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The meaning of sex [videorecording] : genes [and] gender. by Meyer, Barbara J.(CARDINAL)327296; Page, David C.(CARDINAL)327295; Howard Hughes Medical Institute.(CARDINAL)274867;
Lecture 1. Deciphering the language of sex -- lecture 2. Hermaphrodities, the safer sex -- lecture 3. Sex and death, too much of a good thing -- lecture 4. Sexual evolution, from X to Y.Editors, Judith Brody Saks, Tim Baney.Speakers: Barbara J. Meyer, David C. Page.Why does sex exist, and what is its purpose and function? What decides whether an individual will be male of female? How are chromosomes, genes, and molecules involved in determining sex? In four lectures, two leading scientists in the field of sex-determination research answer these questions.DVD player required.
Subjects: Genetic sex determination.; Sex chromosomes.; Sex Determination Processes.; Gene Expression Regulation.; Sex Chromosomes.;
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Sex differences and discrimination in education / by Anderson, Scarvia B.(CARDINAL)137716;
Bibliography: pages 106-112.I. Sex differences : 1. What kind of difference does sex make? / Samuel Messick : The nature of sex differences ; Determinants of sex differences ; The future of sex differences : Differences in value ; The value of differences -- 2. Sex differences in intellectual functioning / Eleanor E. Maccoby : Correlations between intellectual performance and personality characteristics : Impulse control ; Fearfulness and anxiety ; Aggression and competitiveness ; Level of aspiration and achievement motivation ; Sex-typing ; Dependency, passivity, and independence. Possible casual factors of sex differences in intellectual abilities : Developmental timetable ; Direct effects of sex-typed interests ; Opportunities to learn ; "Identification" and modeling ; Sex-typed personality traits as mediating processes. Genetic versus environmental contributions -- II. Schools and preschools : 3. He only does it to annoy / Marshall P. Smith : Differences start at or before birth ; The girls are ready for the school ; The school is the way the children see it ; Upper grades - more of the same ; Girls get the A's but the boys grow ; What way out? -- 4. "Look, Jane, look! See Dick run and jump! Admire him!" / Karen DeCrow : Textbook content and women ; Social studies content ; Reading about differences ; Women in literature -- 5. Are little girls being harmed by "Sesame Street"? / Jane Bergman : Puppets and cartoons ; Films ; "Real" people ; Perpetuation of stereotypes -- 6. Down the up staircase: sex roles, professionalization, and the status of teachers / Barbara Heyns : Status of teachers ; Historical background ; Sex roles in teaching ; Salaries ; Teacher organizations -- III. Higher education : 7. Some dilemmas of women's education / David Riesman : Minority status : Solidarity among women. The "male" mode : Reactions to the "male models. Women, careers, and marriage ; What educational institutions can do ; Security for the men ; Still a man's world ; Women in sciences ; A look at other societies -- 8. The effect of race and sex on college admission / Elain Walster, T. Anne Cleary, and Margaret M. Clifford : Procedure ; Independent variables ; Dependent variables ; Results ; Analysis of additional variables -- 9. Coeducation -- 10. How coeducation fails women / Sheila Tobias : Fear of success ; Passivity and dependence ; Inferiority ; Countering the culture ; Women's studies -- 11. A myth is better than a miss: men get the edge in academic employment / Lawrence A. Simpson -- 12. Women in universities / Ethel Bent Walsh : Discrimination in admissions ; Discrimination in employment ; The role of government -- 13. Comment: "education's and not nature's fools," / Scarvia B. Anderson.
