A result is that, for the most part, the only people weathering those consequences are the ones who don’t have the luxury of staying quiet. Women, already impeded and imperiled by sexism, also have to carry the social stigma of being feminist buzzkills if they call attention to it. People of color not only have to deal with racism; they also have to deal with white people labeling them “angry” or “hostile” or “difficult” for objecting.
The United Nations just rejected seven female candidates vying to lead the global organization. Now, to promote women and girls, it is picking a cartoon character as its mascot: Wonder Woman.
You may have read or heard about the study debunking the five-second rule. It said that no matter how fast you pick up food that falls on the floor, you will pick up bacteria with it.
Our continued focus on this threat has long baffled me. Why are we so worried about the floor? So many other things are more dangerous than that.
Not only is it naïve to believe that social media education is not part of parenting in 2016, it’s utterly negligent. As negligent as not teaching your kids about skin cancer and smoking and nutrition and road safety.
I have to say that as I look at the plots above, I’m struck by their similarity to plots for physical processes like chemical reactions. It’s as if all those humans, with all the complexities of their lives, still behave in aggregate a bit like molecules—with certain “reaction rates” to enter into relationships, marry, etc.
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about a dystopian future where books are outlawed and firemen burn any house that contains them. The story is about suppressing ideas, and about how television destroys interest in reading literature. I wanted to spread the book-burning message to the book itself. The book’s spine is screen-printed with a matchbook striking paper surface, so the book itself can be burned.
Program allows people to play chess against younger versions of world champion Magnus Carlsen… The aim is to promote chess among as many people as possible to make the sport more popular and accessible. “The good thing is that you can play me at any age. At age five, anyone has a chance to beat me,” Mr Carlsen said.
So what is it like for Mr Carlsen to play against his younger self? “He is really tricky,” the champion said. “Even Magnus at 11 years old was a very gifted tactician. A while ago I played as a test Magnus [aged] 14. I outplayed him at some point positionally. And just boom, boom, he tricked me tactically. “But he makes mistakes as well, so I just have to be patient.”
We enter the meditative state induced by counting laps, and observe the subtle play of light as the sun moves across the lanes. We sing songs, or make to-do lists, or fantasize about what we’re going to eat for breakfast. Submersion creates the space to be free, to stretch, without having to contend with constant external chatter. It creates internal quiet, too.
The 2009 Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law criminalises child marriage, forced marriage, selling and buying women for the purpose or under the pretext of marriage, baad (giving away a woman or girl to settle a dispute), forced self-immolation and 17 other acts of violence against women, including rape and beating.
znásilnenú ženu odsúdili za cudzoložstvo (Afganistan) – článok je trochu chaotický, lebo z neho nie je jasné, či sa má vydať za násilníka, pokiaľ sa chce dostať z väzenia (kde sa jej medzičasom narodila dcéra), alebo z nejakého iného dôvodu; čo s tým má spoločné jej podmienka ohľadom manželstva; či minister spravodlivosti navštevuje všetky takéto obete vo väzeniach… ale bez ohľadu na to, je naozaj desivé, keď je trestaný ten, komu bolo ublížené. (vďaka Zuzine za obidve linky)
Často sa stane, že keď sa dostaneme k dohadovaniu platu, ja im poviem, že číslo im príde o pár dní. Obyčajne začíname okolo $45k [$45 tisíc ročne] na absolventskú pozíciu. 50% až 60% žien, s ktorými robím pohovory, jednoducho túto ponuku prijme. Je to šialené, ja dopredu viem, že dostanem povolenie dať viac, ak si to vypýtate. Naopak, takmer 90% mužov, s ktorými robím pohovory, si okamžite zapýta viac.
Ďalšia veľká chyba je, ako si pýtajú viac. Vo všeobecnosti, ženy s ktorými som rokoval, povedia, že 45k nie je dosť a že potrebujú viac, ale nepovedia žiadne číslo. Vtedy im zvyčajne zvýšim na 48k až 50k. Pravidlá našej spoločnosti nedovoľujú pridať viac ako 5k oproti pôvodnej ponuke, ak si špecificky nevyžiadajú viac. Na druhej strane muži častejšie povedia číslo okolo 65k až 75k, a ja potom vyjednávam smerom nadol. Po tejto fáze, ženy buď novú ponuku príjmu alebo idú inam nevediac, že mohli mať viac, keby si zapýtali.
V konečnom dôsledku, väčšina žien, ktoré najmem zarába medzi 45k a 50k, zatiaľčo väčšina mužov medzi 60k a 70k. A navyše ženy si až tak často nepýtajú zvýšenie platu, takže ten rozdiel ešte narastá.
• solve interesting problems
• find and curate information
• connect unrelated ideas
• ask good questions
• lead and negotiate
• employ a variety of mental models
• communicate in simple, clear ways