The Niqab in Canada. Men who view erotica. Shirley cards.
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Posted on September 25, 2015
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- Lynda Clarke, associate professor in and interim chair of the Department of Religion, is quoted and a link to her 2013 study of the Niqab in Canada is embedded in an article in Women's eNews about the recent court ruling upholding the right for Muslim women in Canada to wear a face veil.
- Uro Today publishes a brief on a study conducted by Jim Pfaus, professor in the Department of Psychology, and UCLA researcher Nicole Prause, in which they challenge claims that the more erotica men watch, the likelier they are to experience erectile problems. The study was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
- Slate (France) publishes an article about "Shirley Cards," color-reference cards used to perform skin-colour balance in still-photography printing. It refers to the work of communications studies professor Lorna Roth on the evolution of skin tone imaging. The text embeds a link to Roth's 2009 paper on the subject.