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Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study from Cornell University featured in a recent edition of Qualitative Sociology discovered that working-class couples who live together without marrying take on more traditional roles in regards to housework. The researchers discovered that cohabiting women complete a disproportionate amount of housework even when the women want to share the housework or when women are the only ones making money. "When men aren't...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Women who are running their households are less likely to seek career advancement or power in the workplace, claims a new study presented Friday at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in New Orleans. According to a team of US researchers, women who are in charge of a family or running the day-to-day operations of their own home are less likely to have the energy or the desire to pursue...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A recent study completed by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) discovered that females and male tend to stick to traditional views of marriage proposals. The team of investigators delved into the question on personal preferences for marriage traditions and found an overwhelming number of young adults, both males and females, stated that they preferred that the man in the relationship ask for the female’s...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins offered the following comments in reaction to the news that Pastor Louis Giglio has been "kicked out" of the inauguration program because he has expressed his biblical views of sexuality: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080930/FRCLOGO) "This is another example of intolerance from the Obama administration toward those who hold to biblical views on sexuality. Why is the...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online According to a new study, the style of a person’s speech may help listeners guess their gender just as much as the high or low pitch of their voice. A researcher from the University of Colorado Boulder examined transgendered people in the middle of their sexual transformation to figure out how humans associate gender categories with different characteristics of speech. The study was based on the doctoral research of Lal Zimman,...
New York civil rights violation lawyer David Perecman of The Perecman Firm applauds the American Psychiatric Association for revising the classification of transgender individuals. In the newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, transgender will be considered a “normal human variant” and not a mental illness, a milestone victory for the transgender community. New York, NY (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 December saw a significant advancement in...
Including information on LGBT patients in Electronic Health Records will lead to improved care and reduced health disparities Boston, MA (PRWEB) December 22, 2012 Today, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of The National Academies released a summary of presentations and discussions from the October 12 IOM workshop Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection in Electronic Health Records. The one-day workshop brought together prominent health care organizations, LGBT (lesbian, gay,...
NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A bipartisan congressional conference committee agreed to include Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013. The inclusion and passage of this bill would lift a longstanding ban on abortion coverage for military women and their dependants who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest. "The inclusion of the Shaheen amendment is critical in providing servicewomen...
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Both women and men are inaccurate in terms of their perception of the other gender's holiday shopping habits, according to a new survey of 1200 singles by dating service It's Just Lunch. The survey results indicate that women give men far less credit than they deserve. Though 82% of men report shopping anywhere from two to five hours or more to find the perfect gift for the person they are dating, 57% of women believe the last person they...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender cancer survivors now have a special and safe place to support each other in their fight against cancer. Indianapolis, Indiana (PRWEB) December 18, 2012 Malecare Cancer Support and The National LGBT Cancer Project is proud to announce the new Indianapolis LGBTQ cancer survivor support group will have its first meeting on January 12, 2013. “We are excited to have the opportunity to offer cancer support services to the Indianapolis LGBT community with...
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The housefly (Musca domestica) is the most common fly occurring in homes and indeed one of the most widely distributed animals and the most familiar of all flies; it is a pest that can facilitate serious diseases. Physical description The adults are 5-8 mm long. Their thorax is grayish, with four dark longitudinal lines on the back. The underside of the abdomen is yellowish. The whole body is covered with hair. They have reddish compound eyes. The females are slightly larger than the...
