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50th Anniversary of the Pill: Love, Sex, Freedom and Paradox

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So, what do you think? Did the Pill cause the changes, or did the changes lead to the Pill?
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Female teachers' anxiety affects girls' math scores

Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math may undermine girls' confidence and unwittingly encourage them to believe that boys are better at the subject, research at the University of Chicago shows.
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Obama Appoints Transgender Woman (first ever in American history)

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Simpson, indeed, has an impressive CV, marked with thirty years working in the aerospace and defense industry, most recently serving as Deputy Director in Advanced Technology Development at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson. She also spent three years on the board of the National Center for Transgender Equality and even won the Democratic nomination to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004.
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77 year old man becomes woman

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He couldn't have the surgery when he was in his 20s or 30s because he didn't know about it then. He was still groping for his identity in his 40s. And he couldn't have the procedure in his 50s or 60s because he was in love with his second wife. When she died in March, there was no longer a reason to delay.
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Scientists perform sex change operation on papaya

"We're going to change the sex of the papaya to help the farmers," said University of Illinois plant biology professor Ray Ming, leader of a new initiative to assist farmers who are frustrated with the bizarre sexual evolution of the papaya.
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Cobb teen told he can't dress like a female at school

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Jonathan Escobar says he chooses to wear clothes that express himself. Skinny jeans, wigs, "vintage" clothing and makeup are the staples of his wardrobe."I don't consider myself a cross-dresser," he said. "This is just who I am."
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Chastity Bono to change gender A) I support her B) messed up

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chastity Bono is having a sex change to become a man. A spokesman for Bono, born a girl to Sonny and Cher, says he "has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity" and began the sex-change process earlier this year. Publicist Howard Bragman said Bono is proud of his decision and hopes "that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue." The 40-year-old writer, activist and reality-TV star came out as gay 20 years ago, Bragman said.
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Australian court grants 17 year old girl right to remove breasts

Alex has been diagnosed with "gender identity dysphoria'', in which a person has the normal physical characteristics of one sex but longs to be the opposite. "In the end, it wasn't a particularly difficult issue because the only real issue was, 'Would he (Alex) have it at 17 or once he's 18?' Then, he doesn't need permission,'' Justice Bryant told The Age.
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Men, not women, spend more time gossiping - Yahoo! India News

London, Apr 1 (ANI): A new study has debunked the myth that women are the ones who love to gossip, for it has been found that men are bigger tittle-tattlers than ladies.
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sexy images lead men to think of women as 'less than human'

Sexy calendars and pictures of topless models in tabloid newspapers really do lead men to think of women as objects, research shows. When men are shown images of women in bikinis, the part of the brain they use when thinking about DIY tools and other objects lights up.
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Teen, 16, Undergoes Sex Change, too young?

(Feb. 5) - A German teenage boy who always wanted to be a girl underwent a sex-change operation last month, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper. At age 16, Kim Petras -- born Tim Petras -- is believed to be the world's youngest transsexual. She began undergoing hormone therapy when she was 12, The Sun reported.
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Research:Men control emotional craving for food better than women

What the men could do that the women couldn't was quit ruminating on food, successfully suppressing — if only temporarily — the conscious desire to eat. The women continued experiencing emotional cravings even if their hunger had subsided.
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