That’s how we know sex isn’t a strict binary — It’s kind of strange to me that there is any discussion at all still about whether or not sex is a binary, because from a scientific perspective, it’s clearly not. There are intersex births all the time, both ones that are readily apparent as such and ones that take time…

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#NotAllGermans — When you speak about World War II, do you ever make blanket statements about the Germans such as “When the Germans invaded Poland in 1939…..”? …

Why Can’t We Come To Consensus? While seeking sexual gratification in combination with power has been shown to predict sexual harassment (Kunstman and Maner, 2011), it is not the only factor. When sexual harassment is used to demand sexual favors in return for a material benefit (e.g., sexual favors in…

The Strange Sociology Of This Little Corner of the Internet A lot’s already been written and said about the weird side of people that gets brought out by the relative anonymity of the internet, but as a student of human behavior I just can’t help noticing and sharing about a…

True Racist or Just a Jerk? On July 4, 2018, Adam Bloom, a member of the homeowner’s association and the chair of the pool of the Glenridge Community in Winston-Salem, North Carolina took it upon himself to question a Black woman, Jasmine Edwards, about whether or not she belonged there…

Helping Others Makes Us Feel Really Good Yesterday there were workers on my roof and their trucks were all over the driveway. I had to park my car in the front of the house but this turned out to be a really good thing. As I was heading to my…

Hands-free Doesn’t Mean Brain-free In the car accident pictured above, this Tesla Model S ran into a firetruck at 60 miles per house without breaking. …

When You Love People But Need A Lot of Alone Time Yesterday I set up my meditation app to play sounds of rushing water for 15 minutes and then I closed my eyes to retreat into some blissful solitude. When the gong came at the end, I opened up my…