Social Science - 11 May 2007

Are sitcoms simply mindless entertainment? Do they explore scenarios similar to what their audiences' would experience? Do any make social or political comments? Do they have any messages? Or are they a simple form of entertainment to distract us from our lives?

2007-05-11 23:35:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2007-05-11 23:21:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

my friends dad took me to a strip club for the first time. He spent fat money on me. He paid $340 on me for vip lapdances. 20 for two songs. Thats alot of lapdances. Thats a lot of beautiful women. I felt really good and was lost in ecstasy for hours. I have this feeling Ill have to fight this from becoming an obsession. On the other side, do some women have this "strip club" problem?What do you women think?

2007-05-11 22:26:05 · 9 answers · asked by Choppinsumwood 2 in Gender Studies

Gas prices continue to rise all the while the oil companies are recording record profits. You think if they were making so much money that the prices would drop not continue to rise.

2007-05-11 21:15:05 · 15 answers · asked by Maggie 1 in Economics

Let's say a person whom you know is being terribly mean to you illogically and irrationally eventhough you've not bothered him/her at all in anyway & you've minding only your own business so far but somehow they still always try to cut in to your lane just to put you down (& I don't know why, probably jealousy)- then how do you deal with this situation?

- Do you just ignore that person? or
- Do you confront them? or
- Do you simply shut them off your life?

What's the best way to deal with this situation? Please share your opinion. I just want to know what majority of the people say?
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2007-05-11 21:08:22 · 6 answers · asked by SpiderQbeck 2 in Psychology

i can not get his attension or love : i usually call from time to time talk to him & flirt with him , send messages , bring present form places i visit .... he is not intrested to trest me the same

he said : u r nice friend of mine & he said before is intrested to me (kiss me)

to go for a date with no love from his side is making me feel sad what i can do ??? - i already told him that but he is changing that really hurt me

2007-05-11 21:03:33 · 5 answers · asked by Rachel 3 in Psychology

I was reading the behaviors of people who have autism and noticed all but one matched up with me. My mom thinks I may be a little autistic too, since childhood. Is that even possible, i mean since i can recognize that i have a problem how bad could it be?

2007-05-11 19:35:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Give me three reasons with example.THanks

2007-05-11 18:54:06 · 4 answers · asked by suresh w 1 in Psychology

I've never had a boyfriend. The closest thing that came to it was this boy liked me and vice versa. It ended up with he got bored with me and left, before anything really started.

I'm really anti-social and I barely talk to anyone. I don't know what to do to change myself, I have to FORCE myself to hang around people. But what kind of life is that, to have to constantly force yourself to associate with people. I'm 17, never had a boyfriend, and at this rate I never will. How can I change myself to be a happy social person?

2007-05-11 18:36:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Are there distinct patterns or characteristics that belong to a nationality/country or race? Like a Russian compared to an Irishman?

2007-05-11 18:08:49 · 8 answers · asked by cpc26ca 1 in Anthropology

Let me say I have my problems with god - but I act as good as I can!!!
Church fills me with dread....I really feel afraid & like I don't belong there at ANY church!!!!
Anybody else feel that way???

2007-05-11 18:08:12 · 15 answers · asked by Catcanscratch 5 in Psychology

Ive been having this dream on and off for a few months now and i was wondering if anyone could help me figure it out. It starts off with this intense feeling of fear, but i cant figure out what is causing it, and then out of no where a jet blake, rattle snake with peircing, golden eyes pops up. He is in striking postion and he is just staring at something, but i cant see it. i can see him front a frontal view, but i know that he is not looking at me, it seems as though he is trying to protect me from something. and then all of a sudden ill wake up in a cold sweat. and scared.

2007-05-11 17:41:09 · 18 answers · asked by elida b 2 in Dream Interpretation

2007-05-11 17:36:14 · 7 answers · asked by Croa 6 in Gender Studies

Are we so worried that they won't be "acceptable" in apprearance? Is it really that important if the child has brown hair? Will you love her/him any less?

2007-05-11 16:32:22 · 4 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7 in Psychology

if evolution and natural selection are all true, how is it possible that black people survived for as long as they did?

2007-05-11 16:20:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Anthropology

2007-05-11 15:43:48 · 11 answers · asked by Maryellen 1 in Psychology

I believe it was in Chicago during the 80s but I could be wrong. Aparently, the "no-corner" shaped rooms made the tenants have psychological problems that even led them to suicide and mental disorders. The building was destroyed.

2007-05-11 15:26:10 · 9 answers · asked by andy c 3 in Psychology

2007-05-11 14:54:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

My future husband and I are from MI who's economy sucks terribly. So we are trying to find a list of the states with the best economies. Does anyone know of a website that will give me a list of the best and the worst out of the 50 states.

