Sunday, December 16, 2012

what sounds are most likely to wake a sleeping man and woman

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/why-mom-wakes-up-when-baby-cries/


According to the results of the research by an English company Mindlab, the sound of baby crying is most likely to wake a sleeping women, but not sleeping man.
Top 10 sounds most likely to wake men:
  1. Car alarm
  2. Howling wind
  3. Buzzing fly
  4. Snoring
  5. Noise from drains
  6. Crickets chirping
  7. Sirens
  8. Clock ticking
  9. Drilling/workmen
  10. Dripping tap
Top 10 sounds most likely to wake women:
  1. Baby crying
  2. Dripping tap
  3. Rowdiness outside
  4. Snoring
  5. Buzzing fly
  6. Drilling/workmen
  7. Sirens
  8. Car alarm
  9. Howling wind
  10. Noise from drains

Women May Earn Less, but They Find Their Work More Meaningful

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/women-may-earn-less-but-they-find-their-work-more-meaningful/
 The salary gap between male and female is still existin; however, when asked whether their jobs make the world a better place, more female than male answered "very much so." Men and women also have different level of satisfication on their jobs.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Do Women Sweat Differently Than Men?

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/do-women-sweat-differently-than-men/



A new study published in the journal Experimental Physiology provides prsuasive evidence that women do sweat copiously during exercise. However, there is still difference between fit women and fit men. An experiment divided men and women who have the similar weight into 2 groups. They observed them after doing the exercise and found that men perspired  more than women especially in intense exercise although women have more sweat gland.s

Catholic Notre Dame announces services for gay students

http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/07/catholic-notre-dame-announces-services-for-gay-students/?iref=allsearch

A gay student attended Notre Dame which was highly supportive and had a gay student alliance but she found that there was none gay organizations. She felt sad and was willing the transfer. After that the school announces that they will provide services such as creating a group to support gay students

Friday, December 7, 2012

Breaking News on Gay Marriage Laws

Click here to see the article.

Click here to see the video.

A brief summary of what is to come on Current-Events Monday:

The Supreme Court has decided to take on the Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits any state to recognize gay marriage. It has also decided to judge whether Proposition 8 in California is unconstitutional. By agreeing to examine these two pieces of legislation, the Supreme Court could eventually make it mandatory for all states to accept same-sex marriage.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Gender Differences in Travel

http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2012/11/29/aisle-or-window-male-or-female-gender-differences-in-travel/?KEYWORDS=gender

Gender differences come in travel for women and man have different choice on seats, routine and airplanes. For example, men always take the armrest seat and women always take the middle seat; women want blankets because of the temperature while men perfer not to care about it.

More Men Marrying Wealthier women

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/us/19marriage.html


Since women are tend to have higher education that the can earn money faster than men, there are more men marry wealthier women. The potential reason of being married of the man is the income and career of women.