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What are men's social fears about homosocial urination? Note: I said, homo-social, not homosexual. When I was in high school it was a naive though proud sign of maturity, physical and mental, as well as a marker of social confidence to stand away from the urinal when urinating- to go out of your way to show how unconcerned you were with the display of your "junk". Of course the unspoken rules of where to keep your eyes was coming into play as we emulated the etiquette of adults. You show, but with the assumption no one would break the rule of looking. In the military, you eat, drink, train, shower and use the toilet with the same guys day after day. It's like a having a brother or roommate- after a while you no longer bother with the towel to and from the shower. I've noticed a new trend that i'm neither advocating nor denouncing. That of younger generation men (18-28?) who seem to be preoccupied with avoiding anyone seeing their "junk" whether at the urinal or at the gym locker room or shower. It's a blatantly expressed need/desire/want to hide ones self from view, far above what is normally customary. I also believe it to be expressed in the loose, non form fitting clothing popular today. I don't know if this is a new unspoken social rule or if is representative of some popular shame/fear - for lack of a better word. Using the toilet to p unless the pissers were full, would have been ridiculed, as well as would pressing up against the pisser or turning away while using it in "the old days". It's a social and cultural change taking place here in the U.S. (I haven't noticed it as much in europe and haven't been to other parts of the world.) I'm genuinely curious to know what others think is behind this social change. I'm very interested in the motivation behind all human behaviors, especially those "taboo". As women generally use partitioned stalls, I don't think the same social dynamics play out in the ladies room - though I wouldn't know. Any intelligent comments and theories are welcome. I'm not a pervert! Just fascinated by us, this human race and what it is that makes us tick!

I need to make campaign shirts for my social studies class? What would you recommend to make the shirts? I already know i need to buy 8 white shirts and i was thinking of using a blue sharpie marker cause i'm part of a democratic group. and there color is usually blue. It's a one day event at school in the class... so what would you do ? thx in advance !

Social Studies teaching employment? I'll soon be graduating with a BEd in secondary education with a concentration. There seems to be a glut of social studies teachers on the marker. What would be the best way to make myself competitive (courses, etc). It seems a lot of position want someone who can teach math/chemistry or some other courses along with social studies and though I could teach those courses, I don't have the qualifications to compete. I'm in Canada by the way so there is no Praxis. I've never seen any of the subjects poster two has mentioned.

Psychology As A Social Construct? I think cognitive & neuro psychology has its own merits. Evolutionary psychology.. somewhat plausible, since we can't really study the brains of cave-men since evidence doesn't provide it.. Since psychology is a social construct, DSM-IV would be questionable when applied cross culturally, especially when we examine areas in anthro, then how come people take it in as the word of god? Pyschologists themselves, don't have a 'method' per se, to diagnose someone. Their treatments/diagnoses *may* or may *not* be consistent if the patient visits other practitioners. There isn't a genetic marker, specifically. if psychology is a social construct, then could the pharmaceutical industry also be a strong proponent for it, since that's how they make their money? How does the practice compare to other aspects of the world? If the beta receptors & alpha channels in a person's brain are irreversible due to chemical changes from the Rx's, isn't that unethical, when we consider the term 'health' care? We want the best for a person's health, correct? When the channel receptors alter, isn't that in itself pretty dangerous? Sorry, I question things a lot. These are one of my curiosities. Is psychology somewhat psuedoscience (besides the testable parts of it like neural imaging; behavior psychology may it's own limitations too, since changes are temporary)? What do you guys think? Gr8 insight. If 1st of all, psychology is the study of the psyche, doesn't that conflict with the premises of it as a social construct? I respect it as a profession in ways we learn about personality, cognition (memory). Like everything in life, it is a flux. Even that can change +/-? Ex Brain plasticity. I think it has merits when we study group bhvr- effects of power/fear. When it comes to being able to properly diagnose people, that's where the inconsistencies of its applications conflict with sci meth. In that sense, I question the validity/ethics/philosophy of tampering bio-physiological fxns? There r pshyciastrists/psychologists who totally object DSM, & apply a natural alternative (reality/humanistic therapy). Psych has its own political bias as well? DSM seems structural functional. Wh/we look at a person, we need to look at them holistically (social bg, upbringing, etc), in which examining just the psyche, limited conditions, seem to lack overall efficacy, long-term?

Looking for a marker or pen that blacks out text? I'm looking for a marker or pen to mark out sensitive information like credit card or social security numbers on paperwork for my job. We have to keep these records for many years, so unfortunately shredding it is not an option. Sharpies and other permanent markers are not doing the trick, as you can still see the black text behind the mark, no matter how dark I try to make it. Any ideas? The white out is a nice suggestion, but takes a while to dry and is not ideal. We have the white out strips, but that could get expensive.

PLEASE HELP , social studies project ?!? okay , so i have a big project that i am presenting tomorrow, i have all of the project done except for the visual part (artifact,model,etc). my visual has to be about the 1929 tsunami in newfoundland, I NEED IDEAS ! PLEEEASE ! i have cardboard, markers, & paper but nothing else to work with. it doesnt have to be too complicated either. and it doesnt have to be the tsunami, just anything that could go along with it. i was thinking maybe a broken house but i dont know how to make one without popsicle sticks.

What's good materials to use to make a design on a shirt? I have a social studies project,and I want to try making it on a shirt. Its a state. And I'm doing California. So I was just wondering what's the best type of materials to use. Will sharpies work? Crayola markers?

What's up with the contemporary fear men demonstrate at the urinal? Note: This is about normal homo-social exchange, not homosexual contact, while pissingl. When I was in high school it was a naive though proud sign of maturity, physical and mental, as well as a marker of social confidence to stand away from the urinal when urinating- to go out of your way to show how unconcerned you were with the display of your "junk". Of course the unspoken rules of where to keep your eyes was coming into play as we emulated the etiquette of adults. You show, but with the assumption no one would break the rule of looking. In the military, you eat, drink, train, shower and use the toilet with the same guys day after day. It's like a having a brother or roommate- after a while you no longer bother with the towel to and from the shower. I've noticed a new trend that i'm neither advocating nor denouncing. That of younger generation men (18-28?) who seem to be preoccupied with avoiding anyone seeing their "junk" whether at the urinal or at the gym locker room or shower. It's a blatantly expressed need/desire/want to hide ones self from view, far above what is normally customary. I also believe it to be expressed in the loose, non form fitting clothing popular today. I don't know if this is a new unspoken social rule or if is representative of some popular shame/fear - for lack of a better word. Using the toilet to p unless the pissers were full, would have been ridiculed, as well as would pressing up against the pisser or turning away while using it in "the old days". It's a social and cultural change taking place here in the U.S. (I haven't noticed it as much in europe and haven't been to other parts of the world.) I'm genuinely curious to know what others think is behind this social change. I'm very interested in the motivation behind all human behaviors, especially those "taboo". As women generally use partitioned stalls, I don't think the same social dynamics play out in the ladies room - though I wouldn't know. Any intelligent comments and theories are welcome. Am always fascinated by us, this human race and what it is that makes us tick!

should men be aloud in the delivery room? South Asia UK Business Health Medical notes Science & Environment Technology Entertainment Also in the news ----------------- Video and Audio ----------------- Advertisement Programmes Have Your Say In Pictures Country Profiles Special Reports Related BBC sites * Sport * Weather * On This Day * Editors' Blog * BBC World Service Page last updated at 11:59 GMT, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 E-mail this to a friend Printable version Should dads be in the delivery room? By Clare Murphy Health reporter, BBC News Dad and baby Would it have been better if he wasn't there? It was once imparted to the father over the phone, yet now it's men themselves who often tell their exhausted partner the sex of the child she has just delivered. But could men be more of a hindrance than a help in the delivery room? French obstetrician Michel Odent says yes, and even blames fathers for an increasing rate of births by Caesarean section. At a debate hosted this week by the Royal College of Midwives, Mr Odent will argue against what he dubs "the masculinisation of the birth environment". The presence of an anxious male partner in the labour room makes the woman tense and slows her production of the hormone oxytocin, which aids the process of labour, so the French doctor contends. This, he says, makes her much more likely to end up on the operating table having an emergency Caesarean section. "Having been involved for more than 50 years in childbirths in homes and hospitals in France, England and Africa, the best environment I know for an easy birth is when there is nobody around the woman in labour apart from a silent, low-profile and experienced midwife," he says. "Oxytocin is the love drug which helps the woman give birth and bond with her baby. But it is also a shy hormone and it does not come out when she is surrounded by people and technology. This is what we need to start understanding." He will be debated by Duncan Fisher, a leading advocate for fathers, who, while pressing for more preparation for fathers, argues they are there because women want them to be - "and we should trust mothers' instincts". Here we come Certainly men's appearance on the labour ward does co-incide with a rising number of caesarean births - although ironically their arrival was in part a backlash against doctor-led, highly-medicalised care in favour of a more woman-centred approach. In the 1960s only about a quarter of men in the UK attended the birth of an infant, today it is well over 90%. There are many reasons why the number of emergency Caesarean sections has risen ...none of which have anything to do with the presence of dads Patrick O'Brien Consultant obstetrician It is seen as an important rite of passage for any involved father, as well as a marker of social progress - the less developed a country, the more likely childbirth is to be seen as a woman's business best conducted behind closed doors. "But I think the other issue is the lack of one-to-one care of women by midwives," says Winnie Rushby of Doula UK, an organisation which provides birthing support from experienced, but non-medically trained women. "Fathers have been called on to provide that help. "Some of them are very attuned to the emotional and psychological needs of their partner. But if they are shocked by bodily fluids and very agitated by the pain they see her in, this could play on her mind and stop her psychologically entering the place she needs to be to deliver the baby - the birthing 'zone', if you like. "We've gone from men not being there to virtually all men being there. We need to find a new medium, where there is no shame in discussing whether the father should be there or not. Women need to start asking if they really do want him there - and if so, is he prepared for what will go on." Staying home In fact, the greatest advocate of putting men in the mix was US doctor Robert Bradley, who in 1962 published Father's Presence in Delivery Rooms. This was a review of 4,000 cases when husbands were present. Some partners will not feel comfortable themselves in providing physical and emotional support during labour Elizabeth Duff National Childbirth Trust He concluded, quite contrary to Dr Odent, that the husband's presence as a so-called "birth coach" actually helped the woman to relax. "With husbands coaching, we have more than 90% totally unmedicated births. No other approach comes near to that figure," he wrote. Iran only recently allowed fathers into the delivery room after the health ministry in Tehran asked doctors to reduce the number of Caesarean births. At 70% it has been among the highest in the world, and has been explained largely by women's fear of childbirth. Bringing in the men, it was hoped, would provide women with the reassurance they needed to deliver their baby without surgery. Whether some men do in fact aid or