We were thinking some place close to MI, but not here. So if we can stay more in the midwest that would be great.

I am just struggling to find some kind of certified list.

2007-05-11 14:41:11 · 2 answers · asked by amanda w 2 in Economics

OK, this is gonna sound waaaay wierd, i know, but i need an explanation. l8ly, i'v been havin soooo much deja vu its not even funny. (e.g.) in my phys ed class i knew the exact place my friend would be standing when she got a face plant with a softball. creepy. (another e.g.) i knew the exact words my dad was gonna say when he offered to let me drive home. im totally freaked out. nothing like this has ever happened to me before and it has been happening tons of times a day for the last week. alot is changing in my life, like we're moving to a whole different environment, but, could that be causing these wierd phsycological happenings? PLEASE SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME!!!!!! I'm afraid i'll just crack soon if this keeps going on unexplained. PLEASE??????????

thank you so so so so so so so so much in advance for your help.

2007-05-11 14:40:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I am a good person, a good daughter and a good sister...my family is the greatest family in the world. I feel loved and taken cared of, but inside I'm screaming for someone to help me and console me. I stutter and this has made life for me really difficult. So difficult that when I was in my teens I actually thought of suicide. My years in middle school and high school were the worst years of my life. I'm 21 now but I still feel the same way I felt back then. I can't seem to let go of the past and stop feeling sorry for myself. I always ask GOD why he made me this way. Why did I have to stutter...I mean, if I didn't I would be so much happier. My life would be so different in all aspects: sociallly, emotionally, etc. My life sucks!!! For people it is easy to just say get over it or go to theraphy....but how do I get rid of all the sadness inside me. How do I get rid of all the frustration, hopelessness and anger. I went to speech theraphy once and it didn't make things better.

2007-05-11 14:01:14 · 12 answers · asked by S. R. 1 in Other - Social Science

"Birds of a feather flock together," as the old saying goes. Do you think this has happened to you?

2007-05-11 13:52:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2007-05-11 13:43:48 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

I certainly think in terms of looks, whites are gorgeous? (only side note) Main point is that history texts are culturally biased. Really because there aren't enough impact of asian or african-american harvard sociologists or historians to make this impact of shifting to a broader-based assessment of contributions. I am asian and I orient myself with caucasian standards because that is the world we live in, here in the united states. I definitely know asians and african americans (and hispanics, etc) are making quite an impact, but it is in the most recent times that the impact has been great. How to make sense of human achievements in terms of race? (If you've got racist or insensitive comments, hold your thoughts) If you have any thoughtful comments, please educate me. I am asian and I am quite aware of asian contributions in especially science and mathematics. But beyond the stereotype, there are influences in the arts, even theatre, definitely movies (asian directors).

2007-05-11 13:40:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2007-05-11 13:03:56 · 3 answers · asked by Madmen22 1 in Psychology

I came home the other night and put down my keys and voila...they disappeared. My fiancee has his own pair but mine just vanished. I have been looking for days and can't find them. I wonder where they might be?

2007-05-11 12:59:32 · 10 answers · asked by andrea 1 in Psychology

Are we under mind control, How much of what we do, do we do, because we truely want to do it ?

2007-05-11 12:31:08 · 5 answers · asked by dave h 1 in Psychology

I suppose this is a question of philosophics and morality. What I'm getting at, is that people seem to think it's cruel to say things that might offend someone, because "Aww, you hurt their feelings!"

But isn't it immoral as a society, to ignore the issues at hand, due to being afraid of hurting someone's feelings?

Then again, the flip side becomes, "Who's to say what's the greater good? When does the feelings of the individual(s) become outweighed by the feelings of society as a collective?"

What do you think?

2007-05-11 11:54:21 · 13 answers · asked by nex_nox_noctus 3 in Sociology

Why does it seem that women have less issues when it comes to getting sex/ or a sexual partner?

Do they complain less?
Do women in general get sex far more easier?
Or are Women naturally less sexual than men are...?

2007-05-11 11:52:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

i am a college student and my first year i was extremely painfully shy and lonely. i think because i was so alone i grew resentful and uninterested in what the other students were doing. those were the things where i felt i didn't belong so i had no interest in parties and football games

then over time i grew out of my shyness more and more.
i started going to football games, and frat parties and out to bars. my favorite was going out to this one open-bar with my friends.
however over time, this bar and other places i used to go to a lot are becoming more popular among the ppl at my school. i have started to lose interest in going there and in fact when i hear someone saying they aregoing to go there, i get annoyed. if i went there right now it'd be packed with ppl from my school, rather than a variety of clientele.
there are also local bars that are considered the college bars here and i dont want to go there
they are filled with ppl frommy school
everybody knows everyone else

2007-05-11 11:47:42 · 6 answers · asked by erockairheaven 1 in Psychology