Subjects: Discrimination in education; Sex.;
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Bad fat black girl : notes from a trap feminist / by Bowen, Sesali,author.;
Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Sesali Bowen learned early on how to hustle, stay on her toes, and champion other Black women and femmes as she navigated Blackness, queerness, fatness, friendship, poverty, sex work, and self-love. "Bad Fat Black Girl" offers a new, inclusive feminism for the modern world. Weaving together searing personal essay and cultural commentary, Bowen interrogates sexism, fatphobia, and capitalism all within the context of race and hip-hop. In the process, she continues a Black feminist legacy of unmatched sheer determination and creative resilience.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Anecdotes.; Humor.; Biographies.; Bowen, Sesali; Feminism; Internet personalities; Body image in women; African American women; Feminism.; Women's movement.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9
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Elena's serenade / by Geeslin, Campbell,author.(CARDINAL)517000; Juan, Ana,illustrator.(CARDINAL)354738;
In Mexico, a little girl disguised as a boy, sets out for Monterrey determined to master the art of glassblowing, and in the process, experiences self-discovery along the way.AD650LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Fathers and daughters; Glass blowing and working; Sex role; Gender roles.;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 21
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Sway : unravelling unconscious bias / by Agarwal, Pragya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Section I. Hardwired -- Gut instinct ; The dawn of time ; All in your head -- Section II. Smoke and mirrors -- Back in your box ; Bobbsey twins ; Hindsight is 20/20 -- Section III. Sex type-cast -- Sugar and spice ; It's not black and white ; Swipe right for a match ; I hear you, I say -- Section IV. Moral conundrum -- I'd blush if I could ; Good intentions -- Epilogue: De-biasing 101.Experiments have shown that our brains categorize people by race in less than one-tenth of a second, about 50 milliseconds before determining sex. This means that we are labelling people by race and associating certain characteristics to them without even hearing them speak or getting to know them. This subtle cognitive process starts in the amygdala, the area of the brain associated with strong emotions. Does this mean that unconscious biases are hardwired into our brains as an evolutionary response, or do they emerge from assimilating information that we see around us? In Sway, author Pragya Agarwal uncovers the science behind our ùnintentional' biases. Using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research, this book unravels the way our unconscious biases are affecting the way we communicate, make decisions and perceive the world. A wide range of implicit biases are covered, including age-ism, sexism and aversive racism, and by using research and theories from a wide range of disciplines, including social science, psychology, biology and neuroscience, readers learn how these biases manifest and whether there is anything we can do about them. This book encourages readers to think, understand and evaluate their own biases in a scientific and non-judgmental way.
Subjects: Prejudices.; Discrimination.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Evolution earth [videorecording] / by Espar, David,television director.(CARDINAL)198216; Passion Planet (Firm),film producer.; PBS Distribution,film distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964;
Evolution determines who lives, who dies, and who passes traits on to the next generation. The process plays a critical role in our daily lives, yet it is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood concepts ever described The Evolution Project's eight-hour television miniseries travels the world to examine evolutionary science and the profound effect it has had on society and culture. From the genius and torment of Charles Darwin to the scientific revolution that spawned the Tree of Life, from the power of sex to drive evolutionary change to the importance of mass extinctions in the birth of new species, the Evolution series brings this fascinating process to life. The series also explores the emergence of consciousness, the origin and success of humans, and the perceived conflict between science and religion in understanding life on Earth. The Evolution series' goals are to heighten public understanding of evolution and how it works, to dispel common misunderstandings about the process, and to illuminate why it is relevant to all of us.DVD, region 1 NTSC, widescreen; stereo; [color].
Subjects: Animal migration; Evolution (Biology); S.T.E.A.M..;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Breathless / by Niven, Jennifer,author.(CARDINAL)702598;
