Social Science - 25 January 2007

I was a lifeguard. In training, we were taught that, all things being equal, Euro-Americans and Asian-Americans were more neutrally buoyant than African-Americans due to differences in muscle to fat ratios. This fact helped us on the job, making us alert for fatigued African-American boys who were most at risk to drown.

Now, there may be some other differences in this world that are too taboo to be mentioned. Should some facts be outlawed? Are some differences too politically charged to be admitted even if they are true?

For example, if it can be proven that whites are weaker, all things equal, should they have different criteria to becomes soldiers, or to achieve relative fitness levels in school?

2007-01-25 08:09:32 · 6 answers · asked by Murphy 3 in Other - Social Science

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what can you do if your anxietys that bad that sounds, and noises, and shouting, and the activity of people?

around you fills you with panic and anxiety? i live in a block of flats/ apartment, and every noise, bang, drill, noise of youths shouting, outside, car engines reving up, fills me with dread and anxiety. it gets me angry and i wish it would go away. im filling in diary sheets at the moment for noise nuisance from a youth underneath me that blasts music out..my mum said to day all the other noises are everyday noises and that its life....i cant work right now cos im dealing with psychiatric probls, so i cant work in preperation to find somewhere else to live...but i do realise i need to deal with this problem. can anyone help or has anyone felt like this?

2007-01-25 08:07:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

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How are some people able to overcome great adversities in their youth and go on to achieve great things?

2007-01-25 08:06:42 · 6 answers · asked by samsbaseball 1 in Sociology

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How can you continually motivate yourself?

2007-01-25 07:57:26 · 5 answers · asked by samsbaseball 1 in Sociology

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Is it better to move to a different environment(city) for a personal change or bloom where your planted?

I need to renew passion in my life and being around familiarity and my history is sometimes distracting for focus. Is a change in scenery recommended.

2007-01-25 07:57:01 · 5 answers · asked by kuytfkhtdt 1 in Psychology

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Why do I feel like a child around women?

Why do I feel like a child around women? Im a 32 year old woman. When I hit my teens my mum wasn't great at the Mum thing. In fact the last time I had a hug of my Mum was when I was 24 years old. No I'm not a lesbian before the smart remarks come in. My mum has tried to treat me like a child for years and still tries too. Am I looking for a role model or a mother figure??What is it?

2007-01-25 07:56:35 · 6 answers · asked by ? 3 in Psychology

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Do you think having to repeat a year of highschool is something to be ashamed of?

My parents keep telling their friends how I failed, and whenever someone asks me about it I feel too embarrassed to answer. When I get to school, I think there will be people that will look down on me and rub it in my face. What should I do?

I'm planning on pulling my head in this year, and working really hard.

2007-01-25 07:53:46 · 21 answers · asked by Steph :-) 3 in Psychology

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Question for the Lady's!?

I'm over my 30's and is wanting sex more often then usual is this a common thing in women in their 30's?

2007-01-25 07:46:05 · 7 answers · asked by pinkish 2 in Gender Studies

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Why do Americans take marriage and procreation so seriously?

Its almost like a cult mentality!!! I've lived in Europe, Australia and Canada and people in those places have a "if it happens great, if not o'well". Here in America its like marriage/kids by 27 or all is lost. Why do Americans take marriage and procreation so seriously?

2007-01-25 07:44:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

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Listening skills advice?

I have trouble staying focused when I'm in a conversation with my girlfriend. She just seems to go off a 1,000 miles an hour and I can't keep up with her. When she tells a story, she gives me ALL the details. As a result, I forget the main point sometimes because I'm busy trying to follow her lengthy explanation. As a result, she gets frustrated when I ask her something sometimes because she'll remind me how she already told me, etc, etc. Is there something wrong with me? I really want to listen to her and be receptive, but she sure doesn't make it very easy. Maybe, I'm being selfish. I don't know.

2007-01-25 07:42:43 · 3 answers · asked by Just 1 Good Guy 1 in Psychology

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Where is the heart of america???

2007-01-25 07:41:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

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Perfectionism and stress?

What causes one person to react to stress more than another? Is it genetic?

And does it often accompany high achievement? Most people who achieve much in life tend to have very high standards for themselves and get stressed out when they are not meeting those standards, for whatever reason.

Is stress therefore a healthy byproduct? Are we ruining our high achievers by telling them they have disorders and medicating them?

2007-01-25 07:39:50 · 9 answers · asked by sylvia62002 1 in Psychology

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what do you know about the ethic origin of the Trojans and Sumers and?

who are the likely descendants of them today?

2007-01-25 07:39:45 · 1 answers · asked by edd 3 in Anthropology

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What's the aim of your life? How do you see yourself being old?

You know, I'm really afraid that when I get old, I would look back and see that there was nothing important, valuable done by me.
Are you afraid of it too and what do you think can be done to avoid that?

2007-01-25 07:38:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology