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Americans 'Self Silencing' In Record Numbers, New Study Reveals: Here's What It Means Americans 'Self Silencing' In Record Numbers, New Study Reveals: Here's What It Means
Americans 'Self Silencing' In Record Numbers, New Study Reveals: Here's What It Means If you’ve ever found yourself hiding your true opinion just to avoid ruffling feathers, you’re not alone, according to a new study from the think tank Populace. Researchers wanted to find out how prevalent self-silencing, or preference falsification, is - defined as saying what you think others want to hear rather than what you truly believe. What they found is a tendency for people of all demographics to succumb to social pressures to have the “right” opinion when it comes to hot-button issues like abortion, mask wearing, and discussing gender identity in schools, despite their true feelin…

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by Michael Mashburn
Politics
New Poll Reveals Percentages Of Americans Who Want To Secede By Region New Poll Reveals Percentages Of Americans Who Want To Secede By Region
New Poll Reveals Percentages Of Americans Who Want To Secede By Region A newly released poll found that many Americans would support their home states seceding from the United States and going at it on their own. Bright Line Watch and YouGov released results of a nationwide poll that found citizen support for their state to separate from the US has been on the rise, with 37 percent showing a “willingness to secede.” Support for secession was greatest in the south and amongst Republicans, with those numbers jumping from 50 percent to 66 percent between January and June. 
“By this summer, we anticipated, political tempers may have cooled — not necessarily as a…

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by Zak Failla
Business
COVID-19: Survey Reveals Top 10 Things Those Who Haven't Returned To Office Miss Most COVID-19: Survey Reveals Top 10 Things Those Who Haven't Returned To Office Miss Most
Covid-19: Survey Reveals Top 10 Things Those Who Haven't Returned To Office Miss Most Workers who are being forced to work remotely have listed 10 things they miss most about office life, according to a poll conducted by YouGov.  The study was spurred on by a prominent British advertisement by cleaning product company Dettol, which encouraged employees to use disinfectant thoroughly and listed elements of the in-person work experience that currently-remote employees may miss, some questionable.  YouGov asked 1,608 respondents whether they actually missed the supposed pros of in-office work listed by the advertisement:  Seeing workers and friends, 66 percent …

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by Christina Coulter
Lifestyle
Here's Where You Can Find Most, Least Sexy Accents Across US Here's Where You Can Find Most, Least Sexy Accents Across US
Here's Where You Can Find Most, Least Sexy Accents Across US You can pat yourself on the back and not hide in shame if "Y'all" is a word likely to come out of your mouth. In fact, Texan and southern drawls were voted as the most attractive accent in the nation in a new survey of 1.5 million social media followers of travel company Big 7. But if you come from "Lawnguyland," you might want to get to work on covering up what was voted as the "least sexy accent." In fact, that famous dialect came in dead last at No. 50 in the survey, finishing behind No. 49 New Joisey -- oops, New Jersey. Technically, two New York City boroughs - Brooklyn and Queens - …

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by Kathy Reakes