The Racial Empathy Gap
Why, with all other things being equal, do people react more strongly to images of light-skinned individuals being harmed than they do to those involving dark-skinned individuals?
Why Do We Only Celebrate Women Who Are Both Cute and Sexy?
On power, Mickey Mouse, and the infantilization of women.
Are Smartphones Emasculating? The Marketing of Google Glass
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is using masculinity as a metaphor for power to appeal to the elite.
Professors Join the Precariat
Almost half of college instructors are part-time and struggle to piece together enough work to pay the bills.
Americans Underestimate How Many Other Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage
And conservatives are especially far off.
Television vs. the Movies: Which Does Better by Women?
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media did a content analysis of 11,927 speaking characters in “family films” and prime-time and children’s TV shows. This is what they found.
Two-Thirds of College Students Think They’re Going to Change the World
But they’re cynical about the priorities of others at the same time.
How the Internet Is Changing the Fight Against Sex Crimes on Campus
Students are no longer confronting these issues alone.
How Socioeconomic Class Affects the College Choices of Even the Best Students
We tend to go where we know.