NileshBabu

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How does France distinguish between "cults" and organized religions?

French law doesn't define the term "cult." Rather, it uses the expression "cultlike movements" to describe groups that demand unreasonable financial contributions, encourage nonparticipation in elections, promote anti-social behavior, or cut members off from their families. It's easier to target bad behavior, the thinking goes, than to get into a semantic debate over what is and isn't a cult. The French government has, however, tried to define the term in the past. In 1995, a special parliamentary commission compiled a list of 10 cultish characteristics, including the indoctrination of children, a mentally unstable membership, and the attempt to infiltrate public institutions.
via slate.com

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Posted October 28, 2009
 

Gender differences

  1. Women play the role of "office mother" offering to lend a sympathetic ear.
  2. Men play devil's advocate and act in a challenging way.
  3. Women make the effort to laugh at jokes and make colleagues feel good about themselves.
  4. Men are more likely to be the joke teller.
  5. Women act in a passive manner, letting colleagues talk over them and interrupt.
  6. Men are more likely to do the interrupting.

as per: Why men write short email and women write emotional messages.

 

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Posted October 9, 2009