- The Problem with Female Superheroes - Although women play a variety of roles in the superhero genre, the female characters all tend to be hypersexualized. Exposure to this, a new study shows, can impact beliefs about gender roles, body esteem, and self-objectification. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-female-superheroes/ 248 comments science
- The Problem with Female Superheroes: From helpless damsel to powerful heroine, but still hypersexualized http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-female-superheroes/ 6 comments science
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- The Empowering (Super) Heroine? The Effects of Sexualized Female Characters in Superhero Films on Women | SpringerLink http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11199-015-0455-3#page-1 15 comments
- Babies Are Born with an Innate Number Sense - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/babies-are-born-with-an-innate-number-sense/ 3 comments
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