Social Science - 10 October 2007

I’m always seeing commercials on TV telling young people to wait to have sex. It’s always kind of funny to me because it assumes that everyone has the ability to have sex. But when I was in high school, I looked like a super-young little boy and I couldn’t have gotten laid if I had tried. I had no choice but to wait.
So my question is: How many people actually feel like waiting to have sex is something they had a choice of whether or not to do? In other words, could you have gotten sex if you wanted to when you were young?
Please include whether you’re male or female in the answer.

2007-10-10 17:21:15 · 9 answers · asked by egn18s 5 in Gender Studies

using prescription drugs that she finds good for her body, and using narcotic drugs that she finds good for her mind, without the explicit, written certification from a certified medical practitioner, identified and registered with the government (society).

In the case of abortion ANOTHER human life is involved, but in this case its only her precious and sacred woman's body.

Why do the feminists condone these inhuman laws regarding rights of women on their precious and sacred woman's body? Are they only interested in the unquestionable right of women to kill fetus, without the scrutiny of the society for valid ethical or medical requirement of abortion?

2007-10-10 17:10:02 · 6 answers · asked by UseAnotherNickname 3 in Gender Studies

I dreamed that I was walking with my dad and a whole bunch of people across a field and sort of lightning started in the sky, my dad thought it was kind of cool but I got scared becuz it was explosions in the sky and then all of these missles started flying through the air and I wanted to run the other direction but my dad wouldn't go, he kept saying its okay don't be scared even though i knew we would die.

It was a scarey dream. I can't stop thinking bout it, does it mean anything?

2007-10-10 17:07:37 · 7 answers · asked by Oliver J 1 in Dream Interpretation

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-rape1002,0,4031938.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout

ok I read the Baltimore Sun article and I know there is more to the story than that and I don't know. I'm sure it was something more than just he took a few seconds to get out of her though. Hey guys: Think!

The question at the trial was: "Does sex that begins consensually but continues after the woman tells the man to stop constitute rape?"

Hey I think that common sense says that if you are with someone and they want to stop whatever you are doing than it's as simple as that. They don't want to continue.

I mean if a guy wanted to stop with anything I would no problem. I would ask what's wrong but I would stop because he is not enjoying it.

And...Isn't sex about enjoyment?

2007-10-10 17:02:39 · 17 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7 in Gender Studies

If so, what was/were the technique/s?

2007-10-10 16:52:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I've read Gloria Steinem and Simone de Beauvoir and a few other feminist titles and I think that it's a good thing for women to have expanded civil rights, salaries, and job opportunities. I know I like my work.

I find the hairy pits and legs thing kinda skanky and was curious to note that some women who've "let go" seem to attract guys but if I "let myself go" I get all sorts of looks and it's harder to get a date. And it freaked out my boyfriend who wasn't too advanced, but I kind of miss him, and it's more of a chore to find a guy who's nice then it is to shave once or twice a week.

Am I a victime of opppressive capitalist gender stereotypes? Or should I just revel in being "femme"?

Confused.

2007-10-10 16:41:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2007-10-10 16:37:23 · 10 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6 in Psychology

2007-10-10 16:20:42 · 23 answers · asked by I'mjustLikeU 3 in Psychology

what are some ways to get your butt bigger?

2007-10-10 16:16:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

i asked this question already but still looking for a serious answer, and some experience-based advice...


when i first saw her i thought she was beautiful...but wasnt sure if she was a student or teacher..then she walked in the club i cofounded and learned she was a professor...im 19 and shes probably in her late twenties.....silly me, i didnt introduce myself coz i was nervous....i know it isnt right to 'hit' on a professor, but i wanna get to know her... im confused whether to try or just keep my distance?

(im a smart student but i noticed i always crush on teachers and get frustrated with girls my age)

2007-10-10 15:54:53 · 23 answers · asked by vincent m 2 in Psychology

There is darkness, then suddenly at the end of a tunnel/hallway there is this red glowing light. At the end of the tunnel/hallway there are voices, but I can't understand what they say, but when I try to walk closer, the voices are silenced and I wake up.

2007-10-10 15:44:26 · 9 answers · asked by Vinteal 4 in Dream Interpretation

2007-10-10 15:44:12 · 8 answers · asked by Leila 1 in Sociology

I currently have a visual arts diployma. I want to work with Canadian indigious peoples.

Where can I go next, or what can I do to come closer to my goal in being an Art Therapist?

2007-10-10 15:41:12 · 5 answers · asked by Stony 4 in Psychology

.. or be more organized in life?

2007-10-10 15:30:36 · 12 answers · asked by LoseVulture 1 in Psychology

2007-10-10 15:22:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2007-10-10 15:15:05 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2007-10-10 14:51:08 · 25 answers · asked by ? 2 in Sociology

If you've ever been to one, were they helpful? I know it depends on the psychologist but... I think it would be a good idea for me to see one, but right now I'm short on money.

