Stereotyping

Labels arrest thought. (Diagnosing prevents curing.)

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthcare System, Stereotyping, Systems Thinking, Healthcare, Living News
Deane Waldman

Labels, stereotypes, abbreviations, shorthands, and heuristics are bad trade-offs. They speed communication and muddy it at the same time. Worse, onc...

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Marriage Does Not Lower Blood Pressure -- Reading Matrimaniacal Media Accounts Raises It

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Abc, Singled Out, Longevity, Friends, Stereotyping, Smoking, Matrimania, Media Myths, Time Magazine, Drinking, Singles, Happiness, Msnbc, Marriage, Cnn, Ap, Singlism, Health, Blood Pressure, Media News
Bella DePaulo

If getting married really did make people healthier, and did so in a way that no other close relationship or meaningful life experiences could approximate, that would be a story worth reporting.

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Beat the Bitch? Straight Talk on the B-Bomb

Debra Condren | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Clinton, Women, Bitch, Hillary, Ambition, Stereotyping, Politics News
Debra Condren

McCain wants to be the next leader of the free world, and he gives a free pass to someone calling his opponent a "bitch"?

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