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Celebrity and fans

Celebrity sightings have a built-in contradiction

UC Riverside research helps explain a tradeoff in human behavior
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Social Science / Education
The US Capitol building

A Highlander DREAMer's dilemma

Gabriela Martinez is nervous about her trip to Washington D.C. Not because she’s going to be in the same building as the President of the United States. Nah, it isn't that. She’s nervous because this trip to the 2023 State of the Union, or SOTU, is the same week as...
By Malinn Loeung | | Students, University, Social Science / Education
Brandon Andrew Robinson, an associate professor with UC Riverside’s Gender and Sexuality Department analyzed over 200 online Reddit discussion posts during a three-month period that revealed the complexities surrounding relationships: love, sexuality, attraction, and gender norms. (UCR/Photo illustration by Victor Perry)

Study examines straight men and their sexual attraction to transgender women

An analysis of online Reddit conversations also revealed a paradox: the same men devalue both trans and cisgender women.
By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Social Science / Education