From Jennifer Niven, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places, comes an unforgettable new novel about a sensitive girl ready to live her bravest life--sex, heartbreak, family dramas, and all. Before: With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is focused on three things: college in the fall, become a famous author, and the ever-elusive possibility of sex. She doesn't even need to be in love--sex is all she's looking for. Then her dad drops a bombshell: he and Claude's mom are splitting up. Suddenly, Claude's entire world feels like a lie, and the ground under her feet anything but stable. After: Claude's mom whisks them both away to a remote, mosquito-infested island off the coast of Georgia, a place where the two of them can start the painful process of mending their broken hearts. It's the last place Claude can imagine finding her footing, but then Jeremiah Crew happens. Miah is a local trail guide with a passion for photography, and a past he doesn't like to talk about. He's brash, enigmatic, and even more infuriatingly, he's the only one who seems to see Claude for who she wants to be. So when Claude decides to sleep with Miah, she tells herself it's just sex--exactly what she has planned. There isn't enough time to fall in love, especially if it means putting her already broken heart at risk. Compulsively readable and impossible to forget, Jennifer Niven's luminous new novel is an insightful portrait of a young woman determined to write her own next chapter--sex, resilience, mosquito bites, and all.HL760LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Romance fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Teenage girls; Dysfunctional families; Interpersonal relations; Teenagers; Virginity; Secrecy; High school girls; Children of separated parents; First loves; Man-woman relationships; Self-realization in women; Forest guides (Persons); Virginity.; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 31
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Your new prime : 30 days to better sex, eternal strength, and a kick-ass life after 40 / by Cooper, Craig,1963-(CARDINAL)802806; Heffernan, Andrew.(CARDINAL)404253;
"Feel great and perform at your best in the boardroom, weight room, bedroom, and beyond with this indispensable health and wellness guide: Your New Prime debunks current thinking about men's health and shows how every man can continue to operate at his peak at any age.Getting older may be inevitable, but in Your New Prime, serial entrepreneur and men's health expert Craig Cooper shows men that they don't have to accept the "natural" aging process. Based on the latest scientific research and Cooper's personal experience warding off diabetes, preventing cancer, and naturally increasing his own testosterone, Your New Prime is a comprehensive guide to the questions every man has as he ages. Tailored specifically for the "New Primers," men forty years old and up, the book covers a wide range of vital topics--from improving sexual health and the impact of decreasing testosterone to proper nutrition, preventing memory loss, surviving the "mid-life crisis," and achieving peak physical fitness.Your New Prime provides an indispensable 30-day program designed to help you lose weight, boost energy, and transform eating habits. Divided into easy-to-navigate sections, the book also contains essential information about how to influence "epigenetic" traits and reverse the effects of aging, while quizzes, audits, charts, tables, and callouts help readers determine and address their specific personal needs.Practical, honest, and vitally informative, Your New Prime details a lifelong strategy for maximum health--and will help any man perform his best, no matter what his age"--
Subjects: Men; Physical fitness for men.; Men; Testosterone; Men.; Testosterone.;
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The basic writings of Sigmund Freud / by Freud, Sigmund,1856-1939.(CARDINAL)140561; Brill, A. A.(Abraham Arden),1874-1948.(CARDINAL)130487;
Introduction / Dr. A. A. Brill -- Book I. Psychopathology of everyday life. Forgetting of proper names ; Forgetting of foreign words ; Forgetting of names and order of words ; Childhood and concealing memories ; Mistakes in speech ; Mistakes in reading and writing ; Forgetting of impressions and resolutions ; Erroneously carried-out actions ; Symptomatic and chance actions ; Errors ; Combined faulty acts ; Determinism - chance - and superstitious beliefs -- Book II. The interpretation of dreams. Foreword to the third English edition ; The scientific literature of dream problems (up to 1900) ; The method of dream-interpretation ; The dream as wish-fulfilment ; Distortion of dreams ; The dream-work ; The psychology of the dream-processes -- Book III. Three contributions to the theory of sex. The sexual aberrations ; Infantile sexuality ; The transformations of puberty -- Book IV. Wit and its relation to the unconscious. Analysis. Introduction ; The technique of wit ; The tendencies of wit ; Synthesis. The pleasure mechanism and the psychogenesis of wit ; The motives of wit to dreams and to the unconscious -- Book V. Totem and taboo. The savage's dread of incest ; Taboo and the ambivalence of emotions ; Animism, magic and the omnipotence of thought ; The infantile recurrence of totemism -- The history of the psychoanalytic movement -- Index.Presents a selection of the important writings of the nineteenth-century psychiatrist, including "Psychopathology of Everyday Life," "The Interpretation of Dreams," and "Totem and Taboo."
Subjects: Psychoanalysis.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Thrive / by Ritchie, Krista,author.(CARDINAL)630977; Ritchie, Becca,author.(CARDINAL)630989;
"Two years will change them forever. When fake rumors spread like wildfire-like having three-ways with her boyfriend's rock climbing brother-Lily Calloway retreats to a dark place: her bedroom. Loren Hale is more determined than ever to keep their sex life private, even from their friends, and he helps Lily in the only way he knows how. But how much love is too much? Their lives are filmed, watched, and criticized. And through it all, Lily and Loren have to face enemies they never thought they'd see, demons they don't know if they should bury, and setbacks they didn't think they'd meet. Not this soon. And one rumor could be too much for them to handle. It will test their greatest limitations, and if they don't hold onto each other, someone is going to drown"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Erotic fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships;
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