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more about #aggression mypsychoticself: Recently, my college newspaper has had a few articles about the growing gender gap (I believe we're around 60% female right now). Some of the problem... more » sfraioli: As a former female ice hockey player, playing for my varsity high school hockey team.. my relation to this video is almost overwhelming. not only do i... more » mcpm: I guess this is similar to how society considers it defeminizing for a woman to have a strong opinion - all that stuff about "shrill" and whatever. more » CherriSpryte: "a gun in the hand of a woman is empowering" NO. Guns are bad, regardless of who is holding them. more » QoB: I'm so glad you picked this up. Popular discourse looooves the "it's just biology!" excuse for every type of gendered behaviour, when the actual scien... more » Casquivana: True fact: once, a doctor insisted on sending me to the endocrinologist to get my hormone levels checked, because my personality had a lot of "typical... more » girlleastlikelyto: I noticed something when observing the contestants voted off on So You Think You Can Dance? (This is very Scientific.) When the female contestants fin... more » Jessika: Just yesterday a male coworker said that men shouldn't act feminine and women shouldn't act masculine. The whole thing started because some football ... more » formergr: For those who are saying fighting is allowed, that's in NHL, not high school hockey (even college/NCAA hockey doesn't allow it). That being said, the... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: *sigh* More science? It's too haaaaard for my ladybrain around here today. "unless they were told they'd gotten the hormone. " Now that's just ... cr... more » zu_zu: I guess to me this just makes sense. I've always had a lot of guy friends and they are not really any different emotionally than are my female friends... more » smiley.smiley16: I smile: 1) When something genuinely makes me laugh. 2) When I spot a cute child, puppy, or duckling. 3) At the sight of Johnny Depp. Don't jus... more » staryberry: This fits in well with some linguistic research I heard about a couple of months ago. The word "bridge" is a masculine word in Spanish but a feminine... more » LouisiAnna: I've said here before that I'm a former bar bouncer (at a strip club, in the ghetto, then when I was the general manager of a posh jazz club my instin... more » Wit is periodically disensouled: (I had to listen to this video without sound) It doesn't really look to me like 7 was "tag teamed" - she had put herself in front of the other team's... more » clevernamehere: I always think it is interesting how society thinks about strength and gender. If you take two equally trained 5'10"/160 pound people, one male and o... more » Lizabelle: This is vaguely self incriminating, but I find that when I see a woman who looks angry (or just has an angry resting facial position), I'm much more i... more » curiousgeorgiana: Fighting within the rules and holding your own gets a nod of approval from me. Ref standing by when a player is on the ice beneath another and this i... more » Thus Spake KATE!: I wonder if they decided to tagteam her because she is a girl. I remember when I played sports and was the only girl on my baseball team, pitchers wou... more » Scout: it should be noted that she also got up from the ice and stopped one of her teammates from his continued pummeling on another player and then skated a... more » -
#xxxy
Testosterone, Anger, And Greed: How Gender Stereotypes Influence Us
New research shows our gender stereotypes may be so ingrained that they influence how we see faces — yet what we believe about sex differences may be more influential than biology. More » -
#themightypucks
Girls In Sports Are Expected To Be Assertive, Not Violent
True/Slant blogger Bob Cook feels conflicted about this video depicting a female high school hockey player striking back physically at two male players who tried to tag-team her. More » -
#bottledrage
Is Bottled Water Making Girls "Aggressive?"
a chemical found in bottled water apparently increases "aggression" in young girls. Pretty soon they'll be playing sports, demanding raises, and speaking their minds. Better give them booze instead. [The Awl] -
#unnecessaryroughness
Study: Dudes Overestimate Need To Punch Each Other
According to a new study, when men imagine "conflict scenarios," they overestimate the aggression of their peers and how attractive aggression is to women. Men who feel they are less aggressive than others also have worse self-esteem. [True/Slant]
