Persistent questioning of knowledge takes a toll: New study supports theories that baseless discrediting harms
It can be demoralizing for a person to work in a climate of repetitive skepticism and doubt about what they know, a new study shows.
It can be demoralizing for a person to work in a climate of repetitive skepticism and doubt about what they know, a new study shows.
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Apr 16, 2024
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People of color are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates than White people, and men of all races have higher rates of recidivism. A new study that estimated the effects of risk factors for Black and White men and ...
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Oct 23, 2018
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Even pillow talk apparently has its boundaries. New research suggests that when it comes to race, the duration of a relationship affects how comfortable Black women are with having these conversations with white male partners.
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Jul 13, 2023
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One explanation for declines in marriage is a shortage of economically-attractive men for unmarried women to marry. Indeed, a new study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family reveals a significant scarcity of such ...
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2019
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Shotgun marriages have faded in popularity overall, but are on the rise among some groups, says new research from Duke University. And not all shotgun marriages are as rocky as one might think.
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Nov 1, 2016
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Despite the highly publicized 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent calls for change, many people of non-African descent around the world have yet to consider the lasting impacts of anti-Black racism.
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Apr 8, 2022
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Invisibility is a salient and recurring experience of mistreatment for women of color working in traditionally white and male professions, two researchers found in their recent study. Barnini Bhattacharyya of the Ivey Business ...
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Mar 7, 2023
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Police violence is a leading cause of death of young men in the United States with black men 2.5 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement over their lifetime than white men, according to a Rutgers study.
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Aug 5, 2019
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In an analysis of more than 5,000 people, frequently working in teams was associated with a greater tendency for women and white men to put in extra effort at work, while other links between job conditions and effort varied ...
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Aug 2, 2023
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Joscha Legewie, a sociologist at Harvard University has found a link between the killing of unarmed black people and an increase in local black babies being born prematurely. In his paper published in the journal Science ...