Moral Licensing and Misogyny

Thursday, September 1, 2016, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

With the Olympics over we can turn our attention back to the election. Clinton has a huge lead and will probably be the first woman US president. But her election to the presidency may give her opponents moral license to attack her viciously without being accused of misogyny. For our next meeting, we will explore moral licensing and how it applies to Clinton and how misogyny originates in men.

• Malcolm Gladwell explains moral licensing
• TED Talk on how the culture of manhood leads to misogyny

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Here are the other video shown at the meeting:
Feminist Activists Protest Rousseff Ouster
America’s powerful female politicians tell us how they broke the glass ceiling
Trump Appeals to Blacks,  at 6:36 to 8:46

The Olympics, continued

Thursday, August 25, 2016, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

We will use this session to wrap-up our discussion on the Rio Olympics. Last week, we did not have time to show the TED Talk on the Special Olympics, so we will use the time remaining on the Special Olympics.

Here are some TED Talks about the Special Olympics:

• Special Olympics let me be myself
• Let's Talk About Intellectual Disabilities

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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

• U.S. swimming scandal casts shadow over Rio, but Bolt still shines
• Runners collide but help each other out and finish race
• North and South Korea unified by Olympic spirit
• Paralympic Sport A-Z- Swimming
• America Totally Dominated the Olympics, Scandals Included

The Olympics

Thursday, August 18, 2016, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

The subject for this meeting is the Olympics, but not just the current games in Rio. These are some interesting videos I found so far:

• The success of the Opening Ceremony in spite of Brazil's problems
• The Olympics as a showcase for diversity
• The Special Olympics

Since the games are still in progress, there may be other video that come out on YouTube before Thursday.

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Besides the videos on swimming, soccor and gymnastic, here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

• Problems at Rio
• The Refugee Team

Public Shaming

Thursday, August 11, 2016, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

With Hillary the most likely next president, how far behind are the stories of Bill's affair with Monica Lewinsky. While Bill has recovered, there was little consideration about what happened Monica, until she gave a moving TED Talk about her public shaming. And if you think it couldn't to you, think again. 

For our next meeting we will explore the blood sport of public shaming with TED Talks by Monica Lewinsky and Jon Ronson. Ronson tells a story of the public shaming of an average person who tweeted a joke.