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Greg Lukianoff: How Colleges Fight Free Speech

Posted on July 28, 2012 by kwc

Reason TV “You can get in trouble for saying almost anything these days on a college campus,” says Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Lukianoff’s latest book, Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End … Continue reading →

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Teenagers ‘can be corrupted’ by Hollywood sex scenes

Posted on July 21, 2012 by kwc

Andrew Hough telegraph.co.uk Psychologists concluded that teenagers exposed to more sex on screen in popular films are likely to have sexual relations with more people and without using condoms. The study, based on nearly 700 popular films, found that watching … Continue reading →

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Scientist Predicts Eugenic Society in 5 Years: Gene Tests to Determine Lover’s Compatibility

Posted on July 17, 2012 by kwc

Christine Hsu Medical Daily It seems we may be heading into a new era of eugenics, and in the future, instead of choosing to settle with partners we love, we may be choosing them based on the compatibility of our … Continue reading →

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Female student, 60, sues college professor after sexuality course required them to ‘masturbate, document sexual abuse, fetishes and promiscuity to pass’

Posted on July 3, 2012 by kwc

Daily Mail Reporter Daily Mail A woman taking a human sexuality course has filed a lawsuit claiming she was required to masturbate, keep detailed sex journals, reveal her fetishes and if she had been sexually abused – or she would … Continue reading →

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Porn And Video Games Are Ruining The Next Generation Of American Men

Posted on June 12, 2012 by kwc

Ashley Lutz Business Insider Psychologist Philip Zimbardo claims that today’s young men are destined for failure because of porn and video games. In his controversial book The Demise of Guys: Why Boys Are Struggling And What We Can Do About … Continue reading →

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Northern Light

Posted on June 5, 2012 by kwc

Chris Hedges truthdig.com I gave a talk last week at Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Many in the audience had pinned small red squares of felt to their clothing. The carre rouge, … Continue reading →

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Sugar makes you stupid

Posted on May 16, 2012 by kwc

Elaine Schmidt EurekAlert UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory. Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. A new UCLA rat study is … Continue reading →

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Self-worth needs to go beyond appearance

Posted on May 10, 2012 by kwc

Joan Robinson EurekAlert Study identifies 5 factors that promote a positive body image in women Women with high family support and limited pressure to achieve the ‘thin and beautiful’ ideal have a more positive body image. That’s according to a … Continue reading →

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Teacher sacked over pregnancy

Posted on May 2, 2012 by kwc

Today Tonight A Christian college is under fire for sacking a teacher because she has fallen pregnant outside wedlock.

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The Pill Makes Women Richer

Posted on March 29, 2012 by kwc

Kate Sheppard Mother Jones Not only is birth control helping women not get preggers, it’s also making women richer. Widespread availability of oral contraception—a.k.a. “The Pill”—has played a major role in closing the gender wage gap since the 1980s, according … Continue reading →

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