News tagged with men
Why men's ring fingers are longer than their index fingers
Biologists at the University of Florida have found a reason why men's ring fingers are generally longer than their index fingers — and why the reverse usually holds true for women.
Sep 05, 2011 |
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If the market decides what stockbrokers earn, why are women on Wall Street earning less?
The recent excesses of Wall Street may be big news but behind the headlines there's another story: When it comes to men and women stockbrokers, someone is taking home a bigger paycheck.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 20, 2012 |
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Testosterone low, but responsive to competition, in Amazonian tribe
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a rough life for the Tsimane, an isolated indigenous group in Bolivia. They make a living by hunting and foraging in forests, fishing in streams and clearing land by hand to grow crops. ...
Mar 28, 2012 |
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New study suggests gender gap around homophobic bullying
A new study from Educational and Psychological Measurement (published by SAGE) found that when it comes to homophobic bullying, there could be a gender gap. While male victims are more likely to be bullied by male homoph ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2012 |
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You need to be a healthy to be a heart-throb: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Men with strong immune systems are most attractive to members of the opposite sex according to a new study from the University of Abertay Dundee and partners.
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Abusive men likely to repeat violence if attraction to women is superficial
(PhysOrg.com) -- Abusive men who select partners mainly based on appearance are likely to be violent again after completing an abuser intervention program, according to a new University of Michigan study.
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Sep 23, 2011 |
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Study suggests yet another cause of personal debt: searching for the ideal mate
Many Americans went into personal debt before the economic recession hit the country in 2008. Why? For some men, the biggest factor may have been intense competition to find a spouse.
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Jan 18, 2012 |
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Research shows that red is not a proxy signal for female genitalia in humans
New research from anthropologists at the University of Kent may have important ramifications for the future study of the role of colour signals in human social and sexual interactions.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Gender wage gap shrunk faster than previously thought
The gap in wages between men and women has decreased sharply over the past 30 years, and a new University of Georgia study reveals that decline was even greater than previously recognized.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Educated women do more paid work than in the 1970s
The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women in the 2000s who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework compared with similarly educated ...
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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Do US men value fatherhood over their careers?
The classic figure of a distant, career-focused father who spends lots of time at the office and who has little time for his kids might be getting outdated, a new study shows.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Study finds shifting domestic roles for men who lost jobs in current recession
The acute economic downturn that began in 2008 sometimes is called the "mancession" to reflect its harsher impact on men than women. As recently as last November, 10.4 percent of adult men were unemployed as compared to 8 ...
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Aug 23, 2011 |
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Black-white marriages increased rapidly since 1980, study finds
A new study of interracial marriages in the United States since the 1980s suggests that the racial boundary between blacks and whites continues to break down – but is not yet close to disappearing.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Employers less likely to interview openly gay men for job openings: study
A new study suggests that openly gay men face substantial job discrimination in certain parts of the U.S.
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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Study: New job trends reproducing old forms of gender inequality
Jobs that come with large paychecks but long work hours are slowing the gains women have made since the late 70s in narrowing the gender wage gap.
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Aug 21, 2011 |
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Man
A man is a male human. The term man (irregular plural: men) is used for an adult human male, while the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent human male. However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole. Sometimes it is also used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Men's rights".
The term "manhood" is used to refer to the various qualities and characteristics attributed to men such as strength and male sexuality.
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