What happens to individuals struck many times by the same sign at birth? I've noticed that people exepriencing extreme personality problems, social misadaptation, and so on, are typically pure-blooded according to their natal chart. In other words, they are many times libra, cancer or gemini if we count the position of each planet as the marker for a sign (hence not only the sun sign). Apparently, the same happens for stars like Julia Roberts. I'd like to get your point of view about this. Were there researches made in that field already, etc. Venus, Moon, Mars in Gemini: yes that's what i mean. There are still 3 x libra, 3 x sagittarius, 2 x aquarius individuals alive today. And, though capable in some fields, most of the time they're not model citizens.

How do I discipline my 13 year old daughter? Everything I try backfires.? My 13 year old is out of control. My sister says I made the mistake of always buying her everything she wanted. i did that because i felt like I needed to make up for my ex-husband abandoning her. She was an A students, and now she is getting D's and F's and argues that she doesn't need to know social studies, or science or anything she is being taught. She is an artist, so she thinks that is all that matters. i told her to find some artistic way to learn the things she doesn't like. She is smart and in the GATE program, but she is not able to participate in the activities and trips because of her grades. She began starving herself in September after a happy summer we spent together. She never appeared overweight but has lost 70 pounds since fall. She has had to be taken to the ER three times because she passes out at school. She started selling her clothes or giving them away to friends at school, without my knowledge. The clothes she would keep would be altered to the point that she looks like she climbed out of a trash dumpster. After her progress report this past week and the fact that she lied to me again about where she was (she goes to the homes of the friends I like and then leaves). I put blocks on her cell phone so she cannot text anyone outside the family. She is screaming at me constantly to fix that. It was done at the recommendation of two of her teachers and the principal of the school where I teach. i don't want to back down. She decided to go on a hunger strike and hasn't eaten in three days because of the phone issue. She says she won't eat until I give her back her texting, but if I do that, she will know she will always be able to use that in the future. Over the past hour she has been demanding I take her to buy new Converse. She destroys every pair I buy her by drawing all over them with markers and making holes in them intentionally. I don't see why I should reward her for her terrible grades and behavior. I am always there to help with her homework, but she won't let me. When I make suggestions, she tells me to shut up. She says her teachers are liars and she is not missing assignments or disrupting the class. I took days off work to go and sit in her classrooms, and she totally disrespects the teachers. She is going to a psychologist regularly for counseling. When I invite her to go places with me so we can spend time together, she doesn't want to go. I am losing my mind. I can barely work because I am always thinking of what she is doing. My almost ex-husband is telling me to go buy her shoes. She has plenty of shoes she could wear, but she won't. Where do I start? What discipline works? All I know is my dad would have never allowed my sisters or I to do a quarter of the stuff she does. She thinks she should have complete freedom because she is 13. I have been very nice in regards to her friends, allowing them to spend the night, taking them with us to amusement parks, taking and picking them up at the movie theatre. Nothing I try works. I feel like a total failure as a mother. I want to say thank you to all of you who have given me such great answers. I feel so much better. I really like hearing from the young girls who are still in middle school and high school, too. It's helpful to hear from people around her age. Thank you all so much for taking the time to answer so many of my questions and give your opinions. Even the one about spanking her, like I should have done when she was in pigtails. A lot of people believe in that, and I know that's what my sisters and I got when we were little. It's going to be soooooo hard to choose a best answer because they are all so great.

What should I do????Project due today!? I made this totally awesome scrapbook for my social studies project, I spent 2 weeks putting it together and added these cool ribbons and stickers. And then some idiots in my homeroom had to go into my bag and mess with it, and now it is ruined! The glue is all smudged, and it made the whole page black becuase i used black marker. If I turn it in Monday, 5 points will be taken off my final score. Help! I'm in tears!

Men !! Can we do this....? Women !! Do you agree/disagree...? > The NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES > > Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids > each for six weeks. > > Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes. > > There is no fast food. > > Each man must take care of his 3 kids, keep his assigned house clean, > correct all homework, complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and > pay a list of "pretend" bills with not enough money. > > In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each > week. > > Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and > relatives, and send cards out on time. > > Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a > dentist appointment and a haircut appointment . He must make one > unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care > (weekend, evening, on a holiday or right when they're about to leave > for vacation). He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a social > function. > > Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, > planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times. > > The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep > and all chores are done. > > Each father will be required to know all of the words to every silly > song that comes on TV and the name of each and every character on > cartoons. > > Each man will have to make an Indian hut model with six toothpicks, a > tortilla and one marker; and get a 4 year old to eat a serving of peas. > > Each man must adorn himself with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet > stylish shoes, keep their nails polished and eyebrows groomed. The men > must try to get through each day without snot, spit-up or barf on their > clothing. > > During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe > abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood > swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties. They > must try to explain what a tampon is for when the 6-yr old boy finds it > in the purse. > > They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at > least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting. > > He will need to read a book to the children each night without falling > asleep, and then feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb > their hair each morning by 7:00. They must leave the home with no food > on their face or clothes. > > A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will > be required to know all of the following information: each child's > birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. > Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of > labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, > favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they > want to be when they grow up. > > They must clean up after their sick children at 2:00 a.m. and then > spend the remainder of the day tending to that child and waiting on > them hand and foot until they are better. > > They must have a loving, age appropriate reply to, "You're not the > boss of me". > > The kids vote them off the island based on performance. > > The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate > with his spouse at a moment's notice. > > After you get done laughing, send this to as many females as you think > will get a kick out of it and as many men as you think can handle it.

Name change and taxes? I am going to be changing all three names of mine and i was planning on making sure everybody who needed to ratify information has it. My question is how will this get reported to the IRS? My employer will use my new name and i will report it to social security will that take care of it? or do i have to call them. I will has have my gender marker corrected will that have an effect on my documents as well? i normally do my own taxes because i don't make enough to warrant a CPA

Have you ever heard of such way of talking, called the GAY LISP? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_lisp Gay lisp From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search A gay lisp is not a technical lisp, but refers to stereotypical speech attributes assigned to and sometimes heard in gay males.[1][2] These attributes have proven difficult to define and quantify but seem independent of other variables in the phonology of the English language, such as accent and register.[3] Contents [hide] 1 Characteristics 2 See also 3 References 4 External resources [edit] Characteristics Several speech features are stereotyped as markers of gay male identity: careful pronunciation, wide pitch range, high and rapidly changing pitch, breathy tone, lengthened fricative sounds, and pronunciation of /t/ as /ts/ and /d/ as /dz/ (affrication).[1] The "gay sound" of some, but certainly not all, gay men seems to some listeners to involve the characteristic "lisp" involving sibilants (/s/, /z/, /?/, and the like) with assibilation, sibilation, hissing, or stridency.[1] Professors Henry Rogers and Ron Smyth at the University of Toronto investigated this. According to Rogers, people can usually differentiate gay- and straight-sounding voices based on certain phonetic patterns. "We have identified a number of phonetic characteristics that seem to make a man’s voice sound gay," says Rogers. Their best hunch so far is that some gay men may be subconsciously imitating certain female speech patterns and if this is true, "We want to know how men acquire this way of speaking."[4] A study at Stanford University involving a small sample group investigated claims that people can identify gay males by their speech and that these listeners use pitch range and fluctuation in deciding.[5] Results were inconclusive: Although he found that listeners could distinguish gay from straight men, he failed to find any convincing empirical differences in pitch between these two groups. [...] This study is representative of others that have failed to find concrete differences in the speech of gay and straight men.[6] In a similar study of female speakers, it was found that listeners could not tell lesbian speakers from heterosexual speakers. Other studies of lesbian identity do make references to voice use by lesbians typically using lower pitch and more direct communication styles.[7] [edit] See also Gaydar LGBT stereotypes Lisp Swish (slang) [edit] References ^ a b c Beyond Lisping: Code Switching and Gay Speech Styles ^ [1][2] Examples of LGBT writing in which "gay lisp" used as a general term for the sound of gay male speech ^ This article and the references its cites concern the phonology of the English language almost exclusively. ^ Researchers examine patterns in gay speech ^ Gaudio, Rudolph (1994) "Sounding Gay: Pitch Properties in the Speech of Gay and Straight Men." American Speech 69: 30-57. ^ Gayspeak. glbtq.com. ^ Atkins, Dawn (1998) "Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities" [edit] External resources Encyclopedia article on "gay speak" Economist article on sounding gay Beyond Lisping: Code Switching and Gay Speech Styles Male voices and perceived sexual orientation: An experimental and theoretical approach [hide]v • d • eLGBT and Queer studies Gender and sexual identities Lesbian · Gay · Bisexual · Transgender · Queer · Third sex / third gender · Transsexual · Two-spirit LGBT portal Sexual orientation Bisexuality · Homosexuality · Biology and sexual orientation · Homosexuality and psychology · Demographics · Kinsey scale · Klein Grid History Timeline · Social movements · Gays in the Holocaust · Gay Liberation · Stonewall riots · History of lesbianism · Adelphopoiesis · Pederasty LGBT community and culture Coming out · Drag king · Drag queen · Gay bar · Gay village · Gay icon · Pride · Slang · Slogans · Symbols · Tourism · Lesbian utopia · Pride parade Attitudes and discrimination Biphobia · Gay bashing · Heterosexism · Homophobia · Lesbophobia · LGBT rights opposition · Religious perspectives · Transphobia Category:LGBT · Category:Queer studies Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_lisp" Categories: Human voice | LGBT culture | Sociolinguistics | Stereotypes Have you experienced or witnessed someone with this?

