Social Science - 13 November 2007

Is diversity always a good thing? Doesn't it have some drawbacks? Why are people shoving this concept down my throat?

2007-11-13 06:19:05 · 3 answers · asked by Simonizer1218 7 in Psychology

How do you sit down in one. Or do you.. How about in a car...

2007-11-13 06:12:02 · 6 answers · asked by Me 3 in Gender Studies

Based upon some questions here, it appears that the chemical pollution is having some long term effects.

2007-11-13 06:11:09 · 7 answers · asked by Fletcher t 2 in Gender Studies

what does this dream mean

2007-11-13 06:10:51 · 3 answers · asked by P C 2 in Dream Interpretation

2007-11-13 06:00:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

What is Victoria being so hushed about? Is she using 3rd world child labor to produce her overpriced panties and bras?

Most people don't like secrets in my opinion.

2007-11-13 05:56:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

What do you think?

2007-11-13 05:44:13 · 7 answers · asked by Razor 1 in Psychology

this one is for my mom since today is her birthday. tell me what you think!!! =)

Silence and running thoughts is all I need.
To pour out all of my feelings, to let my heart bleed
No one to bother me, completely alone
To tell different stories about over the years I’ve grown.

Living for the day, seizing what you have is sometimes hard to see.
Instead you look at all of the bad things that have happened and disagree
That you ever had anything to be happy for
You should take what you have for that day, and soar.

There have been different things I have written about
Those people and events I will never forget without a doubt.

When I am alone and have the chance to write whatever I choose
I have the world in front of me without anyone else’s views.
Sometimes the things people have to say can change the way you feel
With the blank paper in front of you there is nothing to conceal.

I do not think I will ever put these feelings to rest, they will always be here
Mentioning the ones who hurt me, will always and forever make me shed a tear

2007-11-13 05:43:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

im in my last year of school and my homework is piling up already!however much i know and tell myself i need to do it, i just cat find the motivation to get off my **** and get it done! has anyone got any good advice on how i can get down and concentrate?!

2007-11-13 05:42:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Science has tested it and men are shown to more talkative than women. The study showed most people believe women talk more than men, but the study showed the opposite was true. What do you think?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071108171518.htm

2007-11-13 05:41:07 · 18 answers · asked by Steve C 7 in Other - Social Science

I took a personality tests and the results said that "my ego needs are exceptionally strong". What exactly does that mean?

2007-11-13 05:40:33 · 4 answers · asked by blaque_cherry6 2 in Psychology

Have you ever done something selfless for a stranger, and done so without telling a soul who knows you? How did it make you feel, and did you struggle with telling someone what you'd done in hopes of getting a good ol' pat on the back?

2007-11-13 05:37:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

I have a friend I live with and for the last couple weeks he would grumble and get upset every morning about his ear "clicking". It came to a head this morning and he really started to throw a fit about it and then started screaming "Shut up!" "Shut up!" why lying down in the bed
I was not saying a thing but I tried talking to him, to calm him down.
"Both of you shut up!" He kept saying this over and over everytime I tried talking to him to calm him down..
No one besides me and him in the house.
So this got me quite concerned when he said this.
What could be wrong?

2007-11-13 05:35:06 · 3 answers · asked by PeguinBackPacker 5 in Psychology

To me, this shows brings out the worst in behavior. If I was a guy marrying one of those women on that show, I would definitely think twice.

Why are people so materialistic and selfish?

2007-11-13 05:17:49 · 9 answers · asked by Fletcher t 2 in Gender Studies

2007-11-13 05:16:40 · 22 answers · asked by amylthree 1 in Psychology

Since women want equal rights then what would they do if they had to enlist in the draft when they turn 18? Don't you think that's unfair?

2007-11-13 05:16:08 · 12 answers · asked by Liz67 2 in Gender Studies

if time is constantly changing, then why do we have a present, past and future... would there not only be a past and future if the present constantly becomes the past and was only future before it happened....

2007-11-13 05:13:03 · 9 answers · asked by The Nihilist 3 in Psychology

A common response to the question of, "Am I serving as a poor role model as a SAHM" seems to be, "as long as you don't encourage your daughters to do the same." Is it equally coercive to encourage daughters to pursue a career?

