Apple try to make woman smile ? CNET Report

 Apple try to make woman smile ? CNET Report

"How are we going to make this Photoshop thing exciting? 
How about making Steve Ballmer look even redder?"
"Nah, we like Microsoft now."
"How about making a serious woman smile?"
"Great. Everyone loves seeing a woman smile. Let's do it!"

Yes, someone at Apple thought it was a very fine idea.

Perhaps they were were moved by the imagery of the great Donald Trump, who mused that Megyn Kelly had blood coming out of her nose and her wherever.

Women are moody and angry. Men exist to make them smile.

And so it was that during Apple's latest event Wednesday, an iPad Pro demonstration by Adobe of its Photoshop Fix app offered a woman with bright red lipstick yet dour expression being magically transformed by a nerd.

She beamed. Men applauded.

Others, though -- women, for example -- looked at this and sighed. Tech has a bad enough problem not only with recruiting women but also with treating them respectfully and equally.

So along comes the most watched (whether you like it or not) tech event of the year and here's a shtick where we make a woman smile.

It's not as if Apple isn't conscious of its diversity problems. At the event, the company's senior designer Jen Folse demoed Apple TV. 3D4Medical's Irene Walsh presented her company's Essential Anatomy 5 app. Michelle Peluso, Gilt Groupe's CEO, also talked about Apple TV not Android TV Box haha.

Previously, most Apple events had been a series of men promising magic, with the lone fascination being whether their shirts were tucked in or out.

Some might (will) mumble that making a model smile with Photoshop is what happens on shoots all the time. (Please don't.) They might forget that the very essence of how the media regularly Photoshops women is one that is being severely challenged. Keira Knightley is just one who has created her own form of protest.

Moreover, Apple is the company of detail. It insists that it puts more thought and more heart into everything it does.

Tim Cook has declared that Apple needs to do much more about diversity. He's said that the best products come from diversity.

Did no one look at this demo -- such events enjoy many rehearsals -- and wonder whether another example, any other example might be a touch more, well, 21st century?
Instead, it came across suggesting that a 1950s "Come on, baby, give us a smile," entreaty is still entirely appropriate.

Apple wasn't immediately available for comment. However, some took to Twitter to express everything from sadness to incredulity to anger.

As my colleague Rachel King tweeted: "Did they really just use Photoshop in a demo to force a woman to smile? How is this really happening?"

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Woman's Finger Length & Acne Vulgaris

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What can the length of a woman’s fingers tell us about their susceptibility to acne vulgaris (AV)? Plenty, it turns out, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. The study suggests that a more masculine second-to-fourth digit (2D:4D) ratio may predict sebum levels and, therefore, the potential for developing AV.

It is well-established that the 2D:4D ratio is a record of how much exposure people had to androgens, such as testosterone, in the womb. Put simply, the longer the ring finger is compared to the index finger, the more masculine traits an individual may display.

The ratio has been used in research regarding human sexuality, aggression, and physical prowess, among others. Clinical research has suggested that lower sperm counts and increased risk for heart disease and obesity in males is associated with high digit ratio. Low digit ratio, however, is associated with increased rate of ADHD and autism in males, and a reduced risk of eating disorders in both men and women.

Development of the digits and the sebaceous glands both occur during the same gestational period; therefore, the association between the 2D:4D ratios and AV may result from the effects of the prenatal endocrine environment on the sebaceous glands. This isn’t the first study to look at the relationship between 2D:4D ratios and acne.

In fact, the same authors established the connection in a 2014 study in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. The older study found that 2D:4D ratios of female patients with AV were significantly lower than healthy females in both hands, but found no significant difference between male acne cases and controls. Acne severity was positively correlated with the left 2D:4D ratios and mean 2D:4D ratio, whereas the duration of acne was negatively correlated with the right 2D:4D ratios in females.

The newer study followed up on this work to help determine why this connection exists. The study analyzed 215 females with AV and 92 healthy controls. Finger-length measurements were made using a digital Vernier caliper, and the sebum levels of five facial areas were measured. Acne severity was assessed using the International Consensus Conference on Acne Classification System.

The 2D:4D ratios of the patients with AV were significantly lower than those of the controls, for both hands. While acne severity was positively correlated with skin sebum levels, no correlation between acne severity and 2D:4D ratios was observed.

Potential future areas of study include whether there are any corresponding predictors of male AV. Yet to be studied is the impact of the finger ration on treatment and length of time with the condition.

