thinking about going to my cities 4th of july parade bc im sick and tired of coming from a family that doesn't do anything or celebrate anything. i don't have friends to go with tho so i'd just be out on my own
Kim Brophey, certified canine behavior consultant at Dog Door Behavior Center in Asheville, North Carolina, TEDx speaker and author of “Meet Your Dog,” sees dogs “smiling” as an adaptive facial expression and behavior with a range of evolutionary functions and benefits. Highlighting a communication correlation, she says, “What we view as ‘smiling’ can serve to mediate conflicts, communicate deference and facilitate bonding.” Brophey notes that dogs naturally appear to employ adaptive “smiling” behaviors as a social skill and expression of emotion. She adds, “Though it’s fun to think about dogs as smiling deliberately, the reality is that there are very complex evolutionary forces at work.”
As to why we react the way we do when we see a dog “smiling,” Brophey says it’s a combination of oxytocin and evolution. “Dogs are masters at human behavior observation and manipulation,” she says. “That’s their niche. Their ancestry and experiences have informed them on how to be effectively charming.”
This “smiling” is endorsed by humans when they react, laugh, give treats, pet and clap. Dogs quickly learn that this is a positive reaction to their behavior and will continue to smile because of it.
Brophey understands this on a scientific level, but gleefully admits that she is duped on a daily basis by the dozens of dogs she meets. She does, however, remind herself and others to honor and respect the evolutionary love story between people and dogs. Each and every dog is a complex biological individual with their own emotions, intelligence, experience, personality and opinions.
my feet and lower legs feel soooo swollen i can't walk normally. looking at it, i can barely see a difference but it feels like it's 3x the normal size
i think/hope it's just bc i was on my feet (in flip flops) for a long time yesterday
I think a lot of women suffer mentally when living with a man because the home ceases to be a place where once can escape the performance of femininity. It becomes just another stage just like the outside world. There you are being perceived again, there is no break, no safe haven, nowhere to freely be “gross” and take off the mask. It’s no wonder so many women are metabolically unwell.
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