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  2. Ambivalent sexism - Wikipedia

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    Ambivalent sexism is a theoretical framework which posits that sexism has two sub-components: hostile sexism (HS) [1] and benevolent sexism (BS). [1] Hostile sexism reflects overtly negative evaluations and stereotypes about a gender (e.g., the ideas that women are incompetent and inferior to men).

  3. Principle of restricted choice - Wikipedia

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    Whoever played the first one doesn't have the other one. When the number of equivalent cards is greater than two, the principle is complicated because their equivalence may not be manifest. When one partner holds ♣ Q and ♣ 10, say, and the other holds ♣ J, it is usually true that those three cards are equivalent but the one who holds two ...

  4. Structural holes - Wikipedia

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    The idea behind structural holes theory is somewhat close to the strength of weak ties theory, famously developed by Mark Granovetter. According to weak ties argument, the stronger the tie between two people is, the more likely their contacts will overlap so that they will have common ties with the same third parties. [ 6 ]

  5. Rational choice model - Wikipedia

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    The theory makes two technical assumptions about individuals' preferences over alternatives: Completeness – for any two alternatives a i and a j in the set, either a i is preferred to a j, or a j is preferred to a i, or the individual is indifferent between a i and a j. In other words, all pairs of alternatives can be compared with each other.

  6. Trolley problem - Wikipedia

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    However, in the second case, harming the one is an integral part of the plan to save the five. This solution is essentially an application of the doctrine of double effect, which says that one may take action that has bad side effects, but deliberately intending harm (even for good causes) is wrong. So, the action is permissible even if the ...

  7. Difference theory - Wikipedia

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    While difference theory deals with cross-gender communication, the male and female genders are often presented as being two separate cultures, hence the relevance of Gumperz's studies. In her development of the difference theory, Deborah Tannen drew on the work of Daniel Maltz and Ruth Borker, in particular their 1982 paper, A Cultural Approach ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    At one Narcotics Anonymous meeting, Patrick ran into two young women he knew from rehab. Those women could be bad news, he confessed to his mother one afternoon in their kitchen. Let’s get out the NA schedule and find a different meeting, Anne offered. Patrick told her he’d already found a later one to attend. He had it covered.

  9. Why You Lose at Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Why You Lose at Bridge is a book about the game of contract bridge by the Russian-born English bridge player S. J. "Skid" Simon (1904–48), first published in 1945. [1] It contains practical advice directed mainly towards rubber bridge players and introduces to the world four stereotypical bad players: Mr Smug, the Unlucky Expert, Mrs Guggenheim, and Futile Willie.