Men Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds
“Due to unilateral development resulting from Olympic style canoeing, women’s bodies (e.g., reproductive organs) would be damaged, potentially causing infertility, stunting feminine development, or causing lopsided development.”
Women's empowerment comes at the expense of men
girls can't do math or science
women crack under pressure
women are the fairer sex
women love weddings
women are best suited to monogamy
it's a mans world
she asked for it
women are gold diggers
women can't be trusted with money
women can't lead
a woman's health is not a man's concern
women belong in marriage not school
a woman's place is in the home
weight gain is inevitable as you age
everyone loses brain power (cognitive ability) as they age
how you age is all genetically determined
Fingernails and hair keep growing after death
black people are lazy
black people are athletic--its that extra bone in their leg
black people have great voices
black people have rhythm
black people love chicken and watermelon
Sugar makes your kids crazy
Lightning never strikes the same place twice
Eating watermelon seeds will give you an appendicitis
HUMANS USE ONLY 10 PERCENT OF THEIR BRAIN
“LEFT BRAIN” and “RIGHT BRAIN” PEOPLE DIFFER
YOU MUST SPEAK ONE LANGUAGE BEFORE LEARNING ANOTHER
BRAINS OF MALES AND FEMALES DIFFER IN WAYS THAT DICTATE LEARNING ABILITIES
EACH CHILD HAS A PARTICULAR LEARNING STYLE
You should drink 8 glasses of water every day
Dropping a penny from the Empire State Building would kill someone
Chewing gum will stay in your stomach for 7 years
Cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/5-myths-about-slavery
For nearly a century following the end of Reconstruction, many Americans grew comfortable with a certain fantasy version of the antebellum South, blessed with blushing belles, kindly planters—and happy slaves.
There were Irish slaves in the American colonies
The South seceded from the Union over the issue of states’ rights, not slavery
Only a small percentage of Southerners owned slaves
The Union went to war to end slavery
Black soldiers—slave and free—fought for the Confederacy.
We can't removed memorials to confederate soldiers--that is history.
If remove confederate memorials, we have to removed the other slave owners memorials.
We can't rename schools--those names are important to who we are as a country.
We can't rename mascots--that has always been the mascot, we are honoring the people represented by the mascot.
We love our myths. They help us live with ourselves when we see injustice, have ethical dilemmas and benefit from keeping things the way they are.
We might not be very nice.
We might like lying to ourselves to keep from having to do the right thing.
I love mythology. I love stories that tell me something while actually telling me about something much bigger--like Persiphone and Hades for explaining winter, like Isis losing her Osiris.
I do not like myths born of ignorance and self-deception for personal gain.
It is obvious, from the things going on in the world, that the USA is not the only country going through strange times.
I think maybe it is time for us to examine the stories we tell to explain how its ok to treat some people worse than others.
I think maybe it is time for us to start looking in the mirror to see if we are the problem that is growing in the world.
I talk to people, good people, people that seem to have their feces in a contained pile, and realize that most of them are avoiding talking about those things that are wrong.
They aren't alone.
We don't want to get fired.
We don't want to start an argument.
We don't want to ruin our peace or destroy our own zen or rock the boat.
But tell me, who is going to speak truth.
Who is going to stand for those that are powerless.
Who is going to risk losing some of their own creature comforts to ensure that everyone gets a fair shake.
We are not in a new place.
We could be in a new place.
But here we are.
Still.
Again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps
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