I'm not talking about wanting to see them well-educated, as I think every parent wants that. I myself plan to encourage all my children to be educated, to have a fulltime job for some period of time, to learn *how* to have a career, etc. But I wonder if insisting that SAHMs must carefully encourage daughters to be "more" than they are points to a lack of respect for the role of mother.

Is it equally bad to encourage girls to be "career primary" women? If you support choice, why must some choices be apologized for and activly discouraged?

2007-11-13 05:08:02 · 37 answers · asked by Junie 6 in Gender Studies

actually i am tired .. i can not find my self .. i used to find it in academic success before joining the college . i tried to be a member in some groups but i am not active ..

so what ?

2007-11-13 05:01:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

what did you do?

I lost my dream years ago... and I meet people all the time with passion and goals and I really ENVY them. I don't feel much of a purpose or passion to live. What can I do? I don't think I'll ever care about anything again...

2007-11-13 04:52:49 · 7 answers · asked by lola 1 in Psychology

Which of the following is TRUE about quotas on imports?



A. Quotas improve consumer welfare

B. Quotas can be set to establish some protection as tariffs

C. Quotas are more efficient that tariffs in protecting industries

D. Quotas are easier to enforce than tariffs

2007-11-13 04:45:00 · 1 answers · asked by dell10314 1 in Economics

This forum is suppose to be about questions and answers, i.e the sharing of thoughts amongst humans, yet everyone is so busy being hostile all the time that they attack without any regard for what was really asked---an example can be seen at my last question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AobiYr3x5b5grHeLwPKbMiEYxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20071113084808AApU9Ln
I asked for people's thoughts on an article and instead of answering they start jumping to conclusions about my opinion which I never gave! If you can't answer a question, why not stay off?

2007-11-13 04:42:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2007-11-13 04:40:11 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

Incredible level of vitriol and ego inflation in the various organizations is appalling.
How can we return to academic dialogue and an analytical rational mindedness when they have lowered the level of discourse to the epithets and snarling contempt inherent in the Skeptical Inquirer.
We should be as skeptical of "So called proven theory as new and radical ones.Most theory fail at somepont when a better paradigm mathematically comes along. To accept the big bang unequivocally, with its 100 year old search for dark matter and more patch's than windows XP,and yet totally ignore the many proven instances of anomalous phenomena is not being skeptical.

2007-11-13 04:32:15 · 2 answers · asked by steve e 1 in Psychology

How many have daughters,
and how many have wives?

I am curious because,I believe every woman is a feminist.
and every father and husband should be aswell.

Would it bother you if your wife or daughter went to work
worked hard all week, and then their male boss said,

" because you have great big Breasts, I will throw you and extra 5 dollars and patted her on the bottom?

OR

" Because your belly is a little flabby after having 5 children
and your daughter looks like her father, I think your only worth
3 dollars."

2007-11-13 04:31:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2007-11-13 04:25:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

My aunt--shes been described as selfish. She's a musician one day, she walked out on a concert performance because she didn't like duets. All my life, her family has been jealous of us because we "bought the house out from under them" (we didn't, back them my mom said, she offered it to them! The funny thing is, we were never trying to make her feel inferior in any way. years later, there's a huge tragedy in our family. She made me feel so bad and poured salt in that wound at the time of my deepest pain. Then, she calls back once in a while to say that, her daughter is getting married, or so in so is making a lot of money trying to tick us off. Its like she can finally One-up us (however we never thought of things that way!!!) excuse us for mourning. How do I handle her?
15 minutes ago - 3 days left to answer.

2007-11-13 04:24:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-11-13 04:18:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

--Since clothing does not leave a fossil record.

2007-11-13 04:04:34 · 8 answers · asked by dancinn4lifee_07 1 in Anthropology

Why are so many people in America in a sense sheeple? I mean when there are mainstream events going on a great majority of them rally behind one bandwagon or another. Very few people I see actually follow certain fashions and bandwagons because they look at the facts. Most I know follow these trends just because they think its cool or better without exploring the facts. Why do people tend to believe everything the media tells them sometimes? I mean, are there even that many skeptics anymore? Because I know that most of what I hear and half of what I see is deceiving especially in the long run. So why don't most people get this? In 1993, everything the media said about the Clinton health plan wasn't necessarily explanation of the facts, and in 2003 the media wasn't exactly right on the Iraq War either. My point: question most if not all of what you hear... at least SOME!!

2007-11-13 04:04:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology