Thanks to Chris, i just found this UCLA study on how friendships between women are special. Hmm… given the state of my current stress, maybe i should go out and hang out instead of locking myself in my room.
friendship amongst women
danah boyd | apophenia
making connections where none previously existed
Fascinating – thanks for sharing this one.
Meshes completely with what I’ve learned about separate states of consciousness biased along gender. Wonder, though, which comes first – did woman’s “innate” emphasis on interrelations encourage the production of beneficial biochemicals, or did woman’s biochemicals encourage relation building? Sounds like a loop…
I reckon this is a group you should think about crashing – you would be good for them and they would be good for you…
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stress
After fifty years of stress research, almost exclusively on men, the standard doctrine has been that when under pressure, humans snap to fight or flight reactions. We hide away or we get angry, is the idea. Recently it occurred to…