These are my links for June 21st 2009 through June 27th 2009:
- Domestic Violence: Women Abusers On The Rise? | MetaFilter – "To date, focus of most research into Domestic Violence has been on instances of violence against women by men based on the arguably sexist premise that it is more prevalent than instances of violence by women against men. However numerous books and studies have contradicted this premise, showing that men and women suffer domestic abuse in similar and sometimes equal rates. Despite this, preconceived ideas of gender roles still lead many to believe it would be virtually impossible for a woman to physically abuse a man, an attitude which Men's Rights advocates say often leads to many battered men hiding in shame, fearful of being ridiculed, or even prosecuted." MORE
- Excess Pounds, but Not Too Many, May Lead to Longer Life – NYTimes.com – Being overweight won’t kill you — it may even help you live longer. That’s the latest from a study that analyzed data on 11,326 Canadian adults, ages 25 and older, who were followed over a 12-year period.
- Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women – Hot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don't.
- War Book reveals how Britain planned to cope with nuclear attack | UK news | guardian.co.uk –
- Homosexual behaviour widespread in animals according to new study – Telegraph – Homosexual behaviour is a nearly universal phenomenon in the animal kingdom, according to a new study.
- Israel keeps Mossad chief on for Iran shadow war | Reuters – Mossad chief kept on after doing sterling job lately.
