Comments on: Hookers and Booze http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503 make it happen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:24:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: darwin2500 http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21799 darwin2500 Sat, 16 May 2009 01:28:22 +0000 http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21799 According to the speaker in my psychology of violence class last week, 25% of women are raped or sexually assaulted during their time at college in the US, and about 96% of those incidents involve alchohol. You don't htink there might be some public benefit to understanding the link between drinking and risky sexual behavior? As Jamie says, it's going to be almost impossible to find a large and reliable nough study group in the US, so we get the data where it's easily and cheaply available. According to the speaker in my psychology of violence class last week, 25% of women are raped or sexually assaulted during their time at college in the US, and about 96% of those incidents involve alchohol. You don’t htink there might be some public benefit to understanding the link between drinking and risky sexual behavior? As Jamie says, it’s going to be almost impossible to find a large and reliable nough study group in the US, so we get the data where it’s easily and cheaply available.

]]> By: Michael http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21787 Michael Fri, 15 May 2009 18:30:55 +0000 http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21787 The greater good is apparently whatever the NIH thinks it is. The greater good is apparently whatever the NIH thinks it is.

]]> By: Jamie http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21786 Jamie Fri, 15 May 2009 18:21:00 +0000 http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21786 I am anxiously awaiting those that like to tackle the media for having a political agenda. Why wasn't this a story in November when the grant was funded? Is it because it's more fun to "fool" people to believe that this is more evidence of wasteful spending by the Obama administration? Anyway, from a research perspective, I can see why we are studying Chinese sex workers... It could have potential impact for finding effective ways to encourage behaviors that prevent the spread of disease in high risk groups. Why China? Well, go ahead and write a grant to study these groups in America.... We would prefer to believe that we don't have these groups here and if we were to find people in these groups, they would be immediately under arrest. I am anxiously awaiting those that like to tackle the media for having a political agenda. Why wasn’t this a story in November when the grant was funded? Is it because it’s more fun to “fool” people to believe that this is more evidence of wasteful spending by the Obama administration?

Anyway, from a research perspective, I can see why we are studying Chinese sex workers… It could have potential impact for finding effective ways to encourage behaviors that prevent the spread of disease in high risk groups. Why China? Well, go ahead and write a grant to study these groups in America…. We would prefer to believe that we don’t have these groups here and if we were to find people in these groups, they would be immediately under arrest.

]]> By: boose http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21758 boose Thu, 14 May 2009 19:44:27 +0000 http://enableate.com/michael/2009/1503#comment-21758 man if only the government wasn't in the business of making these kinds of decisions. Is YOUR research worth it to contribute to the "greater good"? what and who is the greater good? man if only the government wasn’t in the business of making these kinds of decisions. Is YOUR research worth it to contribute to the “greater good”? what and who is the greater good?

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