Gender roles absorbed early on have shaped today s youth regarding their involvement in politics, in line with traditional stereotypes, concludes a new study, conducted amongst adolescents and young adults aged between 15 and 30 in Italy. The researchers report that young males are more likely to engage directly with politics and take part in protests, while their female counterparts would rather choose civic activities, such as volunteering, charity and petitions, in order to serve the community.
Feeling Lonely? Loud Sounds Can Help People Feel Closer To Others
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People may not realize that they re using the sounds as a social comfort
The findings present a simple way people can combat loneliness
Loud sounds can sometimes be uncomfortable, but a team of researchers found that they can actually help combat loneliness.
The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll not just on public health but it has also affected people s mental health globally. Many people quarantining to prevent the spread of the virus found themselves feeling lonely. Earlier in the year, a company even announced its plans to mass produce
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In a time of a global crisis such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to note how people move through different phases to buckle up for such unprecedented and arduous times.
In the very beginning of the pandemic last year, we observed an epidemic of fear , where it was all about the calamitous nature of a totally unknown virus and its worrying contagiousness and mortality rate. A few months later, with lockdown and restrictions already in place across the world, the fear was replaced by an epidemic of explanations , where people even in their naivety, started to seek a sense of comfort by placing the blame on someone or something out of their control.
Help! A male colleague thinks it’s scary
Dear OOO,
I am a middle-aged woman manager in a medium-sized company. “Ben,” a male colleague I’m pretty close to, “Steve,” a male colleague I’m not close to, told Beni that he was scared of me. Steve and I don’t work in the same department, but we meet quite often together, and now I’m very conscious about her. I’m a nice person, not abusive, I swear, but I like to be fair, do I think Steve interprets it as scary? Ben thinks it’s just because I’m a woman, but I don’t know how to act about that guy right now help!