Posts Tagged ‘pride’

Pride and prejudice: Pride impacts racism and homophobia

Apr. 12, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

A new University of British Columbia study finds that the way individuals experience the universal emotion of pride directly impacts how racist and homophobic their attitudes toward other people are.

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Happy guys finish last, says new study on sexual attractiveness

May. 24, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Women find happy guys significantly less sexually attractive than swaggering or brooding men, according to a new University of British Columbia study that helps to explain the enduring allure of “bad boys” and other iconic gender types.

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Nationalism – are the Games giving us permission to be loud, proud and Canadian?

Feb. 18, 2010 | Filed under: Media Advisory | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

UBC has a number of experts ready to comment on the phenomena of “strategic nationalism” – where hockey fever can induce patriotism – the lightning quick mood changes within social media and the different faces of pride, from authentic to hubristic.

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