Who talks more.

After the class, I shared with my boyfriend the 8 findings we learned in class.  I cannot believe it, after explaining to him what I ve learned, he still thinks woman talk more.

Great Quiz - you'll see where you stand and learn something

Intercollegiate Studies Institute - Educating for Liberty

oh, my gosh - watch this!

Officer shootings

I can not stand these news reports about civilians accusing police officers for wrongful deaths. A police officer is trained to shoot if they feel they threaten.
The public mentions it is a racial thing, and the victim was not going to shoot at them, they were just showing the gun.
Or when the officer tells you, " put your hands up", and up put your hands in your pocket, the officer does not know what you have.
Police officers are human, and some have families. The officer wants to get home to his family.
It is not a racial thing or economic problem. Respect the rules and don't test the police officers.

Tannen's video on Conversational Styles

I really appreciated this video because it helped me make sense of so many things. Throughout the video I kept thinking of my past relationship and how I experienced everything she mentioned. What she said at the end really stood with me. If we understand that conversation differs between men and women then we can understand each other and find ways to make our relationships better.

gender neutrality enforcement

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/dc-occupiers-convene-plot-stay-winter 

styles and purpose of talking: conversational styles

talk to get closer
talk to establish status
when women say "I'm sorry" they often mean "I'm sorry that happened to you."
when men say "I'm sorry", it puts them in a one-down position (so they say it less often)
Start OUT - and work way IN to a decision
Stat IN (this is what I want) - and work out if need be
rapport talk (get closer) = troubles talk (just to talk)
report talk (announce status) = "fix" a problem (establish status)
teasing (ritual opposition) (boys)
sharing (girls) (when girls fight they really are fighting, not just playing)
PREMISE 1:  IN A COUPLE, ONE IS THE BOSS
PREMISE 2:  IN A COUPLE, BOTH ARE EQUAL

SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE ONE OF THE "8" BELOW AND WEAVE IT INTO TANNEN'S THEME OF CONVERSATIONAL STYLE

8 interesting studies of gender: nature or nurture?

1. faces or mobiles?  Jack n the Box:  angry or frightened?
2. "like father"
3. different ages of the great spurt of brain development
4. fruit flies and imposed monogamy
5. "evolutionary imperative"
6. who talks more?
7. How do you know when you found the right person?  and how do you know that person loves you?
8. which part of the brain zings when we see pictures:  right brain = your loved one; left brain = the culturallly "cool"
9. AND I GUESS #9 WOULD BE:  Many are changing (or trying to change) the rules of 1000s of years within 40 years, e.g., gender neutrality as in this link which is also above

Did anyone else get emotional writing paper #2, I definitely had to take a breather!

CANCERS

Cancers are extremely generous. Soooo all the cancers should bring homemade cookies to class for the film tomorrow : ) No I'm just kidding....unless you all want to :D ......there's no emojicons on here??? :(

Among the Dead

Did anyone happen to go to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery this past Saturday? Well, the cemetery held it's Annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration. It was so fascinating to see all the altars people set up for their loved ones. It was pleasant to walk among the dead and feel a sense of happiness and feeling of everlasting love.

This is so cute!!!

How does this even happen? I wonder if he knew the camels kiss. Or is this a llama?

paper 2

Just wondering, what did students choose for paper # 2?

"Haters"

Why does my "hater" keep tabs on me. If she hates me, then whey does she care what I'm doing? Is there research out there for me to study this odd behavior?

2nd paper

I have just finished my paper at work. Hopefully I wrote a good paper because the last paper I did not do as well as I thought.

fascinating good news

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44999572/ns/world_news/#.TqRRarL6Mw9   We as a species are getting less violent (no matter how near violence may seem).  And YOU as a generation are getting smarter!

I even sound like my mother...

I was asking family members if they thought I was like my mother... very bad idea. :o)

Miss Representation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkIiV6konY&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL3B6F1317EF5A0795

This documentary on women and media in America was aired last night on OWN. Very interesting.

Standard of living drops in US

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44962589 
particularly for those without a college degree 

The myth of women making less.

I've mentioned in class before that there is a misconception that women make less than men with similar jobs. YOU MUST EXCLUDE GENERATION "BABY BOOMERS" when I make this statement.

I've worked in HR. Trust me. The disparity is on WHICH JOB you are in.
In HR, all the top earners are women. All the directors, vice presidents, presidents of the division are women. So is the case in finance, administration, legal, and operations.

The difference? Engineering and video game developers. (Based on the company I worked for)