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For your quick hit of sociological fact, look no further. Inequality is bad for societies and also bad for families. In other breaking news global warming is a “go”, religious is still deceiving people and women are still being systematically discriminated against. Enjoy the video. Filed under: Social Science Tagged: Familiy, Inequality, Sociology *TW for sexual violence. Project Unbreakable is about the survivors of sexual assault. It is a photoblog of survivors holding up signs with messages about their experiences and feelings. Powerful stuff. Abuse is epidemic in our societies, not thinking about it does not make it go away. Please link to and propagate Project Unbreakable’s message. [...] Did you ever wonder about economic growth? Take the time to question your assumptions on economic growth and how it effects you? Thomas Homer Dixon has and what he says is quite interesting. From The Upside of Down pages 192 – 193. “One might even say that we’re collectively fixated on maintaining growth. But this is a curious fixation because beyond a certain point – a point many of passed long ago – the higher incomes that growth produces don’t make us any happier. When psychologists have questioned people over the years about how happy . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Failures of Capitalism – Unquestioned Assumptions on Happiness When I was quite young and much more naive than I am today, I was talking to my dad about drugs. We were talking about all the negative health effects of smoking in school, so I told my dad that I thought that it would be a wonderful idea if smoking was made illegal. Within a generation lung, throat, and mouth cancer would be decimated, people all over the planet would be happy, healthy, and less prone to violence. This could save the world! My dad was quick to point out how I was in error. Drug lords, he said, . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Prohibition is Still Failing. Portugal Shows That Decriminalization Works I think one of the smartest things a parent can do is get rid of the TV if they have children. TV land is a violently misogynistic place that perpetuates the current ugly set of cultural norms we have here in North America. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation shares some startling/depressing facts about what people are subjected to while they watch TV. “Nearly 2 out of 3 TV programs contained some violence,2 averaging about 6 violent acts per hour.3 • Fewer than 5% of these programs featured an anti-violence theme or prosocial message emphasizing alternatives . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: You are what you watch – Violence in the Media Urban living makes it difficult to break with the expected privacy norms…watch and see. Filed under: Science, Social Science Tagged: CIty Expectations, Safe in Public?, Sociolgy When you tell someone they are being too sensitive…or they should just suck it up or you just dismiss what they are saying; you’re probably in the wrong. You and your privilege need to stand down, stop and think before you continue.
Filed under: Social Science Tagged: Examine your Motivations, Racism, White Privilege We all think that we’ll help others in distress. Experimental evidence says otherwise… Filed under: Science, Social Science Tagged: Bystander Effect, Experimental Psychology, Science Theramin Trees is notable for his particularly pellucid discourse when it comes to the topics of religion and atheism. The relationships we have and maintain necessarily change over the course of our lives it is unfortunate that religion wants to put us back in the role of the needy, compliant child. Theramin Trees makes a strong argument for embracing adult relationships and responsibilities in all aspects of our lives. Filed under: Religion, Social Science Tagged: How our relationships define us, Religion, The Bad Parent, theramin trees . . . → Read More: Dead Wild Roses: Religion – The Bad Parent Reflect on how the people involved in the OWS are framed and then consider this lecture by Allan Watts. Filed under: Politics, Social Science Tagged: Counter-Culture, Normative Attitudes, OWS, Sociolgy Grabbed from Sociological Images – Again, more evidence that egalitarian policies are good not only for people, but for business. “George W. Bush did not really say, “The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur.” But that statement does fit with the American tendency to view our country as [...] As if the tragedy at Penn State wasn’t bad enough in and of itself, people with unrelated axes to grind are now using it to get attention. 1. A spokesman for an anti-gay hate group blames gay men and homosexuality for the alleged sexual assault(s) a… . . . → Read More: Five of Five: Hijacking Penn State |
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