Terms: sexuality
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• Science > Paleontology > Evolution > Parthenogenesis
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• Nurse > Child Abuse > Child Abuse and the Church

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1. -04-16-07 Mites Regain Mating Ability After Losing It (MSNBC News)
   "Their calculations show the sexual Crotoniidae evolved from the asexual Camisiidae, the first known reversal to sexuality from asexuality within the animal kingdom. (The only other known such reversal is a plant, the mouseear hawkweed, or Hieracium pilosella.)"
   
   "The Crotoniidae and the Camisiidae are types of mites known as oribatids, where parthenogenesis is unusually widespread, seen in nearly one-tenth of the roughly 10,000 known oribatid species." 04-07

2. Hollywood and 'Coming Out of the Closet' (CNN News)
   "There are still many performers and industry notables, he says, who threaten to sue if their sexuality is revealed. Others live gay social lives but don't talk about their sexuality -- the so-called 'glass closet.' And, as Bragman notes, gay stars are generally from the second tier: 'There are still no A-list movie stars out of the closet, there are still no superstar athletes,' he said." 09-08

3. -10-14-07 Seniors Keep Romance Alive (CBS News)
   "Lead author Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau, an assistant professor of geriatrics, as well as obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago Medical School, says that sexuality is an essential component of life, no matter what age a person is." 10-07

4. Help Your Kids Dodge Pregnancy and STDs (U.S. News)
   "Broaching the subject may be awkward, but gradually it will get easier for both parent and child, Schuster assures parents. His main advice: Start well before kids hit puberty, and don't shy away from questions or you'll encourage them to turn elsewhere for information. Research, he says, suggests that the kids most likely to delay sex, and practice it safely once they start, are those who think about their future—full of dreams and ambitions—and whose parents communicate with them about sexuality. 'Parents can have a much greater influence than they realize,' says Schuster."

5. Outrage as Shamed Belgian Priest Downplays Child Abuse (Time.com)
   "Dirk Jacobs, a sociology professor at Brussels Free University, says the Vatican must act forcefully now if it wants to salvage some of its credibility and moral authority in Belgium and abroad. 'But it might still be seen as too little, too late,' Jacobs says. 'The image we have is of the church as an institution of power, foremost worried about its reputation, disconnected from the real world and with a twisted view of sexuality.' However, there is little indication that the Vatican is ready for an image overhaul. And one year after he resigned in disgrace, Roger Vangheluwe appears — like the Vatican — to be in denial about the problem." 04-11