Arrogant Selfish Know-it-All Mother in Law!? I honestly don’t know what possesses MIL to continue her bullshit about our son being autistic. It’s like she’s trying to convince us that he is. I am half tempted to take him to Community Mental Health. Simply because it will be a while before we can get him into the U of M Child Psych place. It is really beyond me that she doesn’t trust us or believe us when we tell her that he’s not autistic. This really makes me think even more that she doesn’t think we are capable parents. She is so stuck on the fact that she is right that she isn’t willing to see anything but her own opinion. She thinks that she knows so much when she really doesn’t see our son that often. She boasts about her experience as a parent but doesn’t even believe that my mom is right when she found out that my mom worked around autistic kids for almost 20 years; she discredited my mom’s experience but her own is so much more special? My mom has more experience with kids than she does because of the number of cousins I have; plus the fact that we all grew up in a relatively close circle and the friends that my brother and I had growing up. I’m really starting to think that she is not just selfish but also an arrogant know-it-all witch. She complains that we need to get our son checked out NOW, and it just doesn’t work that way. Autism is not a medical emergency and no pediatrician or psychologist is going to treat it that way- EVEN IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THERE- WHICH THEY DON’T. His pediatrician checks him regularly and even told me our son isn't autistic. She mentioned to my husband that our son was flapping his hands. He flaps his hands and arms when he’s excited, or is doing that to communicate that he wants out of his high chair, or even to get my attention. We see it as body language- a form of expression; not something that he doesn't have control of. My MIL doesn’t realize that autistic disorder is largely a social developmental disorder. So a child that will look you in the eye and be affectionate (like our son) simply does not have the “marker” signs of the disorder. We recently started a sleep learning program that I designed. The CD includes classical music and phonics sounds. My husband asked her if she noticed that our son was using his voice more. She said that she did but he's just making sounds he's not saying anything. So that’s not good enough because he’s not saying anything? He has made such a big improvement. Before he was very quiet and didn't use his voice much at all. I hate to think that my son’s Grandmother doesn’t think that even profound progress inn such a short period of time isn’t good enough. It makes me worry about how she will impact his self-esteem. He’s trying, he’s making progress, and he’s not just going to start spitting out words overnight. It’s a step by step process. Why isn’t that good enough? It should be! We don’t hear anything positive from her about our. The fact that she blamed me and our son about him not wanting to play with another child and she NEVER mentioned this child’s behavior as being a social “turn off” really is starting to concern me. Why does she fault him and me when it’s not warranted? Why doesn’t she recognize his progress as a good thing? How much attention does she really give him when she’s around him? Does she just watch him and try to play with him or does she try to get to know him? I really just can’t stand the fact that she thinks she knows my son better than me. That boy is like his momma and there is no one that is going to understand him better. It’s like with me and my Dad when he was alive- we genuinely understood each other and the motives behind our individual behavior. I just don’t understand how this woman can assume so much when she only sees our son once a month. She tells me, “I know my son,” when she’s talking about my husband; I don’t really think she does as well as she thinks she does. But that works for her but not for me? She definitely doesn’t know our son as well as I do; I wish she would just realized that spending 5- 10 hours with him in a month, or even two days with him in a month is not enough for her to really know who he is and provides her with the knowledge to make all these assumptions about his behavior. Then to bog my husband and me down with her so called “help” when she is really just making it worse for both of us. SHE IS NOT OUR SON'S MOTHER- I AM. It really seems like this fact escapes her. I want to slap her in the face to wake her up!!!! How do we get through to this woman? Thanks squirm666- I think that's exactly what I need to do!!!

i need advice with a girl? ok. my girlfriend and i have almost made it to our six month marker. things have been extremely wonderful this whole time. however, she is a cheerleader. it is ALL she talks about. it never really got to me, until i realized that her life revolves around cheer. i pretty much am the lowest thing on her social food chain. cheer takes priority. on top of that, her friends, my friends, people i don't even know - they all tell me about how she flirts like CRAZY with the male cheerleaders on her squad. that drives me insane. my problem is that i can't bring myself to talk to her. sure, i hint every now and then, but she never seems to get it. i am afraid that if i confront her, i'll say something stupid or yell or something that i really do not want to do. i'm crazy about her and i don't want to lose her. yet ANOTHER problem. her friends are dropping like flies. she doesn't know it though, because they all talk behind her back. the most recent topic is how everything is about her and cheer. and that's the truth. pretty much the entire population of my school wants me to get rid of her. i do not plan on that, but i need some advice on what to do. please!

Kids are being jerks, help? Im in middle school. In my art class, kids were being relally immature at this one table. They were trying to be sneaky and throw markers across the room at people. I tried to ignore it, but when one of the markers hit one of my close friends, I snapped and ended up chucking the marker back at them. Satisfyingly, the marker hit the kid smack dab in the middle of his ugly little face. So of course, they are quick to tell the teacher that I was throwing markers. I owned up to it, but I told the teacher I only threw it out of righteous anger. They completely denyb it, ebcause they're cowards, and spend the rest of the period talking trash about me while I'm ten feet away from them, and throwing things at me like erasers and sharp pencils and crap. Then in social studies, some wannabe gangster chick called me fat when I said I didn't really like Lady Gaga's "Pokerface". I need to do something, and I don't want to suffer in silence anymore. What can I do to handle this situation quietly? I can't inform a teacher, because that always makes things worse. Kids often get beat up in my school for telling a teacher when they're being harassed. Help, please?

why do they h8 me nd how can i make them stop hating me? ok.....im in 5th grade nd ppl in 7th grade keep hating me...::::::like im in soccer camp nd i brot a washabl marker nd me nd my frends wrote on me nd it was fun...but this grl in 7th who i thout was my frend sed"your ugly eevan wit th marker on"nd i didnt want2b caught crying so i went 2 th batroom nd i started crying...then sum other 7th graders started cursing@me nd teling me tht no1 likes me nd that evri1 h8s me.....they think im a stalker cuz i went on myspace nd went frends wit a boy in there grade tht i likd nd i got his # cuz he gave it2me.thts not stalking!!!!!.this is how i am:nice kind cool social giving caring good@soccer (my frend is sayin dis) th best frend.....y do they h8 me?????how can i make them stop h8ing me nd start being my frends???? nd i WANT2b frneds wit them,also,they love them selves nd i kno wat goes thru there lives cuz they talk bout it...there livs r gud

HIGH SCHOOL HELP? incoming freshman!!? I am starting high school this year and i am kinda nervous about the work load. I have made straight A's my whole life and I HAVE to keep that up (i am determined to be valedictorian!!!) the problem is my whole life i have never had to study much. I know i am going to have to start to keep my grades up. Any tips? Is highschool that much harder? Organization tips? And at my school they give out supply lists for each class on the first day and everyone goes at the same time so the stores run out of EVERYTHING!! any thing you think i should get besides pens, pencils, paper, binders, and pocket dividers i alreadly have left over glue and markers and stuff for projects. and a Ti 83 for math. anything that isn't crucial but makes life easier? Thanks! feel free to put anything else in your answer!! you know about the social aspects and stuff. I just need some reasurence that i wont flunk out or something!! i am so scared i'll get completely lost and be late to all my classes for atleast a week!! any ideas? I'm taking pre ap geometery pre ap english pre ap biology pre ap oklahoma history and health (each is half year) latin (pre ap not avialable for freshman) year book and volleyball maybe this info will give you some ideas of how to answer!!

