Study Shows Equality Frees Women to Follow Traditional Gender Choices – or Does It?

World Wide (Conversation) – If you want gender equality, get rich. Research shows that men and women tend to be more equal in more developed countries. You might expect that the more equal opportunities in these countries might reduce other differences between the genders, such as what kind of jobs people are more likely to have, or personality traits such as kindness or a tendency for risk-taking. But a new study published in Science argues the opposite, that greater equality actually widens these kind of gender differences. Cleverly, the study…

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Austin issues city-wide boil water notice; calls for action “to avoid running out of water”

Austin, TX (TT) – Early Monday morning, Austin Water issued a boil water notice for all of its customers due to elevated levels of silt from last week’s flooding. And by Monday night, the city was warning residents that “immediate action” was needed to avoid running out of water. The water system is “the most recent infrastructure to struggle to keep up with” the impact of unprecedented rains, City Manager Spencer Cronk said at a Monday press conference. Record rainfall in Llano and Burnet counties in the Texas Hill Country cause…

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