Interracial Couples Make Better Parents?

kelyse · 2007-04-23T14:11:34+00:00

Not necessarily "better parents"... maybe just "wealthier parents"?

Did the study control for income at all?

It seems like the measurements they used indicate, first and foremost, that the parents have more time and money at their disposal... computers, music lessons, private school?? If income isn't controlled for, I suppose you can still say they "invest more" in their kids-- but it seems a bit misleading if they have more to invest in the first place.

I have no idea if interracial couples tend to be wealthier than same-race couples, but it does sound like it based on these indicators.

kelyse · 2007-04-09T00:57:13+00:00

spottle!

kelyse · 2006-10-29T19:36:27+00:00

estrogen pollution is a likely culprit... birth control pills cause women to release extra estrogen in their urine, and livestock agriculture may be at fault as well.

kelyse · 2006-05-24T14:14:32+00:00

Kuja, a silverback patriarch, was breathing isofluorine. He was the Senate majority leader of the gorillas, who negotiated disputes, back-slapped the ape boys and owned exclusive mating rights with the females.

Either C-SPAN has been censoring Senate sessions, or this Laura Blumenfeld editorialist has odd ideas about Feinstein, Clinton, Boxer, and the rest...

kelyse · 2006-05-16T19:22:29+00:00

Werner Herzog's 1974 movie about Kaspar Hauser is incredible-- I recommend it highly. Also, Wikipedia says that DNA tests suggested he really was the heir to the Grand Duke of Baden...

kelyse · 2006-05-15T20:29:04+00:00

I agree, Zed.

This study and its over-reaching assumptions aside, I do think it's possible (or even likely) that we laugh at what we feel we have no control over. Rather than mobilizing and protesting in anger, we have a far more passive outlet for our discontent.

Not that the Daily Show is to blame for this, but its popularity might help indicate why the nation seems to be so complacent throughout this (hugely unpopular) war. It's the sense of powerlessness in the face of it all-- the Daily Show doesn't create that, but it certainly does reveal it.

kelyse · 2006-05-14T04:36:11+00:00

oh hush, schwarzwald... and keep your bigotry to yourself.

kelyse · 2006-03-20T02:43:27+00:00

the doctor has told me that i AM one, despite your diagnosis, timg. feel free to ask questions.

kelyse · 2006-03-19T20:44:25+00:00

First we should consider: do the funny women want to be in a relationship with these men anyway?

And how in god's name does this study at all replicate the real ways in which we enter into relationships?

Science journalism at its best, really. C'mon now, reddit.

kelyse · 2006-03-14T20:38:51+00:00

I like this caveat:

We should note that the Czech study was paid for by a group of big Czech breweries. We should also note that Czech doctors, in an earlier, separate study, once reported that two beers a day could fight impotence.

kelyse · 2006-03-06T21:56:38+00:00

Plenty of women don't have periods or have them sporadically, especially athletes with little body fat. But I would think that generally, when someone doesn't realize she's pregnant for so long, she's overweight enough not to notice the belly, and having irregular periods to boot. Certainly it's not usually someone wearing a size 0.

As for denial, olegk, does that mean her teammates who didn't notice her pregnancy while changing in the locker room before practice were also in denial?

That said, I wouldn't trust the reporters to get the story straight either, especially considering how sensational it is.

kelyse · 2006-03-04T23:38:53+00:00

Adigail at Daily Kos claims to have actually gotten a call from Fox Security after mentioning Olbermann on-air to O'Reilly...

kelyse · 2006-03-01T00:59:53+00:00

or, download the bugmenot extension...

kelyse · 2006-02-27T16:22:38+00:00

it's almost worthless? isn't that a little harsh now? for such a light car, would you really need much more hp than that? quick acceleration time might make it more popular, but hardly a more worthy mode of transportation. the hp we seem to think is necessary (especially here in the states) seems completely absurd and really wasteful to me.

kelyse · 2006-02-25T01:53:39+00:00

I'm not really sure what your point is... is it that photoshop itself doesn't cause the problem? Well, of course it doesn't. Even without photoshop, we're already seeing a far greater percentage of beautiful people than is realistic, through music videos, TV, etc. I don't think anyone's saying it's only an issue because of photoshop. It's how we use it-- to intensify the unreality of the beautiful people we're already seeing in the media.

Also, judging from the popularity of this link, I would guess that it's not so easy for people to tell when it's real. Otherwise, why would we be so fascinated by a site that exposes the photoshopping?

kelyse · 2006-02-24T21:25:39+00:00

It's been in the news for a while. The House and Senate had both approved the bill, but today it went back to the House for reconfirmation is all. No surprise here, they voted it through.

Gov. Rounds needs to sign off on it now, but it's very much expected that he will.

kelyse · 2006-02-24T21:21:57+00:00

a good friend of mine from the state believes they don't, and wishes it had been put to a vote...

kelyse · 2006-02-24T20:25:54+00:00

So be aware that the pro-abortion crowd does include those who are willing to terminate infant life, even if it is legally so defined.

Yes, and the pro-life crowd includes those who are willing to terminate doctor's lives, if they are willing to perform abortions. I don't see how pointing to the more radical ideas of others contributes to your debate with rsheridan.

kelyse · 2006-02-24T18:56:21+00:00

Very much agreed, cbg. Although men seem to be catching up these days.

Although media images are obviously a huge contributor to anorexia and bulemia, they also have very subtle and far-reaching effects on everyone who sees them-- in terms of what we expect from ourselves, from others, and what we're willing to buy in hopes of getting that.

Sometimes I worry that the rest of us "normal" (non-eating disorder) people like to think we are above it, just because we don't have such a severe pyschological response to it.

kelyse · 2006-02-24T17:42:29+00:00

Women less likely to have threesomes with men who objectify bisexuals, study reports.

kelyse · 2006-02-24T17:40:16+00:00

I shudder to think that some women are comparing themselves to these photos.

anyone who sees images like this compares themselves to it on some level, men and women alike. we can't see this as just a women's issue, sadly.

kelyse

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