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What can the length of a woman’s fingers tell us about their susceptibility to acne vulgaris (AV)? Plenty, it turns out, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. The study suggests that a more masculine second-to-fourth digit (2D:4D) ratio may predict sebum levels and, therefore, the potential for developing AV.

It is well-established that the 2D:4D ratio is a record of how much exposure people had to androgens, such as testosterone, in the womb. Put simply, the longer the ring finger is compared to the index finger, the more masculine traits an individual may display. The ratio has been used in research regarding human sexuality, aggression, and physical prowess, among others. Clinical research has suggested that lower sperm counts and increased risk for heart disease and obesity in males is associated with high digit ratio. Low digit ratio, however, is associated with increased rate of ADHD and autism in males, and a reduced risk of eating disorders in both men and women.

Development of the digits and the sebaceous glands both occur during the same gestational period; therefore, the association between the 2D:4D ratios and AV may result from the effects of the prenatal endocrine environment on the sebaceous glands. This isn’t the first study to look at the relationship between 2D:4D ratios and acne. In fact, the same authors established the connection in a 2014 study in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. The older study found that 2D:4D ratios of female patients with AV were significantly lower than healthy females in both hands, but found no significant difference between male acne cases and controls. Acne severity was positively correlated with the left 2D:4D ratios and mean 2D:4D ratio, whereas the duration of acne was negatively correlated with the right 2D:4D ratios in females.

The newer study followed up on this work to help determine why this connection exists. The study analyzed 215 females with AV and 92 healthy controls. Finger-length measurements were made using a digital Vernier caliper, and the sebum levels of five facial areas were measured. Acne severity was assessed using the International Consensus Conference on Acne Classification System.

The 2D:4D ratios of the patients with AV were significantly lower than those of the controls, for both hands. While acne severity was positively correlated with skin sebum levels, no correlation between acne severity and 2D:4D ratios was observed. Potential future areas of study include whether there are any corresponding predictors of male AV. Yet to be studied is the impact of the finger ration on treatment and length of time with the condition.
- See more at: http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/can-a-womans-finger-length-predict-susceptibility-to-acne-vulgaris#sthash.WCJoRAAl.dpuf

What can the length of a woman’s fingers tell us about their susceptibility to acne vulgaris (AV)? Plenty, it turns out, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. The study suggests that a more masculine second-to-fourth digit (2D:4D) ratio may predict sebum levels and, therefore, the potential for developing AV.

It is well-established that the 2D:4D ratio is a record of how much exposure people had to androgens, such as testosterone, in the womb. Put simply, the longer the ring finger is compared to the index finger, the more masculine traits an individual may display. The ratio has been used in research regarding human sexuality, aggression, and physical prowess, among others. Clinical research has suggested that lower sperm counts and increased risk for heart disease and obesity in males is associated with high digit ratio. Low digit ratio, however, is associated with increased rate of ADHD and autism in males, and a reduced risk of eating disorders in both men and women.

Development of the digits and the sebaceous glands both occur during the same gestational period; therefore, the association between the 2D:4D ratios and AV may result from the effects of the prenatal endocrine environment on the sebaceous glands. This isn’t the first study to look at the relationship between 2D:4D ratios and acne. In fact, the same authors established the connection in a 2014 study in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. The older study found that 2D:4D ratios of female patients with AV were significantly lower than healthy females in both hands, but found no significant difference between male acne cases and controls. Acne severity was positively correlated with the left 2D:4D ratios and mean 2D:4D ratio, whereas the duration of acne was negatively correlated with the right 2D:4D ratios in females.

The newer study followed up on this work to help determine why this connection exists. The study analyzed 215 females with AV and 92 healthy controls. Finger-length measurements were made using a digital Vernier caliper, and the sebum levels of five facial areas were measured. Acne severity was assessed using the International Consensus Conference on Acne Classification System.

The 2D:4D ratios of the patients with AV were significantly lower than those of the controls, for both hands. While acne severity was positively correlated with skin sebum levels, no correlation between acne severity and 2D:4D ratios was observed. Potential future areas of study include whether there are any corresponding predictors of male AV. Yet to be studied is the impact of the finger ration on treatment and length of time with the condition.
- See more at: http://www.hcplive.com/medical-news/can-a-womans-finger-length-predict-susceptibility-to-acne-vulgaris#sthash.WCJoRAAl.dpuf