10 points, English teachers,what do you think of this introduction to an essay ? Belonging is a state of being accepted and understood by society. It is shaped by the values of an individual and the social structures of a society. In the quest to belong characters will undergo self-evaluation and explore their identities. Shakespeare’s play ‘ As you like it’ explores these notions of belonging through techniques such as imagery, and soliloquies. how can i make it more engaging and interesting i want a marker to WANT to read my essay because they like what i have to say what are the good and bad parts of it? what do English teachers look for?

I thought this was quite interesting, what do you think? Testosterone and fingers ------------------------------ A survey of the finger lengths of over 100 male and female academics at the University by senior Psychology lecturer Dr Mark Brosnan has found that those men teaching hard science like mathematics and physics tend to have index fingers as long as their ring fingers, a marker for unusually high estrogen levels for males. It also found the reverse: those male academics with longer ring fingers than index fingers – the usual male pattern – tended not to be in science but in social science subjects such as psychology and education. In the general population, men typically have higher levels of testosterone than women, but the male scientists at the University of Bath have lower testosterone levels than is usual for men – their estrogen and testosterone levels tend to match those of women generally. Dr. Brosnan said that men having levels of testosterone very much higher than normal for males would also create the right hemisphere dominated brain, which could help in science. The extremes of low testosterone and high testosterone for men would create the scientific brain, and the normal range in the middle would create the 'social science' brain. The question also arises as to why more women, who have this lower level of testosterone, are not in science, which is male-dominated, with only one in 40 science professors being a woman. The short answer is that we don't know: the high levels of estrogen in women may act differently on the brain and not give them the spatial skills that men with similar levels of the hormone have. "The study of my colleagues at the University of Bath was also interesting in that it shows that women in social science tend to have a higher level of testosterone level relative to their estrogen level, making their brains closer to those of men in general, said Dr. Brosnan." http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17262357 http://www.livescience.com/health/070522_finger_sats.html http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W4M-4F49582-2&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=55d491864ad46a9059893a377b45d228

Towards a White Minority? Towards a White Minority Did you see those demographic stats in the New York Times last week? The Census Bureau estimated yesterday that from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006, the nation’s minority population grew to 100.7 million from 98.3 million... Nearly half the children under age 5 are Hispanic, black or Asian... 80 percent of Americans over age 60 are non-Hispanic whites, compared with only 60 percent among those in their 20s and 30s, and 58 percent among people younger than 20... (Some of the quotes in what follows are from the NYT story; the others are from the actual U.S. Census Bureau news release from which the story is abstracted.) It is not news that white Anglo (i.e. white non-Hispanic — I am using “Anglo” just as a linguistic marker) Americans are heading for minority status. Bill Clinton was exulting over the prospect a decade ago. Interesting to see the numbers in detail, though, and the state-by-state disparities. Four states and the District of Columbia are “majority-minority.” Hawaii led the nation with a population that was 75 percent minority in 2006, followed by the District of Columbia (68 percent), New Mexico (57 percent), California (57 percent), and Texas (52 percent). The economic sidebars are interesting, too: [Demographer Dr. Mark] Mather said the three most homogeneous states — Maine, Vermont, and West Virginia — spent the highest proportion of their gross state product on public education. This reinforces a number of findings from recent years suggesting that people are much more willing to be taxed for the benefit of people like themselves than for the benefit of the Other. Old people already grumble about paying taxes to support extravagant educational establishments. As the racial generation gap opens up, with the oldsters being noticeably more white and Anglo than the kids being educated, the grumbling will escalate into action — most likely, the simple action of yet further residential segregation, the old and white-Anglo living here, the young and dark Hispanic living there. Though, of course, the unwillingness to be taxed to support the Other cuts both ways. How will a majority nonwhite young workforce feel about paying out income and Social Security taxes for the sustenance of old, white Anglos? I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I, at least, have looked forward glumly to my last days, most likely spent stuck, incapable, in some cruddy nursing home with a bunch of other helpless white geezers, my daily needs in the hands of resentful black and brown orderlies whose educations featured long catalogs of the wrongs done to Them by Us. Back of all that is the question: As white Anglos decline into a minority, will we see the rise of white-Anglo race consciousness? The common understanding at present is that open expressions of race consciousness are taboo for white-Anglo Americans, but just fine for everyone else. A leading black presidential candidate subtitles his best-selling biography “A Story of Race and Inheritance”; the main lobbying organization for Hispanics carries the proud title “National Council of the Race”; and so on. This word is, however, not available to white-Anglo Americans in reference to themselves, and white-Anglo Americans are indoctrinated from childhood to believe, or to pretend to believe, that race is an empty category. This taboo is left over from the old pre-1960s order of unassailable (as it then seemed) white-Anglo supremacy. It was really just a form of noblesse oblige, a patronizing courtesy from the vast-majority race, who owned and ran pretty much everything in the U.S. up to about 40 years ago, to minorities about whom they nursed a mildly guilty conscience. Noblesse oblige is a wonderfully satisfying, self-flattering attitude: “Look at me — not only powerful and rich, but gracious and kind, too!” Whether it can survive as white Anglos dwindle to minority status is not clear to me. It might: it runs strong today among the white-Anglo inhabitants of Washington, D.C., even though they are (see above) only 32 percent of the population there. I suppose it depends how the economics shakes down. Hispanics accounted for almost half (1.4 million) of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006... The Hispanic population in 2006 was much younger, with a median age of 27.4 compared with the population as a whole at 36.4. It is quite possible that Americans alive today will live to see the nation become majority Hispanic. Did anyone ever think this would happen, prior to a few short years ago? Well into the 1960s, Mexico was an inconsequential place, a joke place, while the other Central American nations simply did not register at all. You went to Acapulco for an exotic vacation, got a nasty case of Montezuma’s revenge, and came home with some colorful handicraft trinkets to put on your mantel shelf. That aside, you never thought about Central America from one year’s end to the next. The highest level that Mexicans rose to in the American imagination was the vaguely sentimental portrayals in the works of southwestern writers like Willa Cather. The inconsequentiality was numerical, too. In midcentury there was one Mexican per four or five Americans. The place was underpopulated. The few thousand Mexicans who drifted across the border looking for work could easily be rounded up and deported if they became an inconvenience, as in Eisenhower’s famous “Operation Wetback.” There were no limits at all on legal immigration from the Western hemisphere until the 1965 Immigration Act, none being thought necessary. An annual quota of 120,000 was imposed by that act; but this was just a low-value bone thrown to key members of the Senate Judiciary Committee (Everett Dirksen and Sam Ervin) by Teddy Kennedy to get the bill through. Nobody cared about Hispanic immigration; no-one thought it consequential. Now there are 110 million Mexicans to the U.S.’s 300 million, with corresponding numbers of Hispanics further south. If you count the 20 or 30 million Mexicans actually living here, legally or illegally, the Mexican-American ratio must actually be about one to two. Unfortunately Mexico’s great late-20th-century population boom was boomier, and longer-lasting, than that nation’s economic boom, which fizzled out around 1980. Not only were mid-20th-century Central American populations numerically insignificant until recently; the economic gap between their sleepy, stagnant economies and our vibrant one was less then that it is today, after several more decades of sleepy stagnation on their part, vibrancy on ours. And so white-Anglo America slips into minority status. Probably we never wanted it to happen. Probably, if asked around 1970 whether it ought to happen, most of us would have said no. The topic never rose to the status of a major political issue among the mass of Americans, though. The coming presidential election will be the first in my lifetime to have immigration as a major theme. If Americans minded what was happening, they didn’t mind enough to stop it. To be sure, their indifference was aided and abetted by the late 20th-century browbeating campaigns by cultural elites on behalf of “diversity,” “political correctness,” and racial guilt; but Americans didn’t seem to mind those much, either — not enough to rebel against them in any significant way. If there is any large general historical lesson to be taken from all this, it is that a population as prosperous, secure, well-employed, and well-entertained as the white Anglos of late 20th-century America, and as confident of its own cultural superiority, cannot be made to care much about matters of ethnic identity, and may altogether lose the habit of thinking in such terms. Whether this ethnic insouciance will survive the coming great demographic changes, I don’t know. Things have gone so far now that there is very little we can do but wait and see.

