The Trouble with Atheists
Atheists are locked in mortal combat with the “Church God.” But there’s more to human spirituality than the celestial patriarchs of our typical religious institutions.
Transcendental Meditation – an effective, evidence-based, side-effect free depression reduction method
Transcendental Meditation helps Michael Phelps and is an effective, evidence based treatment for PTSD and depression.
Parable of the ISMS (a.k.a. You have two cows)
A modern, critical update on the classic “you have two cows…” political parable. Suitable for classroom use.
How money is destroying the world
What’s wrong with the world today? Lots of different things, that’s true, but addiction to money is at the center. Addiction to money distorts human society and destroys human life. It’s time to wake up and get some therapy.
Why we should all cut the Facebook cord
The Orwellian truths of today’s modern world.
Are bullies alpha males or sick puppies?
It is time to put to rest the ideology of the “alpha.” They don’t exist in nature and may be the result of toxic socialization.
Margaret Sanger’s Message to the Poor
Eugenicists are often portrayed as crazed racists whose primary concern is racial and ethnic purity. This is certainly the popular face of eugenics, but in reality, eugenicists are more concerned with eliminating the degenerate poor, regardless of what race they belong to, then simple “racial hygiene. ”
Grade One
Our daughter, Vayda, recounts her grade one experience at the hands of a teacher she now understands was an emotional/psychologically bully. #metoo #soistayed #mybully
Essential Reading
The Trouble with Atheists
Atheists are locked in mortal combat with the “Church God.” But there’s more to human spirituality than the celestial patriarchs of our typical religious institutions.
How money is destroying the world
What’s wrong with the world today? Lots of different things, that’s true, but addiction to money is at the center. Addiction to money distorts human society and destroys human life. It’s time to wake up and get some therapy.
How to be human? Abraham Maslow and his hierarchies of need (Hierarchy of Needs)
Don’t Tread on Me: Ideas, Images, and the Incredible Power of the Human Mind
Did you know, the same glass of wine "tastes better" if you pay more for it. Using MRI technology, researchers at the University of Bonn demonstrated that subjects perceived an identical drop of wine to be of better quality if they were told it cost more!...
Try this at home (or in your classroom)
What is money? Chances you and the ones you teach don’t really know. But you can change that. Read the book Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy, watch the film, and be enlightened.
Did you Know? Mysticism and Religious Experience
Famous American psychologist Abraham Maslow thought that mystical experience was the authentic core of all religion and spirituality. Maslow thought that all religions, all spiritualities, and all spiritual sensibility was rooted in a mystic’s experience.
Toxic Socialization
We live in an incredibly violent society. From the time we are born to the time we die we are subject to repeated assault and disregard. This article helps to highlight the profoundly deleterious consequences of violence on our precious and powerful Physical Unit. If you want to realize your full potential, stop the violence against you.
What is Socialization?
This article is excerpted from Sociology 287: Introduction to Sociology at Athabasca University. For more details, visit this link.
What Causes Poverty
What causes poverty? The same thing that causes global warming, war, debt, and a host of other global evils
What is Money?
Why is the world in such financial crises? Why is Greece on the brink? Why is the stock market tanking? Why is oil going south? Why is Trump on the rise? WTF is going on? The answers you seek lie directly before you. In this accessible introduction to globalized finance and accumulation, Dr. Sharp takes you on a sociologically sophisticated trip to the source of our problems and the root of all “evil” – accumulation and the love of money that drives it forward. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to finally put the pieces together.
Intimate Partner Violence
Surprise surprise surprise. Men are abused by their intimate partners just as much as women are.
Are Scientists Spiritual?
Are scientists spiritual? The answer is yes! Recent research suggests that the majority of scientists at top universities in North America have spiritual leanings, even though they may not like to admit it.
What is Religion?
Most sociologists would say religion is either fantasy, social gathering, or elite machination; but in fact it is so much more.
Killing the little girls of the world – the lingering problem of female infanticide
In our country, babies are considered weaker if they are born female. In some other countries, babies are murdered at birth if they are born female.
Global Organizing Among Sex Workers
The topic of sexual labour is complicated. It intersects economic and political discourse, touches on the exploitation of women and children, and links directly with Marxist and feminist discussion of exploitation and oppression. Yet despite the problems associated, the workers themselves are breaking their status as “object” and speaking out for themselves about their choices, their needs, and their rights. Social and legal concern aside, if we want to talk about the sex trade we should at least be listening to the people involved.
A Sociologist Looks at Violence
Does it seem like the world is going to hell in a hand basket? Hard to conclude otherwise when children are massacred as in recent fashion. If you want to understand why however, maybe it is time to put aside “stock” answers and look past clichés about God, madness, and guns. If you are interested in a deeper look at the world we live in, sociologists can help.
Ding Dong the Alpha Male is Dead
The scientist who coined the term “alpha male” has recanted! There’s actually no such thing, he says. Could it be nothing more than ideological self-delusion?
The emotional abuse of our children: Teachers, schools, and the sanctioned violence of our modern institutions.
You never stop to think that sending your kids to school can be a problem, but it can be. Kids are bullies, but teachers are too! As this summary entry on Toxic Socialization amply demonstrates, abuse of all forms hurts us in deep and profound ways. Isn’t it time we stopped hurting our children, and ourselves?
Care Bears vs. Transformers: Gender Stereotypes in Advertisements
The indoctrination, ahem, socialization starts at birth. Pink for girls, blue for boys. Up until recently you’ve been unable to escape it. But is it finally time for a change?