Word: behaviorism
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Black Book is different from the many other movies about the resistance during World War II. It is sexy where they tend to be romantically chaste and wistful. It is realistic - that is to say it shows the underground to be rife with morally ambiguous behavior instead of universally populated by idealist-martyrs. And in action terms it moves like a runaway train - murders, gun fights, chases, torture sessions, follow one another in dizzying succession - in contrast to most such films, which tend to focus on people standing around looking dour and anxious while moodily plotting to blow...
...because it so radically subverts genre anticipations. Or, possibly, because it more than fulfills their deeply suspicious expectations of a Verhoeven movie. I think they're wrong. I think they're so transfixed by the movie's reckless pace and its often dim view of the human behavior that they ignore the grim and sobering message it imparts...
...with siblings, tend to be less popular in school and are more reluctant to take responsibility for their misbehavior. In 2002, the U.S. National Center for Policy Analysis concluded that kids with physically absent fathers were up to three times more likely to use drugs and engage in criminal behavior. Last month, an Israeli study reported that children with absent fathers were more likely to have trouble forming new relationships, whether the absences were permanent or shorter term. When children reach school age, Australian psychologist Paul Amato found, fathers are even more important to self-esteem than mothers...
...There is still progress to be made on the feminist front, but by dwelling on anti-male sentiments or fostering anti-male behavior, we will have reached an impasse. Feminism cannot survive unless we shed the mentality of, “I once was oppressed, therefore I have the right to behave badly.” When it comes to gender equality payback is not only a bitch—it’s completely ineffective...
...Kathy’s research, such as her work on settlement behavior, fee-shifting rules, and other aspects of the civil justice system is notable for its originality and rigor,” Kagan said. “And her teaching, as Harvard students discovered when she visited here, is simply exemplary...