is this a disease ,mentally? Since I was child my family would say you are a book hard to read*mysterious girl*though when I remember my old life I don’t see any odd naughtiness or rudeness In fact I was more humble in many ways but I just had secret life in my brain Its hard for me to make friends that’s why I started to take myself away and accepted that social life isn’t for everyone When I get obsessed by something I cant get enough of it ,then I may leave it ,and now lately I noticed that when I have red book I like to put red marker*or something to keep the page I reached* So I couldn’t help but thinking,do I have any form of autism? ,my mother keeps telling me that when my father divorced her I didn’t cry *that I was having deal with my father if she gets out I would do stuff she doesn’t want me to do that’s why I was happy when she left*and of course its crap , whats the what? its not about red ,when i read a book i put the same color of the cover ,i buy a new one if i dont have one *for marking the page*and i m not native speaker ,there are lots of native speakers who write crap

is this a modern day form of persecution or witch hunt ? or am i over reacting or overly concerned , being paranoid ? in these ages of big brother states and NWO agenda im not so sure.. in my local area , i live in government housing in england on disability in a one bedroom apartment , i have bpd and are working with my mental health team to get the right therapy as ive had a very unfortunate , traumatic life, have a criminal history, trying to put the past behind me missed out on everything in life. iam 31 nearly and live in a government housing estate like a condo in the us ? - i live in a small apartment i own no material possessions except the essentials and my computer, my best possession. anyhow i got a letter through the post from my housing authority who have an ' anti social disorder ' behaviour policy and scheme where they get rid of people who are anti social , take legal action against them. they printed the real name of a man known to them, someone ive never heard of - who previously must of lived in the area who caused problems of some sort, been taken to court and now has been evicted from the area , his apartment and the neighborhood. the letter is warning of his name, that he is banned from entering the area , and if anyone sees him in there , to phone them or the police, and that he can be arrested for returning to the area.. they provide a little map attached to illustrate the parts of the area he iis not allowed in bold marker pen provide by google maps. even though i dont know this guy, or what hes done, it disturbed me a little and i felt concerned for the guy.. is this not a form of big brother and persecution , naming somebody to everybody in the area ? publicizing his name almost to demonizie him, ostracize him like some witch hunt ? do they do anything like this in the u.s ? it made me feel like i have to be almost on my best behaviour or they could use this policy to publically outcast me to ? even though i just mind my own business and get on with working on my own life, it still bothered me the letter. in the past i used to have rage outbusts and rage problems but ive done well for years controlling it, seeking help etc.. this letter felt like a bit of a personal warning to behave or else almost like making me feel guilty. like oppressive. or am i just being paranoid ?

Was I a victim of child abuse? Hey I was born and raised in Serbia (then former Yugoslavia.) I was spanked many time in my life by my parents. 1. Once I accidently sat down on a glass table in our living room, of course my mom thoughout that I "purposly" jumped onto the table. She took me to my room and spanked with with a belt. 2. On time I told my mom that I would go wait for my dad outside our apartment building but wonder off and they spent about one and half hours looking for me, that time my dad beat m with slipper and told me to sit to stand in the corner. 3. When we moved to Canada from Serbia in 1990, I was had a problem with a teacher who did not like immigrants so much and I did not know how to speek english. I made friends with someone and kind of followed him around like a sheep. Once he took a bunch of marker from the french teacher and threw it into a small office and shut the door and it looked. I was not suspened or anything but the grade 1 teacher told my parents that I and martin stole some marker and my dad spanked with a stick. 4. In grade three, I was in a behavor class and was sent to the time out where I wrote swear words about the teacher onto the wall. I then lied to my dad and siad I wrote it onto paper that I subsequently dispposed of. Next day the teacher saw it, the principle was called and I was sent home. My dad beat the crap out of me with a belt. I recieved at least like 6-7 hit with the belt that day and was not allowed to go anywhere for the weekend. 5. I know that there was one other cases when I was missbehaving and was spanked with a slipper by my dad. 6. I have been slapped many time in the face by both my mom and dad for swearing at them. 7. One time in grade 7, I told my dad that I had a project due the next day and it was late night, so he was running around the town trying to find a place to get it printed out. When he returned I then realized that it was actually to be due the week after and he got angry at me and slapped me in the face. 8. Once me and my brother went with my parents to a friends house and they both them some cocholates. The firend put it out. Mom said that if we take even one she will beat the crap out of us at home with a belt. We did not take any, so nothing actually happened. 9. I was helping my dad type in some data for some rearch that he was doing, but I was not able to open the file because it was made on a different commuter and the excel program on our mac did not recognize it. I called him and he said that if I blocked his file then "I am screwed," which means he probably would have kicked my ***, but then he realized that it ws the computer so I was ok. 10. I did not want to practice piano and I got frustrated and pulled a knife on him, he chased me down and slapped me several times in the face 11. I worked at the airport and was late comming home by half an hour and my mom got crazy and started to through out some flask I had in my lab down stairs. I got angry and swore at her, she slapped, I hit her back and in the end she through out three more pieces of glassware. I know that my mom does have an attitude problem sometimes and she is unable to control her anger and even screams and says hurtful things to me, my dad and brother sometimes. She once told my brother not to pick up the phone if anyone is calling and he forgot and my mom slapped him in the face a couple fo times for it. My mom has a habitting of yelling at us ALL THE TIME!!! Of course, in Serbia, even if you hit your wife the police do nothing about it and beating children is very common. Question: 1. Was I a victim of child abuse? 2. Although I have not had any problems with my parents (my dad at least) in the past several years. I am still haunted by some of this and when I think about it I want to shoot them? 3. If I shoot my parent's will I go to jail, sometimes I feel like doing it? 4. Should I, would you forgive them? 5. I was born with Asperger's so I do have more a problem memorizing certain things, but do you think that how my parents treated me can be the cause of poor social relations that I had in my life? 6. Could you till love your parents if they did all this to you 7. I have a lot of thoughout of war, mladic, karadzic, fighting, etc. can this be the result of how I was treated at home? thoughts of war and aggression. I guess also because I have problem associating with people and have developed a hatred towards the world now, can not even find a girlfriend

PsyCHOLOGY HELP, PLEASE HELP!? If you could PLEASE help me with each of these questions it would be greatly appreciated. Please EXPLAIN why that is the answer of each question if you have the time. THANKS SO MUCH! 1) Which statement about the role of nature and nurture in gender development is true? A. Biology dictates a person’s sex, so gender is a result of nature. B. Environment and society shape a person’s gender, so gender is a result of nurture. C. Gender is only a social concept, so it is influenced by neither nature nor nurture. D. The formation of gender is influenced by both nature and nurture 2) According to Erik Erikson, people in middle adulthood who haven’t acquired a sense of fulfillment experience A. despair. B. stagnation. C. generativity. D. isolation. 3) Which mental disorder related to the deterioration of brain cells is often diagnosed in elderly patients? A. forgetfulness B. depression C. bereavement D. dementia 4) Darwin just reached the age of 66. Recently, he wrote to his daughter apologizing for working 15 hours a day while she was a child. He added that he wished he could have been a better father. According to Erikson, which best explains Darwin’s action? A. People in late adulthood want to make their mark on the world and embark on a journey to find their true purpose in life. B. People in late adulthood crave social relationships that can give them happiness in the form of a family and/or children. C. People in late adulthood either look back on their lives and are satisfied, or they feel that they failed in some way. D. People in late adulthood want to hold on to their youth for as long as they can, so they seek out old friends and go out partying. 5) Which physical change is a marker of adolescence in males only? A. widening of hips B. growth of facial hair C. menarche D. growth of underarm hair 6) Alethea and Athena are identical twins who like the same books and the same movies, and they both want to be writers. Which example describes the role nature has played in their development? A. The twins like the same books because they were exposed to the same writers by their parents. B. The twins may be predisposed to having similar interests because they have identical genes. C. The twins are alike because they grew up in the same environment and have learned similar things. D. The twins are similar because they are both female and have modeled themselves after their mother.

PSYCHOLOGY HELP!!!!!!? If you could PLEASE help me with each of these questions it would be greatly appreciated. Please EXPLAIN why that is the answer of each question if you have the time. THANKS SO MUCH! 1) Which statement about the role of nature and nurture in gender development is true? A. Biology dictates a person’s sex, so gender is a result of nature. B. Environment and society shape a person’s gender, so gender is a result of nurture. C. Gender is only a social concept, so it is influenced by neither nature nor nurture. D. The formation of gender is influenced by both nature and nurture 2) According to Erik Erikson, people in middle adulthood who haven’t acquired a sense of fulfillment experience A. despair. B. stagnation. C. generativity. D. isolation. 3) Which mental disorder related to the deterioration of brain cells is often diagnosed in elderly patients? A. forgetfulness B. depression C. bereavement D. dementia 4) Darwin just reached the age of 66. Recently, he wrote to his daughter apologizing for working 15 hours a day while she was a child. He added that he wished he could have been a better father. According to Erikson, which best explains Darwin’s action? A. People in late adulthood want to make their mark on the world and embark on a journey to find their true purpose in life. B. People in late adulthood crave social relationships that can give them happiness in the form of a family and/or children. C. People in late adulthood either look back on their lives and are satisfied, or they feel that they failed in some way. D. People in late adulthood want to hold on to their youth for as long as they can, so they seek out old friends and go out partying. 5) Which physical change is a marker of adolescence in males only? A. widening of hips B. growth of facial hair C. menarche D. growth of underarm hair 6) Alethea and Athena are identical twins who like the same books and the same movies, and they both want to be writers. Which example describes the role nature has played in their development? A. The twins like the same books because they were exposed to the same writers by their parents. B. The twins may be predisposed to having similar interests because they have identical genes. C. The twins are alike because they grew up in the same environment and have learned similar things. D. The twins are similar because they are both female and have modeled themselves after their mother.

