Reality Checks: Stereotypical Gender Roles, Newborn Planets, Attractiveness vs Condoms, and the Ecological Consequences of Trade

Elizabeth — June 22, 2016

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Children who engage with Disney princesses may be more likely to exhibit steretypical gendered behavior. (via BYU news)
We found a baby planet! It’s so cute! (via Scientific American)
Perceived attractiveness correlates negatively with likeliness to use a condom. (via Ars Technica)
Global trade and invasive species(via Washington Post)

Featured image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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Reality Checks: Stereotypical Gender Roles, Newborn Planets, Attractiveness vs Condoms, and the Ecological Consequences of Trade

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