Delicious LiveJournal Links for 10-29-2008

[substitute]

• Red Sex, Blue Sex
  
  
  On average, white evangelical Protestants make their "sexual début" to use the festive term of social-science researchers, shortly after turning sixteen.
  (tags: via:positivejeff sex religion usa churchianity christianity sociology)
  
   
• viewer.45.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
  live streaming puppies
  (tags: puppies video)
  
   
• Life as a Gold: Spoutingoff'ss Blog
  Environmentalist and food writer brothers spar. Snappy response from Jonathan.
  (tags: food environment losangeles journalism foodwriting families jonathangold)
  
   
• Cursebird: What the f#@! is everyone swearing about?
  twitter swearing
  (tags: twitter ha swearing)

Comments

[tinymammoth.livejournal.com]

Regarding the Red Sex, Blue Sex article, Utah has exactly the opposite pattern.

http://www.adherents.com/largecom/lds_dem.html

Lowest rates of teen pregnancy and abortion, fewest out of wedlock births, etc. And the Mormons preach the same kind of abstinence talk as the Evangelicals, but get exactly the opposite result.

I suppose it's possible that somehow these stats are misleading, but if not, I'd like to see someone examine this.

[substitute.livejournal.com]

That is interesting. The context of Mormons in Utah is specific enough that it could be a big difference.

[kasheri.livejournal.com]

Puppies! Oh, the cute!!!

[besskeloid.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I was a bit wary of clicking on that tho', as I was remembering that b3ta Flash animation that displayed a gallery of cats & then shouted "THE BOSS IS A CUNT!"