How can I help my son move on? My son was taken from my care when I was 17. I had him young and the social worker assigned didn't like me and said that she fear[ed] I'd neglect him, not that I had just that sh felt I would. He was gone for 4 years during which time they dragged it out in court as long as they could. It only ended when Children's Advocate threatened to do a department wide inquiry (all cases would be frozen while they pick through each and every single one, many would lose jobs). He'll be 6 in less than a month. He's home now but he is very passively aggressive, destructive, disrespectful and...gee I don't even have a vocabulary to time enough for adjectives. He's stealing form us, treats (normal enough), Q-tips, notepads (he has coloring books and notebooks), band-aids, food from one of the daycare kids (I run a daycare)...etc. We can't trust him alone. He lies about stealing, lies in general. He doesn't listen, we've told him countless times not to clap loud right by our faces or when we are in a closed in space (car) because it's disruptive and really annoying. We ask him to play quiet while his brother is sleeping and when it suits him he will but usually he is quiet because he's getting into some other trouble. He is destructive to our home, he was chipping away at the walls on the outside, took marker and colored all over the carport, drew with black marker all over his new bed...he knows better. He is constantly...seeing how many pieces he can make something or seeing if it can come off and go back together. We ask him why he does these things, why he's breaking our home and he says "I thought it was fun" The book I read a while back said this behaviour was revenge and gave some tips on handling it but I can't just...give into this behaviour and let him destroy everything I've worked so hard for. I hate spankings but we have started spanking him. It's gotten to the point where I am so angry I think about just smacking him. I'm not going to I am in control of myself and if I feel like I'm loosing control I leave the room. But I have no clue what to do. It's clear he misses his foster parents and I have allowed them to continue to have visits (he sees them at least once a week and often for entire weekends). What else can I do? How do I get it into his head to stop destroying my home and lying and stealing from us? His behaviour only occurs at our home not the foster parents, school or daycare. The only thing I've seen happening other places is stealing and then only normal things, treats and money.

Could you be Male and XX or Female and XY? CBX2: The Age of Chromosomes is Over! By Sophia Siedlberg Thursday, April 16, 2009 The New Scientist (1) recently published an article about a seven year old girl who was "diagnosed" as having XY chromosomes, but has a uterus, ovaries etc. As usual the popular press described what the team in Zurich had found, led by Dr Anna Biason-Lauber as a girl who had violated the rules of "maleness" and she therefore "provided a key to understanding how maleness works". There is however a bit of a bombshell for all those Chromosexuals out there who get sexual satisfaction in condemning such a child as "a genetic male". Dr Anna Biason-Lauber has discovered a more important truth here. Sex is not down to chromosomes! CBX2 on (wait for it) Chromosome 17 acts like the real "Male master switch" and most XX females will have a working copy. So does that makes them genetically male then? There are two key points to remember here, firstly the MSRs on the Y chromosome are not the "male master switch" (In plain English SRY is not the six pack penis gene it was said to be) and secondly the fact that the "real master switch" resides in Chromosome 17 and everyone, male or female has a copy of it. Anyone with half a brain may start to realize that sex differentiation is more complex and in terms of chromosomes, more diffuse than the commonly held misconception of everything being on the 23rd pair of chromosomes. What Dr Anna Biason-Lauber has found is simply the fact that sex differentiation is not what people have for years thought it to be. Look at this both ways (as most people were taught to believe the SRY on the Y chromosome is the root of all maleness): before SRY there is another "master switch" that if present and if expressing "allows" SRY to express. So SRY is clearly not the root of all maleness. Add to this the simple fact that CBX2 is found on every man and woman's genome, and resides on chromosome 17 not X or Y. Suddenly male and female are not quite so distinct. After SRY we again find a situation where all the relevant genes have to be there, have to express in a given way and they can also be found on either the X or the remaining autosomes. Rendering the "oh so sacred" Y chromosome as something that will increase the probability of a male birth but little more than that. What CBX2 shows is that people cannot use genetics as an excuse to say to XY women, "They should be men". For ten years or so genes expressing after SRY have been shown to be as important when it comes to making someone "genetically male" or "genetically female" (If fools want to be so arbitrary about it) but now it has been found that SRY depends on a gene in the autosomes to express before SRY can. And if it doesn't, SRY or no SRY, the end result is a female. There is no excuse now for anyone to think that XX = "Girl" and XY = "Boy". It clearly does not work that way. You are only "genetically male or female" if you have all the genes line up to produce an unambiguous phenotype of one or the other sex. Since this is also not so clear cut, even talking of "Genetic sex" is foolish, and to claim a woman or girl such as the one mentioned in the New Scientist is "genetically male" is little more than petty minded ignorance. The next time someone says to me, "Such and such is genetically male because of their chromosomes" , I will simply maintain that in order to draw such a conclusion, they are deliberately ignoring how DNA really works and as such must be "genetically pig ignorant". The age of chromosomes is now over. Like it or not, chromosomes are not the final markers of sex and never will be. The very second Dr Anna Biason-Lauber published her findings was the very second the imagined absolute nature of chromosomes came to an end. If people are going to describe sex in terms of genetics, they can only say it truthfully now: Chromosomes simply hint at the presence of a set of genes (Polygenic array, ah vindicated!) that would lead to a particular outcome, but nothing more. Being male or female is not a question of genetic checklists involving chromosomes. Being male or female is an adapted state of being as I have always said, and this proves it. Genetically sex is a complex set of variations, more complex than "social constructs and some mythical gender spectrum." The real spectrum is the entire human genome and that differs from individual to individual. Someone's approximation to a given sex is like their fingerprint, unique to them. And when people realise the full consequence of that, the two sex system and not just the "gender binary" face a very profound challenge. Has society got the balls (or ovaries) to grasp that? Or will society still insist on saying something dumb like "XX for a girl; XY for a boy"? Only time will tell, but since Dr. Anna Biason-Lauber published that paper, the age of chromosomes should be consigned to the dustbin of history along with other mistakes like eugenics. Footno This is different from intersex... this is fully functional and developed female with Male XY chromosome pair You're completely wrong Ms your wrong... brains are genderized and so is the body but they are not always linked and neither are chromosomes... Radgal this is new this week... intersexed is XXY or other 26th chromosome abnormality. This is about a male trigger in then 17th chromosome which is present in all males and females... there are 100% genetic males who never develope as males... That is NOT intersexed, it is that chromosomal sex is not always birth sex, a new concept. Radgal this is new this week... intersexed is XXY or other 23rd chromosome abnormality. This is about a male trigger in then 17th chromosome which is present in all males and females... there are 100% genetic males who never develope as males... That is NOT intersexed, it is that chromosomal sex is not always birth sex, a new concept.

I think I may have redefined celiacs, how do I prove this? To make a long story short, I am a celiac, I have suffered a powerful and long term sprue due to sheer medical misdiagnosis. I am self diagnosed through genetic science. I carry the hLA DQ8 marker. After 42 years of non diagnosed celiacs, I went on a gluten free deit. What happened to me afterwards, was a shocker. Not so shocking that my stomache ailments had left, but what was shocking was the changes that happened in my mind. I had no idea, that I would ever again, have clear thought like I had before puberty. All my life has been riddled with anxiety and insecurity. now, all of a sudden, I had clear confidence. I did not realize what had actually happened. I had cured a large part of the asperger autism, I had suffered with, for most of my adult life. Now, armed with the mind that was a misdiagnosed mild idiot, strong savant, was no longer controled by lack of social graces. The class clown had finally grown up. Afterwards I realized that I was left with an amazing learning curve. I was left with the self challenge of redefining celiacs. I think now I have it. I have studied under Dr. Peter Green, Dr. Alessio Fasano, Dr. Kenneth fine, and other university level studies done on celiacs. I have combined smaller studies to most of the celiac related dysfunctions and other fields also. I have studies definitions of asperger autism, I have studied definitions of psychiatry, anthropology, immunology, and pharmacology. Universities contributing to my studies are global. Saporro, Cambridge, University of Brasil, and studies done around the world by simply clicking the English option. How does one formally mentally challenged person, gain respect of the people who could never diagnose him? How can I be heard from my little berg in my little corner of the world?

Are you tired of media disinformation ? Is this an appropriate response? For the next 2 weeks I want everyone to start making crap up Alien lands with dates and times --- talk about it as if it is you read about it in a history book mailed to you from another nation Invent all sorts of misinformation disinformation and imaginary happenings Just talk about it amongst yourselves for 2 weeks and have fun with it Call in to radio shows and tell the host you approve of the government re- writing history and how everyone should be owned by a CEO who should have the right to place a label marker on everything Start announcing to you're friends that you got you're trackable 666 number tattooed to you're buttocks last weekend and it hardly stings at all any more " But Johnny there has always been a one world government who owns us all --- Jesus said so --- during the3rd edition of the big brother bible ------------------ After all if there is data mining going on --- then the powers that be should be given a good performance by the masses before their slavery is offically announced And if there is no such thing at all --- then the people will have had a fun filled 2 weeks where they played with reality and took back a little of their own imagination instead of letting the TV place things into you're imagination along with the newspapers and the internet Share amongst yourselves Are you tired of media disinformation ? Is this an appropriate response? Today goddess Elspeth offered me the power to change matter to energy and back again --- the quantum alchemist of social engineering dept approves this message

