Episode 5: Bringing Up Boys - Part 1
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Buckle up boys and girls (and NO ONE ELSE!), things get unhinged this time around. Jake and Brooke talk all about Dobson's commercially-successful trash fire called Bringing Up Boys. There's cringe, there's trauma, there's holy bones - this episode has it all. Sources: "Animal Sex: How Anglerfish Do It" (2015) from LiveScience.com Studies about how human sexual dimorphism is vastly over-blown: Lise Eliot, Adnan Ahmed, Hiba Khan, Julie Patel. Dump the 'dimorphism': Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021; 125: 667 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.02.026Marwha, D., Halari, M., & Eliot, L. (2017). Meta-analysis reveals a lack of sexual dimorphism in human amygdala volume. Neuroimage, 147, 282-294.“Bill Nye Saves the World: The Sexual Spectrum.” Season 1, episode 9. (2017)."One Day of ‘Take a Child to Work’ Is Short on Substance : Boys are now being invited to join the formerly all-girl event. But it’s doubtful kids find our jobs worth imitating. It may be better to just share the pride of accomplishment." Los Angeles Times (1995) Johnson, L.B. (1991). On the front lines: Police stress and family wellbeing. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families House of Representatives: 102 Congress First Session May 20 (p. 3248). Washington DC: US Government Printing Office. Neidig, P.H., Russell, H.E. & Seng, A.F. (1992). Interspousal aggression in law enforcement families: A preliminary investigation. Police Studies, Vol. 15 (1), p. 3038. Leopold, T. (2018). Gender differences in the consequences of divorce: A study of multiple outcomes. Demography, 55(3), 769-797. "The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women's Freedom" (2023). by Kimberly Wehle, The Atlantic Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter License code: 9OT2MTBHWWSRZP5S Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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