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February 19[edit]

Foot fetishism semiotics articles journals[edit]

Is there a website or any good websites that feature articles about foot fetishism as semiotics and allows you to download the articles for free without registration? Donmust90 (talk) 01:33, 19 February 2018 (UTC)Donmust90Donmust90 (talk) 01:33, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, in the early 20th century, there was a minor tradition of a man drinking champagne from a woman's shoe in public as an extravagant compliment and outrageous flirting maneuver (we even have a Wikipedia article Drinking from shoes). I kind of wonder what semiotic scholars would make of that...

Most other foot fetishism seems to be quite furtive and secretive... AnonMoos (talk) 08:19, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If only. μηδείς (talk) 16:05, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

One of Tom Lehrer's songs, "The Wienerschnitzel Waltz", included this line referring to the size of his girlfriend: "I drank some Champagne from your shoe / I was drunk by the time I got through / For I didn't know as I raised that cup / It had taken two bottles to fill the thing up." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:22, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that, Baseball_Bugs -- I very vaguely remembered it, but didn't feel like trying to search for it... AnonMoos (talk) 18:28, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Articles on aversive racism, modern racism, symbolic racism and ambivalent racism[edit]

Are there any journal articles on aversive racism, modern racism, symbolic racism and ambivalent racism? Donmust90 (talk) 01:41, 19 February 2018 (UTC)Donmust90Donmust90 (talk) 01:41, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Or better yet, an article on racists with foot fetishes. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:34, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See Witzelsucht for an explanation of that comment. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 17:53, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The German word for genius. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:23, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just look at the articles for aversive racism, symbolic racism (modern racism redirects here), or ambivalent prejudice. Then scroll to the bottom and you'll see a list of articles.--Hofhof (talk) 19:01, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ancestors[edit]

I read somewhere that most humans have more female ancestors than male ancestors (can't remmeber where). This is because some men were left out of the whole mating/courtship/marriage ritual. Thereby some men would inseminate multiple women. Is there a credible source somewhere confirming this? 79.67.94.72 (talk) 14:35, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here is an overview that itself links to the original research. --Jayron 32 14:51, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]