Can the police "pull u over" at ur house? i live on the second house at a 4 way stop, i stop,cross the street but go up onto the sidewalk to pull into my garage, because theres other vehicles in the way and theres a small space where our little sidwalk leads into the garage,im getting off my bike and walking to the front door i see police lights reflecting off the house so i turn around and the Popo is walkin up my driveway he asked me if i need to go to jail, i said no sir why? he said stop bein a smart ass and if i do it again hes takin me in, i said excuse me sir do what?, he said ride up on a public sidewalk i said oh yes sir i wont..then he asked if i have a class m license i said no sir, he said oh buddy u jus said d wrong thing give me ur license, i gave em my license opend the bed to my pickup truck and to lay down because its 6am i jus got off a 13 hour shift im exhausted.....he comes back out checks out my bike ask for my insurence and i hand it to em, then he asked me for my social, i gave em the last 4 and he said whats ur hole ssn i said i dont know it i jus go to work and back every day he said if u cant come up with a number im takin u to jail i said sorry sir i honestly dont know it, he said quit bein a smart ass do u at least no a phone number i said not off the top off my head but i have em saved in my phone, he said sighn the x told me my court date, and for bein a smart ass i shouldve taken u in... i think those are his favorite words, cuz i only gots a highschool diploma and i work where any monkey can...oh well i guess ill deal wit this junk, but this isnt the first time ive shown complete respect to officers of the law and i still get treated like im the jerk...HPD is aight, accedently "rolled" passed d white marker at a red light he pulled me over and said i was timing the light i said sorry and if he could help me find a freeway he said be carefull and watch myself and i followed him to d freeway no ticket..lady po's are cool i didnt stop long enough on a red light and turned right i made her laugh she said have a nice day ..guess ill end this Q before i start tellin yahoo ppl abt. my run ins wit d law...jus let me know what ya think

Can someone please proofread this? As part of my summer reading work for my AP English 11 class, I have to read 3 books. On each book I have to write a 'well-developed' paragraph about the author. But here I wrote 2 paragraphs. Can someone please proofread my first paragraph, and give other suggestions to make it better? The book was Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. 10 points to best answer! Zora Neale Hurston had a commanding presence and a, “rambunctious spirit” (Hurston). However, before her fame, she came from humble beginnings. She grew up poor in a small town. Then at the age of 13, tragedy struck her world when her mother died. Despite her rough childhood, she grew up into a very kind, social women who was unforgettable. She was one of the most famous, and talented African-American writers during the twentieth century. She wrote and published many writings that are still loved and cherished today. Those writings include: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Tell My Horse, Dust Tracks on a Road, and several more. In a career that last over 30 years, she earned many well-deserved awards for her writings. However, they did not earn her a lot of money. She was a poor woman for most of her life. Sadly, when she died in 1960, there was not even enough money for a marker on her grave. Later, in 1973, a fan put a head stone on her grave that read: “Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South.”

what do you think of my gender essay? know it's bad...how can I make it better? Please help! Thanks Sooo much! Heres the prompt: Through narrative and descriptive strategies, compose an essay that explores how the idea of gender (gender training, gender narratives, gender markers, gender expectations) operates in your life. Move your essay through 3 main sections: past present and future. Ground your reflections in actual texts, actual objects, actual experiences from your own life. Past: refer to childhood. Reflect on toys/games gravitated towards and/or that were given to you, activites you were signed up for that you asked to be a part of, clothing you wore, familial interactions and chores... Present: Refer to your current life. Consider gender dynamics as they surround affect, and define you (as presented by media, family, school, workplace, friends, etc). Future: Refer to your adult-self. Explore how currrent narratives from different parts of American culutre project what it means to be a adult woman or adult man. Heres the essay: Newton’s Law To understand gender we must understand why and how we label certain objects/habits/demeanor feminine and masculine. Personally, my decision to mark an object female or male becomes dictated by the audience of appreciation. Who appreciates Barbies more, boys or girls? Through observations in society, girls enjoy Barbies more; therefore Barbies become a feminine aspect of playing rituals. By exploring masculine and feminine labeled gender themes, I attempt to comprehend my gender trends. As Katha Pollitt suggests “…you’ll find that for every kid who fits a stereotype, there’s another whose breaking one down. Sometimes it’s the same kid-the boy who skateboards and takes cooking in his after school program; the girl who collects stuffed animals and A-pluses in science.” I represent the latter in regards to displaying both masculine and feminine traits. In my “gender defining years” (pre-school) I played with dinosaurs and Barbies. Masculinity (the act of playing with dinosaurs) and femininity (the act of playing with Barbies) both equally represented my playing rituals. Through assorted gender experiences, I understand balance (between masculine and feminine behavior) to represent my understanding of personal gender roles and expectations. While sitting on the old blue couch in the living room, cornflakes crunching in our mouths, my brother and I watched the Power Rangers race down the “Widow Maker” and defeat monsters. With each play station controller in our hands, I defeated my brother at Mortal Combat. On Christmas morning (after a cliché and picturesque race to the Christmas tree), I ripped open the gleaming red wrapping paper to find my first Barbie. My next present was a plastic Brachiosaur. As a child, I never represented the epitome of a female or the epitome of a male. I represented some grey area in between: sometimes playing with Barbies, sometimes with Dinosaurs, sometimes watching Sailor Moon, sometimes Power Rangers. The equal masculinity and femininity exhibited in my playing rituals resulted through my personal necessity for company. My failure to watch Power Rangers or play dinosaurs with my brother resulted in an absence of a playing partner altogether. Similarly, my failure to play Barbies with my female friends would result in a loss of company and playing partners. My trends in gender comprehension resulted from my social necessities (the need for company) rather than from gender expectations or gender associations. The question now becomes: what playing habits would be exhibited if I hadn’t the need for company? Would I collect dolls to mother? Would I race fire trucks and build airplanes with Legos? Throughout elementary school, I became obsessed with contain a similar look, a similar voice, a similar attitude, a similar lifestyle and similar clothing as Britney Spears. However, I also enjoyed masculine music (mostly appreciated my males) to balance Britney out. One of my favorite songs was “Last Resort” by Papa Roach and various Blink 182 songs. At Tam Valley Elementary, I represented the only girl who listened to this particular music. After hugely growing in regards to musical taste, I now ask myself what was so great about Britney? Big question. She had the shiny blonde hair, the perfect face, the many cool clothes, and the slender body, the equivalency to the real Barbie. Britney: a new type of Barbie, the full-scale Barbie that all girls (that played with Barbie) wanted to be. Britney contained the artificial beauty that girls (including myself) strived to have. It wasn’t till late in middle school that I began to grow out of striving for Britney’s artificial beauty. I began to embark upon the journey of encountering the self-acceptance that I still search for. Currently, I dress neither feminine nor masculine. A rare occurrence would prevail if I wore a dress or a skirt. At the same time I won’t wear baggy jeans and a baseb

How do I confront a theif? So I have people in my class who are more popular than me stealing stuff from my backpack. I was showing them my scented markers and started to let them use it, or else they would just call me "Gay" or a "Fatass". (and yes, they are mean popular people). So one day our class was doing a social assignment to let us move about the classroom. I was working at another desk with a friend away from my backpack. So went class was over, I went to my next class and noticed three of my scented markers were gone! The person sitting next to me said that those three people stole stuff from my backpack. The same day, I was talking to the nicest person in that group and asked her where ny smelly markers were. She said it WAS them after constantly annoying her. :) She said it was split up between the 3 of the them and that she had one. She kindly handed it over, and I gladly rewarded her. She said not to tell the other two that she told me it was them. So i asked her to ask the other two to take their markers and to give it to me, and I will reward her by doing whatever she wants for a day. But she said that the other two left it at home, and will bring it the next day. So here is the point. I need a backup plan to confront them of stealing my markers WITHOUT telling an adult or telling them the other girl told me. If you are a high schooler, you would know that you would be made fun of for the whole year of you "SNITCH" on someone. I tried to confront them once, and they always lie about them saying "I don't have it". Please help me!

could someone tell me what is this article about?? because im really confused..plzz help meee? m trying to write a summary for my eng 101 class bt i have no freaking clue .. heres the article plz guys i need ur help. i need some cluess plzzz A PROFESSOR'S LOOK At Graffiti Artists Gregory J. Snyder, a Baruch College anthropologist, spent years hanging out with graffiti writers, earning their trust and conducting scores of interviews. The new book based on his studies, ''Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground,'' reveals that he became more than an observer in that decade and a half: on a few occasions he wrote graffiti himself, scrawling his tag perhaps seven times. Graffiti writers, the book argues, are not merely practitioners of vandalism and social disorder but are members of a diverse subculture. It was as a graduate student at the New School that Professor Snyder built relationships with graffiti writers, carrying around a hardbound sketchbook. At the bottom of each page he wrote a word, then asked graffiti writers to visually represent it above. Professor Snyder, 40, argues that while graffiti culture emerged around the same time as hip-hop, in the early 1970s, graffiti in fact comes from a variety of cultural sources. ''Writers define themselves not by what they look like, or what language they speak, or what clothes they wear, but by what they do,'' he wrote. ''Their identities are as writers first, and as members of ethnic, religious and other subgroups second.'' He adds, ''In its purest form, graffiti is a democratic art form that revels in the American dream.'' The book, just published by New York University Press, argues that graffiti culture has, in some ways, been uniquely democratic. ''What is lost sometimes in the cacophony of the debate over whether graffiti is art or vandalism is that when it's art, it is free art,'' he writes. '' And yet, Professor Snyder notes that graffiti has been associated with crime and disorder since the social scientists George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson introduced their broken windows theory, which holds that low-level crimes, if not addressed, create an atmosphere conductive to more serious offenses. ''I'm not trying to make an argument that graffiti is art and not vandalism,'' Professor Snyder said in an interview. ''I hope I've made it clear that it's both.'' For many New Yorkers, the word graffiti connotes the giant murals that covered subway cars and stations from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. That era ''officially came to a close in 1989, when city officials began refusing to put painted trains into service,'' Professor Snyder writes. But efforts to crack down continue. In 2006, the City Council passed a law banning the sale of graffiti instruments, including aerosol paint and broad-tipped markers, to anyone under 21. The law was challenged as too broad. A provocative map in the book points out that unlike other quality of life crimes, graffiti does not tend to be focused in poor neighborhoods with high rates of violent crime. ''Graffiti writers write in order to get fame and respect for their deeds, and therefore they write in places where their work is more likely to be seen by their intended demographic,'' Professor Snyder writes. Indeed, he adds, ''Despite all of the negativity associated with graffiti, it remains one of SoHo's selling points, literally.'' SEWELL CHAN

