) ruined my holiday spirit.
This one is from Libby Copeland ...

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