Apparently, if you have better things to do with your life than attention-whore yourself, or broadcast the banal details of your life, you're now considered potentially insane. This is another so-called "study" that, I'd argue, is aimed at enforcing complacency and a continued surrendering of your privacy. It's an attack on the truly independent-minded (people like many of us), unlike the archetypal "independent" broad we invoke, who claims to be so, but is directly or indirectly supported by half-a-dozen different people in her life.
I'd go out on a limb and say this is a very subtle form sexism as well, since men are probably more apt to conceal the details of their lives. They see less benefit in putting their stuff out there than in remaining mysterious. Is this another incremental step in making being-a-man illegal?
Take special note of the examples they use.
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I'd go out on a limb and say this is a very subtle form sexism as well, since men are probably more apt to conceal the details of their lives. They see less benefit in putting their stuff out there than in remaining mysterious. Is this another incremental step in making being-a-man illegal?
Take special note of the examples they use.
(Full story.)
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Is not joining Facebook a sign you're a psychopath? Some employers and psychologists say staying away from social media is 'suspicious'
Facebook has become such a pervasive force in modern society that increasing numbers of employers, and even some psychologists, believe people who aren't on social networking sites are 'suspicious.'
The German magazine Der Taggspiegel went so far as to point out that accused theater shooter James Holmes and Norwegian mass murder Anders Behring Breivik have common ground in their lack of Facebook profiles.
On a more tangible level, Forbes.com reports that human resources departments across the country are becoming more wary of young job candidates who don't use the site.
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