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		<title>Mixed Britannia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2011, BBC released a documentary series entitled &#8220;Mixed Britannia.&#8221;  A related news article can be found at the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15164970 The first couple of parts spend quite a bit of time touching on the pseudo-science of eugenics in Britain, and the role it played in shaping its society, as well as its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5527&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Child, Three Biological Parents &#8211; End of Diseases?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Development Genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enhancement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Future technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human futures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[future children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, The Telegraph announced that within three years, it will be possible to have three biological parents for any one embryo using in-vitro fertilization.  Why would anyone pursue such a technique?  To &#8220;eradicate hereditary disease.&#8221;  You can read the full artcle below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9025121/Babies-with-three-parents-possible-within-three-years.html This controversial method proposes that transferring a tiny fraction of DNA from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5523&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to the Absent?</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/talking-to-the-absent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bartlomiej</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical interventions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Adrian M. Owen, a British neuroscientist currently working at the University of Western Ontario, recently presented his research at the University of Alberta.  The research team at UWO, led by Damian Cruse and Adrian M. Owen, claims to have found a way to test for consciousness in patients utterly unresponsive.  Using an fMRI scan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5518&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forced Sterilization for Transgender People in Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eugenic sterilization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LGBT rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article at Mother Jones looks into an obscure Swedish law that requires those who want to legally change their gender to first get divorced and sterilized. The article uses this law to transition to a discussion on the long history of eugenic practice and sterilization in Sweden &#8212; a practice that surprises many, considering the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5515&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gender Stereotyping and Parenthood Dilemmas</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/gender-stereotyping-and-parenthood-dilemmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bartlomiej</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Differential treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence in schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to avoid gender stereotyping, Beck Laxton and partner Kieran Cooper concealed the gender of their son from the world.  The gender neutrally named Sasha has now turned five and is starting school.  Prior to the commencement of formative school years, Sasha has been given the choice to dress in clothes that appealed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5511&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ugliness as a disability?</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/ugliness-as-a-disability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of an oldie, but interesting nonetheless: Economist Daniel S. Hamermesh, author of Beauty Pays, makes the argument in an Op-Ed for the New York Times that ugliness should be considered as a form of disability, with compensation available to the very ugliest people of society.  He makes the case that being ugly results in significant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5508&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Autism</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/defining-autism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norms and normalcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times recently published an article on the medical debate over the definition of autism &#8212; whether it has been defined too loosely, and needs to be narrowed. The article  explores some of the potential consequences that the outcome of this debate could have, and looks to the anger and fear that has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5502&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow&#8217;s Children</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/tomorrows-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eugenic sterilization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some might be interested in the film Tomorrow&#8217;s Children (called &#8216;The Unborn&#8217; in Britain) which was released in 1934, and can be downloaded free of charge at the Internet Archive. It offers a commentary on the American Eugenics movement prior to the horrors of Nazi eugenic policy which was introduced later in the decade. IMDB provides [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5500&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Non-consenting human subjects: victims of eugenics?</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/non-consenting-human-subjects-victims-of-eugenics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fchiu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Applied ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autonomy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moral agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Population control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial bias]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-Consenting Adults<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5487&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Student Summer Work Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/student-summer-work-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bartlomiej</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community-University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mental health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Student Summer Work Opportunities: Flexible Hours (30-40 hours per week) Wages range between $9.00-11.00 per hour Possibility of holding a second job due to hour flexibility Students can work from anywhere in Canada as work will be done by telecommuting Job Description(s): Editing and internet support Potential composition of published articles and/or books (with possibility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5482&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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