Psychology – Josh Benner

Study finds that most people will not date transgender people

Jun 21, 2019

Psychology Today ran an article this week titled “Are trans people excluded from the world of dating?” by Karen L. Blair, a psychologist from St. Francis Xavier University. In the article, she sites a survey she helped conduct which sought the dating preferences of almost 1,000 people. Specifically, it sought if a person would date…

Mary too? Professor argues Mary carried Jesus without consent

Dec 7, 2018

Came across a story this morning about a recent Tweet from a college professor at the University of Minnesota Mankato. Eric Sprankle talked about the virgin birth of Jesus and said: “The virgin birth story is about an all-knowing, all-powrful deity impregnating a human teen. There is no definition of consent that would include that…

New Book “You Are Not So Smart” explains why our sense of self and the world isn’t what we tell ourselves it is

Oct 27, 2011

Photo from Flickr Creative Commons For the last couple months, I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the new book “You Are Not So Smart” by David McRaney, author of the fantastic blog of the same name, YouAreNotSoSmart.com.

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Study finds that most people will not date transgender people

Mary too? Professor argues Mary carried Jesus without consent

New Book “You Are Not So Smart” explains why our sense of self and the world isn’t what we tell ourselves it is