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How race, gender, and culture shape judgments of sexualized deepfake abuse.
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (597+ words) Posted December 28, 2025 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Sexualized deepfakes are often discussed as a technological problem. New research shows they are also a bias problem shaped by gender, race, and national context. Sexualized deepfake abuse, or AI-generated nude images created and…...
Are Architects More Likely to Be Left-Handed Than Other People?
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (668+ words) Is left-handedness linked to a higher probability of choosing certain jobs? A new study investigated this question with regard to architects. Are Architects More Likely to Be Left-Handed Than Other People? A study investigated whether left-handers are overrepresented among architects....
How Father Absence Shapes Male Violence Worldwide
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (659+ words) Posted December 21, 2025 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan This search for structure is not pathological. It reflects a developmental need for containment and meaning. The danger emerges when the only available structures reward dominance, silence vulnerability, and equate power with worth. The…...
Why Are Men’s Friendships Weaker Than Women’s?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (165+ words) Updated December 20, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Friendships between two males tend to take a different form than friendships between two women. Here are some research findings that suggest why men's friendships tend to be weaker than women's: Men's friendships tend…...
Christmas in a Women's Prison: Awakening Unmet Needs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (90+ words) Posted December 15, 2025 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Home Office. (2007). A Report by Baroness Jean Corston of a Review of Women with Particular Vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System. London: Home Office. Motz, A., Dennis,M and Aiyegbusi,A, (2020) Invisible trauma: women, difference,…...
Internalized Weight Stigma and Eating Disorders
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (597+ words) Posted November 26, 2025 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Weight stigma refers to negative attitudes, stereotypes, and discriminatory behavior directed at people because of their body size, most often toward individuals in larger bodies. Common stereotypes include assumptions of laziness, lack of…...
Why Role Models Matter
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (790+ words) Posted November 17, 2025 | Reviewed by Devon Frye This past month, I lost my mentor, my friend, and the person who served as my career role model. Her name was Judy DeLoache, and she plucked me out of college at the ripe…...
Italian Women Taught Me to Lose My Shame and Love My Body
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (511+ words) Posted November 17, 2025 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma Last month in the Southern Amalfi Coast of Italy, I hopped onto the back of my friend Vincenza's Vespa, and we zipped down to join her friends at the beach. She set up our…...
Understanding the Gender Gap in Alzheimer's Disease
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (365+ words) Posted November 17, 2025 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Women have two X chromosomes, whereas men have one X and one Y chromosome. Just because women have two X chromosomes does not mean they have twice as much genetic material, because one of…...
Why Gay Men Judge Their Voices
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (671+ words) Posted November 16, 2025 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods In a recent article, actor and singer Cheyenne Jackson spoke about his struggle with what he called his "gay voice." For years, he said, he had felt ashamed of how he sounded, trying to…...