Interesting Links for 03-07-2017

[andrewducker]

Inside Pakistan’s sex-toy industry

(tags: Pakistan sextoys sex viaElfy )

Most US women won't dine alone with opposite sex

(tags: women food society usa )

All aboard the dog train!

(tags: dogs video trains )

Ladybirds, ladybugs, and… cows? (Is there an award for least accurately named thing?)

(tags: language names insects )

British officials drop 'cake and eat it' approach to Brexit negotiations

(tags: politics UK europe )

New 'revenge porn' law comes into force in Scotland

(tags: scotland sex abuse photos law )

Hinkley Point: EDF raises cost estimate for nuclear plant

(tags: nuclearpower uk )

Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm to bees

(tags: bees )

Do passports restrict economic growth? (Spoilers: Yes)

(tags: immigration work economics history )

Poverty report offers robust advice to Scottish government

(tags: poverty scotland advice )

Vagina surgery sought by girls as young as nine

Seems like the obvious thing to do is to include pictures of a variety of real life examples in their sex education.
(tags: uk society porn Education girls women genitals )

Comments

Most US women won't dine alone with opposite sex

[jack]

Good point, it's interesting to know the actual figures. Although it sort of stands out that, a woman not dining along with Mike Pence is probably prioritising *her* safety over *her* career, which seems a lot more reasonable that when *he* is making that decision on her behalf (assuming he doesn't feel significantly threatened by the hypothetical female dining partners).

Re: Most US women won't dine alone with opposite sex

[slemslempike]

I would be interested to see people asked about the reverse. I was surprised to see that men were more "liberal" about mixed sex meetings, but then realised that that was about policing their own behaviour. I suspect the gap would narrow/change if men were asked if women should have mixed sex meetings (and vice versa).

Re: Most US women won't dine alone with opposite sex

[jack]

Come to think of it, I also don't know if the summary reflects the exact wording of the original survey. It might be a case of:

A: Can a man and a woman have dinner together?
B: Duh, no!
A: What if they have a reason to do so? Like a business lunch?
B: Oh, well, duh, that would be ok. That's not what I meant.

Ladybirds, ladybugs, and… cows? (Is there an award for least accurately named thing?)

[jack]

Many points for etymology. Huh, BirdandMoon led me to believe Peacock Mantis Shrimp led the incorrectly named animal Olympics with a triple reversal, but now I suddenly realise I didn't see a citation for "not a shrimp" so I don't know if that's accurate.

Re: Ladybirds, ladybugs, and… cows? (Is there an award for least accurately named thing?)

[theandrewhickey]

Wikipedia says that "shrimp" doesn't have a precise definition, but that it loosely coincides with the order Decapoda. Mantis shrimp make up a different order, Stomatopoda, so "not a shrimp" makes sense -- at least if you're taking "shrimp" to mean "more closely related to other things called shrimp than to woodlice".

Re: Ladybirds, ladybugs, and… cows? (Is there an award for least accurately named thing?)

[jack]

Ah, thanks!