May
30
2014

Has This School Gone Too Far To Enforce Its Dress Code?

High School Photoshops Yearbook Pictures Of Girls

Has This School Gone Too Far To Enforce Its Dress Code?

yearbook retouched photos from high school

Much ado has been made over what high schoolers are wearing to school these days. A Utah school has taken dress code concerns to a new level by Photoshopping the yearbook photos of some of its students. Female students.

According to an article in Think Progress, photos were digitally altered to extend necklines and cover bare shoulders. The worst partthe teens in question weren't consulted about the proposed changes to their images.

Curiously, the Photoshopping appeared to be randomsome of the images of similarly dressed girls went untouched, while others were altered. School admins claim the editing was done in keeping with its stringent dress code policy, and have no qualms about the manipulation.

“We only apologize in the sense that we want to be more consistent with what we’re trying to do in that sense we can help kids better prepare for their future by knowing how to dress appropriately for things,” said Wasatch County School District superintendent, Terry E. Shoemaker.

Prohibited under the school's dress code are clothes that “cause an actual and/or perceived disruption of the educational environment or activities.”

In the interests of modesty, "shoulders, midriff, back, underwear, and cleavage" must be covered at all times. Nix the short skirts, spaghetti straps, crop tops, as well as anything deemed too tight or revealing. 

Wasatch is just one of a slew of schools policing what girls wear as a means to protect their male counterparts from "distraction." Says a lot about the culture we are creating for our kids, doesn't it?
 
Has this school gone too far in enforcing its dress code?  
 
May
30
2014

WATCH: Dancing Baby Puts Your Moves To Shame

Baby Got Groove

WATCH: Dancing Baby Puts Your Moves To Shame

korean babies dancing

What kind of day are you having so far? I guarantee it's about to get better, thanks to this video of a dancing baby, courtesy of Global. Not just any dancing baby video, but possibly THE best dancing baby video ever.

Watch and coo as this Korean toddler shows her brother how to get down. Ultimately, the little guy catches on and tries to follow her lead. 

Wait one hot minute, was that a teensy twerk I just saw? 

A video that deserves its viral status, with 2.6 million views and counting.

This dancing duo won over the guests—and the world—at a recent wedding.

May
29
2014

Study: Brain Changes Detected In Homosexual Fathers

Fathers' brains are very plastic

Study: Brain Changes Detected In Homosexual Fathers

gay men with baby

A fascinating study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that gay men experience similar brain changes in response to their infants to that of mothers.

According to an article in the New York Daily, homosexual men who have adopted infants through surrogacy show heightened brain activity in the amygdala similar to that of mothers.

In other words, the brains of the former become more responsive emotionally to the cues of their babies—a phenomenon previously believed to have its origins in hormonal and biological changes.

Conducted by neuropsychologist Ruth Feldman of Israel's Bar-Ilan University, the research sheds light on the debate surrounding gay adoption, which is prohibited in some U.S. states.

Under MRI scanning, both heterosexual men and mothers exhibited increased cognitive function in response to their infants, whereas gay dads who were the primary caregivers reflected the brain patterns of both mom and dad, with integrated "emotional and cognitive structures." 

"Fathers' brains are very plastic," said Feldman. "When there are two fathers, their brains must recruit both networks, the emotional and cognitive, for optimal parenting."
 
Let's hope this study and others to come pave the way for equal parenting rights. Beginning with this famous actor, who publicly dissed gay parenting . . .