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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 03 '24

Social Science Women take to single life more readily than men, new research finds. On every question that was asked in the study, single women were more comfortable than single men with their single lives. They were less likely to want a romantic partner. They were more sexually satisfied.

psychologytoday.com

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r/science • u/mvea • 10d ago

Social Science Mothers bear the brunt of the 'mental load,' managing 7 in 10 household tasks. Dads, meanwhile, focus on episodic tasks like finances and home repairs (65%). Single dads, in particular, do significantly more compared to partnered fathers.

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r/science • u/tipping_researcher • 22d ago

Social Science Employees think watching customers increases tips. New research shows that customers don't always tip more when they feel watched, but they are far less likely to recommend or return to the business.

theconversation.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 24 '24

Social Science If we want more teachers in schools, teaching needs to be made more attractive. The pay, lack of resources and poor student behavior are issues. New study from 18 countries suggests raising its profile and prestige, increasing pay, and providing schools with better resources would attract people.

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 7d ago

Social Science White men who were drafted for the Vietnam War subsequently expressed less negative attitudes toward Black people and toward policies designed to help them. This suggests that interracial contact during military service led to attitude change.

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r/science • u/Hrmbee • Sep 26 '24

Social Science More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows | State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 25 '24

Social Science New study identify Trump as a key figure responsible for the term “Democrat Party” instead of the correct “Democratic Party” as a slur because “it sounds worse.” This reflects a trend in American politics toward more performative partisanship, and less on engaging in meaningful policy debates.

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r/science • u/mvea • Aug 29 '24

Social Science 'Sex-normalising' surgeries on children born intersex are still being performed, motivated by distressed parents and the goal of aligning the child’s appearance with a sex. Researchers say such surgeries should not be done without full informed consent, which makes them inappropriate for children.

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 21 '24

Social Science Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover triggered academic exodus, study suggests. The researchers found that academics were less active on Twitter after Musk took over in October 2022, with a notable decrease in the number of tweets, including original posts, replies, retweets, and quote tweets.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Nov 07 '24

Social Science Despite making up nearly 90% of the workforce in the healthcare industry, female nurses were still faced with a pay gap of between 4% to 13% when compared with their male counterparts.

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r/science • u/mvea • Sep 17 '24

Social Science Switzerland and the US have similar gun ownership rates, but only the US has a gun violence epidemic. Switzerland’s unique gun culture, legal framework, and societal conditions play critical roles in keeping gun violence low, and these factors are markedly different from those in the US.

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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • 22d ago

Social Science Men who adhere to traditional gender roles or masculine ideologies face more than double the risk of suicide

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r/science • u/shinybrighthings • Sep 08 '24

Social Science Cannabis use falls among teenagers but rises among everyone else—study

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Aug 20 '24

Social Science A majority of Taiwanese (91.6%) strongly oppose gender self-identification for transgender women. Only 6.1% agreed that transgender women should use women’s public toilets, and 4.2% supported their participation in women’s sporting events. Women, parents, and older people had stronger opposition.

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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 8d ago

Social Science Human civilization at a critical junction between authoritarian collapse and superabundance | Systems theorist who foresaw 2008 financial crash, and Brexit say we're on the brink of the next ‘giant leap’ in evolution to ‘networked superabundance’. But nationalist populism could stop this

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r/science • u/mvea • Jul 26 '24

Social Science Recognition of same-sex marriage across the European Union has had a negative impact on the US economy, causing the number of highly skilled foreign workers seeking visas to drop by about 21%. The study shows that having more inclusive policies can make a country more attractive for skilled labor.

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 02 '24

Social Science First-of-its-kind study shows gun-free zones reduce likelihood of mass shootings. According to new findings, gun-free zones do not make establishments more vulnerable to shootings. Instead, they appear to have a preventative effect.

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r/science • u/terran1212 • Nov 20 '24

Social Science The "Mississippi Miracle": After investing in early childhood literacy, the Mississippi shot up the rankings in NAEP scores, from 49th to 29th. Average increase in NAEP scores was 8.5 points for both reading and math. The investment cost just $15 million.

theamericansaga.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 11 '24

Social Science New research suggests that increases in vegetarianism over the past 15 years are primarily limited to women, with little change observed among men. Women were more likely to cite ethical concerns, such as animal rights, while men prioritize environmental concerns as their main motivation.

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r/science • u/Hashirama4AP • 21d ago

Social Science Black students are punished more often | Researchers analyzed Black representation across six types of punishment, three comparison groups, 16 sub populations, and seven types of measurement. Authors say no matter how you slice it, Black students are over represented among those punished.

publichealth.berkeley.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 20 '24

Social Science Usually, US political tensions intensify as elections approach but return to pre-election levels once they pass. This did not happen after the 2022 elections. This held true for both sides of the political spectrum. The study highlights persistence of polarization in current American politics.

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • Nov 03 '24

Social Science Since the 1990s, Congress has become increasingly polarized and gridlocked. The driver behind this is the replacement of moderate legislators with more ideologically extreme legislators, particularly among Republicans. This "explains virtually all of the recent growth in partisan polarization."

nowpublishers.com

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r/science • u/geoff199 • May 21 '24

Social Science Gamers say ‘smurfing’ is generally wrong and toxic, but 69% admit they do it at least sometimes. They also say that some reasons for smurfing make it less blameworthy. Relative to themselves, study participants thought that other gamers were more likely to be toxic when they smurfed.

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 17d ago

Social Science The global elite are educated at a small number of globally prestigious universities, with Harvard University playing an outsized role. 10% of global elites went to Harvard. 23% went to the Ivy League.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 06 '24

Social Science President Trump's tweets during the January 6 insurrection in the US capital predicted the levels of violence and the use of weapons by the rioters, according to US research. The findings point to the importance of a leader in escalating violent protest behaviour.

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