2007-10-10 14:49:14 · 12 answers · asked by Nicole 5 in Psychology

I started crying when I read this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ak9UeywjbxQhvzBGA5_QUIPty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071009061709AA84FMA&show=7#profile-info-h8IV8scUaa

I actually got so upset that I vomited. I'm still shaking. To think that I am moving heaven and earth, like this WOMAN, to be recognised for who I am and to see HER dumped on by so many people, so many women who should know better. On a "feminist" list, no less!

So, will you make an effort not to judge ALL women by their bodies?
Will you educate yourself on trans issues?
Will you express support in some way for THE MOST disadvantaged group of women on the planet?
Will you honestly examine the reason that you are uncomfortable with recognizing her for the woman that she is fighting like he!! to be seen as and who she has always been?
And will you apologize for your arrogance in believing that you know more about who she is than she does?

Please use female pronouns when referring to her. Anything less is wrong.

2007-10-10 14:47:14 · 18 answers · asked by Alyssa 3 in Gender Studies

Hi Everyone,
This is so intersting that I came across this site! I had a dream the other day about these HUGE catfish (maybe catfish) that were slowing dying in a small tank. They had really big eyes and I was panicking as they died. Then later in the dream I was getting on a bus ( I haven't rode a bus in about 11 years). No clue where the bus or fish thing fits in. PLEASE HELP!!!

2007-10-10 14:37:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

2007-10-10 14:33:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

I have a crush on a guy @ my school, we never actually spoke w/ each other (but maybe i'll tomorrow)...before he used to make a lot of eye contact w/ me and it was like he was trying 2 tell me something w/ his eyes. But now when i look at him he doesn't look at me, and when i'm not looking at him he does look at me. i noticed that he stopped walking today to stare at me and he was going to the places where i was going, it seems like he wanted be to speak to him, but i'm kinda nervous...do u think he likes me?

2007-10-10 14:31:29 · 8 answers · asked by Christina's fan 3 in Psychology

Is being cynical something to be proud of or not somethig to be proud? I feel being cynical keep me on my toes. Always looking out and analyzing what I see and hear. I'm not cynical to the point where I'm rude and mean to people!

But what do you think, being a cynical person something to proud of or not?

2007-10-10 14:27:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

i know that sounds dorky but i have dreams like that all the time.

2007-10-10 14:26:27 · 6 answers · asked by allie 1 in Dream Interpretation

2007-10-10 14:08:37 · 16 answers · asked by merz 3 in Gender Studies

I kind of hate phrase! Most of the people who I hear say that. Well, to be honest. . . there talking about nothing but sex. Really. . . that's we have going? Pfffff! come on. I would like to beileve this life a lot more to offer then meaning flings and one stands. Are we that empty? Is that really life at its fullest?
No matter what, people are always gonna have regrets about something. You can say you won't but that's a lie. How can you not?! Every choice you made your gonan be proud of?Especailly in todays' society. We live in such a shallow, over implusive age.

Are we really living life to its fullest? Or just stealing from it and taking as much we can. Not really knowing anything about this life we've been given?

I personally hate that statement. It's just so generic to me. I understand what they're trying to say. . . But I can't stand it. Overrated statement to me.

Thoughts?

2007-10-10 14:08:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

It really is difficult to remain unbiased when it comes to discussing Americans. They arrogate to themselves the right to act as this planet's policeman, to condemn other countries for real or perceived breaches of human rights and to rail against forms of government which in American eyes are less democratic than theirs. As Americans are such good Christians, surely they know the passage in the Bible that says: "O thou hypocrite, before thou wouldst remove the splinter from thy brother's eye, attend to the beam in thine own eye!" Never has a passage from the Bible been more apt. So naturally do Americans become defensive when their own shortcomings are pointed out to them, because to face the truth would be unbearable.
Which other self-proclaimed peace-loving country has waged so many wars against smaller defenceless countries, has allowed the members of their military to commit atrocity after atrocity going back to WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, and now Iraq?
In what other country do you need to be a millionaire or at least be able to raise millions in order to be elected to parliament or chief executive?
Where else on this globe has the education system broken down and/or deteriorated to such an extent that children no are no longer able to read and write or do simple arithmetic and need to take remedial classes upon entering college?
In which other country with the exception of certain Middle Eastern nations does a small fundamentalist religious minority have the power to manipulate both government and the media to enforce a Victorian concept of morality upon an unwilling population?
I could go on and on, but let this suffice.
No wonder Americans are sensitive when it comes to discussing their shortcomings

2007-10-10 13:49:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

I know relaxation techniques, I work out, I eat right, but life in the past few days has me absolutely grinding my teeth. I am having to eat a injustice and can't really express it because I have a child who would get stressed if I did. I try breathing techniques...you name it...Anyone have any good advice for letting go of something awful?

2007-10-10 13:31:03 · 5 answers · asked by CherryCheri 7 in Psychology

explain.thanks.

2007-10-10 13:30:06 · 14 answers · asked by polly-pocket 5 in Dream Interpretation

I was sitting under an oak tree eating a hot pocket.

COMMON SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS! It's driving me nutso.....geeeeesh.

2007-10-10 13:26:16 · 8 answers · asked by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 in Dream Interpretation