New Report Suggests More Than Half of Women in Advertising Have Faced Sexual Harassment
Who would have guessed that an industry like advertising would have a problem with sexism? Now that’s sarcasm, Donald Trump.
Facebook Releases Their Yearly Diversity Numbers, Blames Stagnation on the Educational Pipeline
On Thursday, Facebook shared their growth in diversity for the last year. There hasn’t been much.
Dying in a Gun Homicide in Japan Is as Rare as Dying by Lightning Strike in the U.S.
Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times compiled data on gun death that shows the United States as the outlier it is, at least among developed countries. The article was originally published in 2015, but there has been cause for recent updates.
Think Men Don't Want to Date Smart Women? Not So Fast!
Maybe you heard about that study that showed men don’t want to date smart women. It certainly plays into our stereotypes of how men behave, and it got a lot of press as a result. But if you actually dig into the paper, you’ll find there are some serious problems with those results.
Millennials Aren't Getting Married, Will Inevitably Disappoint Parents
Print out this article and send it to your mom/dad/aunt (whoever raised you, really): New research suggests that millennials aren’t ever getting married and their loved ones need to get with the program and stop nagging them.
Happy National Proposal Day, You Lonely, Unlovable Monster
As a reminder that you'll probably die alone looking into a mirror, whoever makes up holidays has deemed March 20th National Proposal Day, leaving you with less than 24 hours to find someone, anyone to propose to you and validate your entire existence. Here are some fun facts about that proposal you're not getting!
Can You Guess The Drunkest Day Of 2014?
Hint: It wasn't Superbowl Sunday.
This Is How Long It Takes to Have Sex With 10,000 Men
Gwyneth Montenegro is the author of 10,000 Men and Counting a harrowing account of one woman's sexual escapades while she was working as an escort. Here at Jezebel, we are nothing if not committed to science, so we asked a statistician to run the numbers on how long that whole thing would take.
Having a Second Baby Makes Moms Unhappier than Dads
I haven't had any babies of my own, but everyone tells me that having two is exponentially harder than having one. Like, you've got one poop-covered screaming potato thing to deal with, and then all of a sudden YOU'VE GOT TWO. I missed the baby years with my stepdaughters, but even so, I've learned that when you have…
Statistics professor challenges midwives' math on home birth safety
Recently a group of midwives published a paper about birth outcomes for home births, which seemed to indicate home birth is as safe as hospital birth. A skeptic blog got a statistics professor to analyze the paper, and came up with very different results. Check them both out!
A State-by-State Look at Where Kids Are Not Being Vaccinated
This is frightening: Look at how many people, in each state in the United States, are opting not to vaccinate their kids.
You're more likely to die during sex than the numbers suggest
Here's a little anecdote that shows how hard it is to get accurate data on risk. Just to keep things spicy, the "risk" involved is the likelihood of dying from a fatal heart attack during sex. It's more complicated than it seems.
Breaking News! Female Protagonists Are Still Rare in Gaming and Movies
Despite Geena Davis's simple, two-step process (so easy, a misogynistic producer can use!), women remain woefully underrepresented both behind and within the scenes of the movie and gaming industries.
On correlation, causation, and the "real" cause of autism
Here for spreading far and wide is a graphical reminder of the important distinction between correlation and causation.
UK Women Under 50 Diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Record Numbers
Breast cancer researchers in the UK have noticed a troubling trend recently, which is that more women under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with breast cancer. A record number of women under 50, actually — according to Cancer Research UK, 10,068 women under the age of 50 in the UK were diagnosed with the disease in…
Lipsyncing for Your Life: A Highly Detailed Survival Analysis of RuPaul’s Drag Race
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I'm a big fan of RuPaul's Drag Race. The transformation, the glamour, the sheer eleganza extravanga is something my life needs to interrupt the monotony of grad school. I was able to catch up on nearly four seasons in a little less than a month, and I've been watching the…
Show This Depressing Graph to the Rape Apologist in Your Life
The next time some dick is all, "...but what about all those false rape accusations?" show him this excellent (albeit very sad) graph from The Enliven Project, which used data from Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey and FBI reports to show just how often rapes are reported (not often) and how…
An Incredibly Detailed Super Statistical Hunger Games Survival Analysis
Whenever a new fad takes over pop culture, social scientists take note. They host conferences, teach courses, and write popular pieces trying to tie the newest thing to their favorite area of research. Consider this post a humble attempt to take that trend to its epic, nerdtastic next level.
Teens Are Less Harlot-y Than Ever
Conservatives may believe that this country is full of wanton teens running around getting knocked up for fun, but they will be pleased to know that is actually not the case, According to new data from the Guttmacher Institute, teen pregnancies are on the downswing. In 2008, the year the most recent data is from, 7…
America's Favorite Songs Are Almost Always About Sex
"Approximately 92% of the 174 songs that made it into the [Billboard] Top 10 in 2009 contained reproductive messages," declares SUNY Albany psychology professor Dawn R. Hobbs in her recent study about the prevalence of sex in American pop music. Are we at all surprised?
