This is the threadi of your choice

[BeBMan]

Cuz you decide what to babble about in here (BeBro has some ca. 50 minutes time to kill right now)

1.
Nearly 13,000 children in China have been hospitalised due to tainted Chinese milk powder, officials say.

China's health ministry said 104 out of 12,892 babies showed serious symptoms.

Four infants have died after drinking the milk of the Sanlu Group containing the industrial chemical melamine, which could cause urinary problems.

2.
Stone-throwing protesters have disrupted the opening of a right-wing conference against the building of a giant mosque in Cologne, Germany.

The demonstrators blocked two leaders of the Pro-Cologne movement from entering the conference venue, pursuing them as they sought refuge on a boat.

The "anti-Islamification" event has drawn speakers from across Europe. Its main event is a march on Saturday.


3.
The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva will be out of action for at least two months, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) says.

Part of the giant physics experiment was turned off for the weekend while engineers probed a magnet failure.

But KH said damage to the £3.6bn ($6.6bn) particle accelerator was worse than anticipated.

[Pekka]

Let's talk about your sexuality instead? At least that is way more ambivalent than any of those issues.

[BeBMan]

Whatever floats your boat

[Maniac]

I wish to talk about how evil China is.

[Riesstiu IV]

Germany being evil is pretty much a given. Do something else.

[Aeson]

So the black holes are already destroying the magnets?

[SlowwHand]

China sucks panda cocks.

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Aeson
So the black holes are already destroying the magnets?

I believe it are the Greek hacker agressors.

[Krill]

Spam Spam Spam...OM NOM NOM

[gwillybj]

"The world is safe, at least for now." Unless you stop to consider hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, train crashes, plane crashes, terrorist bombs, etc. Other than that, it's not half-bad.

[BlackCat]

LHC will continue to fail due to interactions from the future

[BeBMan]

So far 4 polytubbies voted "China is evil" and the other four points got 1 vote each. So it's basically a draw, and I democratically declare that this thread is about sexism now:

Men with sexist views 'earn more'

Aggressive man
Sexist - and rich?

Men who grow up thinking women should stay at home may be labelled "old-fashioned" - but could end up well ahead in the salary stakes.

A US study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, suggests that they will consistently out-earn more "modern-thinking" men.

On average, this meant an extra $8,500 (£4,722) a year.

One UK psychologist said men inclined to wield power in their relationships might also do this at work.


It could be that more traditionally-minded men are interested in power, both in terms of access to resources - money in this case - and also in terms of a woman who is submissive
Dr Magdalena Zawisza
Winchester University

The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Florida, was conducted on a large scale, with 12,686 men and women interviewed in 1979, when they were aged between 14 and 22, and three times in the following two decades, the last time in 2005.

The researchers asked them whether they believed a woman's place was in the home, or whether the employment of women was likely to lead to higher rates of juvenile delinquency.

Predictably, more men tended to hold these views than women, although the gap has narrowed significantly over time.

However, when the men were asked about their salaries, another gap emerged, with those holding "traditional" views earning significantly more.

Conversely, women who held the opposite view did earn slightly more, on average $1,500 (£833) more than women with "traditional" views.

Dr Timothy Judge, one of the researchers, said: "More traditional people may be seeking to preserve the historical separation of work and domestic roles - our results prove that is, in fact, the case."

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There are also a lot of men who have gained good positions and are not sexist

Jhonsie, Exeter
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Dr Magdalena Zawisza, a psychologist from Winchester University, said that there were a number of theories which might explain the difference.

She said: "It could be that more traditionally-minded men are interested in power, both in terms of access to resources - money in this case - and also in terms of a woman who is submissive.

"Another theory suggests that employers are more likely to promote men who are the sole earner in preference to those who do not - they recognise that they need more support for their families, because they are the breadwinner."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7625173.stm

[Theben]

So if I'm more of an ******* I'll make more money?