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Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.


What's eating the breadwinners?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Dr. Meisenbach explored ...


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Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their ...


Men's masculinity beliefs are a barrier to preventative health care

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study—the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity beliefs ...


'Go to the doctor? Only if I'm really sick...'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

African American men could be putting their health at risk by avoiding disease screening, in the belief that the results might threaten their masculinity. Because they prove their masculinity through their sexuality and sexual ...


Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their idea of masculinity ...