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Posts by Armin Brott
In case you hadn’t noticed, men have a pretty lackadaisical attitude toward their health—an attitude that contributes to the fact that they’re more likely than women to die of heart disease, stroke, and cancer. And the situation is getting worse, with women outliving men by about 5 years.Sounds pretty grim, doesn’t it? Well, it doesn’t have to be. The reality is that millions of premature deaths are...
5/29/2018 7:00:00 AM
A few days ago I heard a young father telling his son—who was probably around 10 or 11—to “man up.” I started thinking about that phrase and wondered about all the gender stereotyping we do without even realizing it. Are expressions like “man up” harmless parts of our language or do they make a difference?There’s no question that we use a lot of sex stereotypes in our everyday speech, most of the time...
5/11/2017 7:00:00 AM
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