Making a list of what to bring to Army Basic Training, anything I'm forgetting? - atm card - personal checks - direct deposit form - birth certificate - drivers license - social security card - college credit transcripts - $30 cash - 2 sets civilian clothing - 8 pairs underwear - 6 pairs WHITE crew socks (no logo) - 1 pair running shoes - 1 pair BLACK shower shoes - 2 white towels - 8 sports bras - 4 regular bras - 1 white slip - 2 combination locks - a lot of moleskine (for feet) - hair colored hair bands & bobby pins - ziplock bags (variety of sizes) - good toothbrush - toothbrush holder - peppermint toothpaste - disposable razors - shaving cream - foot powder - a lot of vitamin c COUGH DROPS - gel/stick deodorant - shampoo/conditioner - soap - feminine supplies - black permanent marker - address book - a lot of stamps - envelopes/paper - pocket notebook - pens - phone card(s) - BLACK digital watch (w/alarm & military time) - shoe polish kit (Leather) (all inside a black regulation size carry on) ..what else? Should I also bring stuff that I want to have with me at AIT even though I know it will be taken away during Basic Training?

Can someone please summarize this in one to two paragraphs? In March 2000, the United Nations released a report stating that the birthrate in the United Kingdom, Japan, and most of the countries in the European Union had fallen below replacement level (generally set at 2.0 to 2.4 children per woman.) According to the U.N. report, these "low-fertility countries" run the risk of labor shortages, inadequate pension support, and an overall decline in the native-born population. The report concluded that affected nations will most likely need to consider measures like increasing the influx of immigrant workers, increasing the retirement age, and reconsidering the types of benefits they provide for the elderly. (1) Great Britain's birthrate now stands at about 1.72 children per woman. (2) The failing birthrate has raised widely articulated fears in the British media about labor shortages and a lack of support for state pension plans, as well as less overtly articulated concerns about the position of the native-born white majority in the coming years. Without a rise in the native-born birthrate, according to the United Nations, Britain will only be able to maintain its population size by raising the number of migrants it admits. (3) This has led to discussions on what it will mean to be "British" in the coming years as the racial and cultural landscape of the nation changes, as well as interesting debates about the responsibilities of white, native-born women to reproduce an "authentic" British collective, as they are presumed to have done in generations past. Why, the press is asking, are women choosing not to have babies anymore, and what sorts of measures might be taken to change this? The question I explore in my research is how nations perceive that their interests are being served or not served when their citizens enact fertility in certain ways. Women and their reproductive labor are generally given a central role in nationalist projects, and their decisions about their fertility and the work they perform within the home are integrally tied to the economic, military, and moral strength of the collective. Women both physically reproduce the collective and transmit national culture and values through their roles as mothers and educators." On a symbolic level, women also act as boundary markers for national groups through restrictions imposed on their sexual relations and often function as signifiers of national identity. This reproductive women's work of nation building becomes particularly prominent in nationalist discourses in times of social upheaval and transition. (4) The case of the British "Baby bust" presents an opportunity to analyze pro-natalist discourses, particularly messages aimed at women and men to increase their childbearing, and their intersection with anxiety about Britain's changing cultural and ethnic makeup. Methodology My sample consists of articles from nine of the major London-based U.K. newspapers from the period between 1 January 2000 (two months before the release of the UN population report) and 1 May 2002. Pulling all articles that include significant mention or discussion of the UK's declining birthrate has given me a sub-sample of 199 articles (to get a better sense of the immigration debate as it occurs without reference to the declining birthrate, I have read and analyzed an additional 128 articles that solely cover debates related to immigration). Of those 199 articles in the birthrate sample 58 (or 29 percent) take the stance that increases in immigration are a positive or inevitable solution to the drop in the white native-born population, while 13 (7 percent) argue that increased immigration is either unnecessary or would be detrimental. One hundred and nine articles (55 percent) talk about the falling birth rate without mentioning immigration at all, and a final 19 (or 10 percent) mention both but send a neutral or ambiguous message about immigration. Content analysis: Pronatalism Of the anti-immigration subset of the articles dealing with the birthrate, more than half (7 of 13, or about 54 percent) contain an expressly pronatalist message aimed at British readers. One can further assume that these are native-born readers, and, in at least a few cases, the message is aimed not so subtly at white native-born readers. For example, a Times piece which ran on 22 June 2000 argues that "Mass immigration as a demographic and economic solution is a simple minded, short term evasion, not a solution. It ignores demographic realities and would transform rapidly, in unwelcome ways, the receiving countries into radically different kinds of society." The real solution, the article goes on to explain, is to make the "workplace, the tax and welfare system, and gender relations as a whole more favourable to women, so they can fulfil ambitions to have more than one child." "Look after women," the writer concludes "and the population will look after itself." Another article, in the 26 October 2001 edition of the Independent not

Was I a victim of child abuse? Hey I was born and raised in Serbia (then former Yugoslavia.) I was spanked many time in my life by my parents. 1. Once I accidently sat down on a glass table in our living room, of course my mom thoughout that I "purposly" jumped onto the table. She took me to my room and spanked with with a belt. 2. On time I told my mom that I would go wait for my dad outside our apartment building but wonder off and they spent about one and half hours looking for me, that time my dad beat m with slipper and told me to sit to stand in the corner. 3. When we moved to Canada from Serbia in 1990, I was had a problem with a teacher who did not like immigrants so much and I did not know how to speek english. I made friends with someone and kind of followed him around like a sheep. Once he took a bunch of marker from the french teacher and threw it into a small office and shut the door and it looked. I was not suspened or anything but the grade 1 teacher told my parents that I and martin stole some marker and my dad spanked with a stick. 4. In grade three, I was in a behavor class and was sent to the time out where I wrote swear words about the teacher onto the wall. I then lied to my dad and siad I wrote it onto paper that I subsequently dispposed of. Next day the teacher saw it, the principle was called and I was sent home. My dad beat the crap out of me with a belt. I recieved at least like 6-7 hit with the belt that day and was not allowed to go anywhere for the weekend. 5. I know that there was one other cases when I was missbehaving and was spanked with a slipper by my dad. 6. I have been slapped many time in the face by both my mom and dad for swearing at them. 7. One time in grade 7, I told my dad that I had a project due the next day and it was late night, so he was running around the town trying to find a place to get it printed out. When he returned I then realized that it was actually to be due the week after and he got angry at me and slapped me in the face. 8. Once me and my brother went with my parents to a friends house and they both them some cocholates. The firend put it out. Mom said that if we take even one she will beat the crap out of us at home with a belt. We did not take any, so nothing actually happened. 9. I was helping my dad type in some data for some rearch that he was doing, but I was not able to open the file because it was made on a different commuter and the excel program on our mac did not recognize it. I called him and he said that if I blocked his file then "I am screwed," which means he probably would have kicked my ass, but then he realized that it ws the computer so I was ok. 10. I did not want to practice piano and I got frustrated and pulled a knife on him, he chased me down and slapped me several times in the face 11. I worked at the airport and was late comming home by half an hour and my mom got crazy and started to through out some flask I had in my lab down stairs. I got angry and swore at her, she slapped, I hit her back and in the end she through out three more pieces of glassware. I know that my mom does have an attitude problem sometimes and she is unable to control her anger and even screams and says hurtful things to me, my dad and brother sometimes. She once told my brother not to pick up the phone if anyone is calling and he forgot and my mom slapped him in the face a couple fo times for it. Of course, in Serbia, even if you hit your wife the police do nothing about it and beating children is very common. Question: 1. Was I a victim of child abuse? 2. Although I have not had any problems with my parents (my dad at least) in the past several years. I am still haunted by some of this and when I think about it I want to shoot them? 3. If I shoot my parent's will I go to jail, sometimes I feel like doing it? 4. Should I, would you forgive them? 5. I was born with Asperger's so I do have more a problem memorizing certain things, but do you think that how my parents treated me can be the cause of poor social relations that I had in my life? 6. Could you till love your parents if they did all this to you 7. I have a lot of thoughout of war, mladic, karadzic, fighting, etc. can this be the result of how I was treated at home? thoughts of war and aggression. I guess also because I have problem associating with people and have developed a hatred towards the world now, can not even find a girlfriend! My mom has a habitting of yelling at us ALL THE TIME!!!