Browsing All Posts published on »April, 2011«

Botox: The Social & Emotional Cost of Non-descript Beauty

April 27, 2011 by

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A research article recently published by Social Psychological and Personality Science provides evidence for the current hypothesis that Botox may alter your ability to read emotions of others as well as interpret your own. Scientists have found that a large part of our ability to read other people’s emotional state is accomplished by copying their… [Read more…]

Women in Heels: Power and Helplessness

April 21, 2011 by

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Business Women in Heels The high-heeled shoe embodies leisure, sophistication and sexuality. Throughout history shoe fashions have defined its wearers by gender, race, and social class. Murals have depicted upper class men and women wearing heels around 3500 B.C. in Egypt, while lower class citizens went barefoot. There were also several useful reasons for heels:… [Read more…]

Video Games: Women Are Taking Over, but Industry Slow to Catch On.

April 3, 2011 by

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I love playing video games. My (almost) husband and I spend hours a week playing together. Halo is one of our favorite games to play on Xbox live and we also enjoy playing Call of Duty, Borderlands, Blur, Split/Second and the wonderful Castle Crashers (highly recommended) together. There is a male-oriented stereotype of the typical… [Read more…]

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