Archive for the 'Political Correctness' Category

Boys Will Be Boys, Even Among Monkeys

Tuesday 8 April 2008 @ 12:46 pm

April 7, 2008 — The notion that children’s taste in toys might somehow be genetically determined has long been disparaged by psychologists — pooh-poohed as unscientific, sexist or both.

Comments (0) | Posted in Political Correctness, science and nature, sex science

Reuters: Austria’s media compares erotic Jesus row to Mohammad caricature riots

Monday 7 April 2008 @ 1:34 pm

The source of the dispute, which Austrian media has dubbed Vienna’s version of the Mohammad caricature row, is a retrospective honoring Austria’s cherished artist Alfred Hrdlicka, who turned 80 earlier this year.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, Media Obfuscation, Oddity, Political Correctness, Politics, Skank Culture, media, psychology, religion

Do Attractive Women Want It All?

Tuesday 25 March 2008 @ 2:08 pm

Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women’s preferences can be influenced by their own attractiveness.

Comments (1) | Posted in Political Correctness, biology, human nature, psychology, sex and metropolis, sex science, society

Burger joint’s name, logo irks LGBT group

Monday 24 March 2008 @ 3:30 pm

When the owners of Quickie Burger and Dogs chose their logo, they thought it would make patrons crave an order of chili cheese fries. But the logo, a busty woman in a tight shirt straddling a hamburger, has drawn criticism from campus groups. “I have a problem that you take a women riding a hamburger and you put it next to the word ‘quickie,’ ” Kolby Roberts said. “It just seems like it’s not putting a good message out there for the objectification of women.”

Comments (0) | Posted in Political Correctness, completely insane

Network Solutions Censors Anti-Koran Web Site

Sunday 23 March 2008 @ 2:13 pm

A website that a Dutch right-wing politician was planning to use to release a film expected to be fiercely critical of Islam has been suspended.

Comments (0) | Posted in Political Correctness, completely insane, religion, speech

Michelle Obama: Men are Selfish and a Mess

Friday 14 March 2008 @ 10:34 am

In a 2004 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Michelle observed: “What I notice about men, all men, is that their order is me, my family, God is in there somewhere, but me is first. … And, for women, me is fourth, and that’s not healthy.”

Comments (0) | Posted in Political Correctness, bias, outrage, sex and metropolis, sex politics

Is Ben Stein the new face of Creationism?

Thursday 13 March 2008 @ 7:56 pm

How do you re-package that tried, untested and untestable faith-without-facts warhorse, “Creationism” after its nearly-annual beat-down by an increasingly exasperated scientific community?

Comments (0) | Posted in Intelligent Design, Opinion, Political Correctness, Politics, religion, sports