However, women have made bigger gains over the period. Back when Silents were ages 21 to 36, women were 6 points less likely than men to have finished at least four years of college education.
Gen Xers were the first generation of women to outpace men in educational attainment, with a 3-percentage-point advantage among Gen X women ages 21 to By comparison, the Baby Boom generation was the most recent in which men were better educated than women, having a 2-point advantage over young Boomer women. Among Millennials, that pattern has flipped. This shift to more women in the workplace occurred as early as , when Boomers were young.
In , the typical American woman first married at age 21 and the typical man wed at By , those figures climbed to 27 for women and Fifty years ago, America was less racially and ethnically diverse than it is today. Large-scale immigration from Asia and Latin America , the rise of racial intermarriage and differences in fertility patterns across racial and ethnic groups have contributed to Millennials being more racially and ethnically diverse than prior generations.
Date: Jan. Date: Dec. This is less a song and more a corny pep talk you never asked for Date: July 23, If you were to pour the most unremarkable aspects of s ballads — slow playing piano, below average vocals, terrible guitar playing, etc. Date: June 25, This may sound weird to people who were teens in the late s. But I have a hard time figuring out why Debbie Gibson was as big as she was.
And, while her upbeat songs had a slight whimsy to them, her ballads were atrocious. You could compare her to Britney Spears if you want. Steve Miller scored several huge hits in the s, earning him some goodwill heading into the s. Date: July 8, Is this a Milli Vanilli rap song? Date: July 25, But J.
Date: March 15, Date: Oct. Weeks on top: 3. Date: Feb. In fact, there are a few seconds where you hold out hope that someone like Whitney Houston is about to sing. Keyboardist Arnold Lanni wrote it after falling in love with his future wife. The least sexy song about sex ever created. Date: March 29, In the mids especially, there was there were certain songs that were so peculiar they were mistaken being excellent.
They were so bad they were good. Date: April 15, I get it now. In response, listeners are gifted with one of the most grating songs to ever top the charts. Some men just want to watch the world burn. Billy Joel is one of the great live performers of all time. Date: March 25, Even radio stations sent the song back to the record label thinking it was a joke. Date: April 9, The sounds of a man panting and shouting at a woman, demanding she get in his car just feels wrong on so many levels.
However, what it represents is troubling. Sure, the Beach Boys began as a surf-rock act. Date: Aug. It may actually be worse. Guess again. Date: May 15, Weeks on top: 7. Seven weeks! But using the black and white keys on a piano as a metaphor is…um Yeah, no.
Peter Cetera might have been the s pop star who was least aware of his surroundings. He simply kept making the same kind of bloated soft rock Chicago had become known for, only worse. Date: March 12, The late s saw a rush of glam metal ballads. Swaying to such a big chorus at a stadium rock show would prove easy. But if you polled people asking them who sings this slow-burner with its yawn-inducing tempo , it would shock me if any of them could say the words Bad English.
Date: April 1, Even with its best songs, Huey Lewis and the News walked a fine line between clumsily lovable and flat-out corny. It lodges itself in the back of your teeth with its banality until a cavity forms. Date: June 18, Weeks on top: 9. But its biggest offense was how it ruined Diana Ross. Yes, it was a No. Richie would continue making excessively sentimental rubbish like this throughout the s.
I blame Lionel. Date: March 21, What Club Nouveau does to it is a borderline offensive. The Bob Seger song soared to No. For once, a great singer losing their voice was a good thing. Date: July 30, Date: July 9, Recently, the song has been relegated to its rightful place -- scoring car insurance commercials. Instead, Michaels wrote one of the sappiest and dumbest glam metal ballads of all time. Yet, Michaels struck the right awkward chord at the right time. Good for him.
Bad for ears. I suppose if you were looking to accomplish such a thing you would take a Neil Diamond song from the s and make it a reggae track. Date: July 5, We expect this sort of thing from Peter Cetera.
Not you. Date: July 13, When Duran Duran signed on to a James Bond theme, the band was fully committed. Despite going to No. Date: March 14, Date: June 13, Date: March 4, Debbie Gibson deserves all the credit in the world for writing and producing hit songs at her young age.
Date: June 10, Both are overblown emotional forces that drain you. It sounds weird to say. But the best thing that could have happened to the Commodores in the early s was Lionel Richie leaving. The group lost its leader. But everything about it lacks emotion.
Even Lionel sounds bored. Date: July 15, Mick Hucknall is not Teddy Pendergrass. This one should have stayed untouchable. It ranks among the least compelling songs she ever recorded.
Snooze-worthy dance-pop instrumentation is one thing. Trying to incorporate Spanish lyrics is another. Diane Warren works her usual magic. This could have worked as a ballad. No doubt, millions of people sang along to this one back in Date: May 2, But hey, at least the chorus is good enough for a fun movie or TV montage. Date: April 11, No matter how it came about, it sounds weak. As does the annoying backing vocal that comes in on the pre-chorus. Date: May 13, Although it is notoriously hard to map one leveling system to another, the table below gives you a good approximation.
Score comparisons are based on individual test provider's websites using the CEFR as the main benchmark for comparison. The English level system you use to describe your English skills is usually imposed on you from the outside. An employer, a school, a teacher, or an immigration authority asks you to take a particular English test, so you do, and then you describe your English level using that test's system. Depending on your goals and location, you are likely to be more familiar with one system of English levels than another.
Developing intermediate and upper intermediate English. Home Our Tests. About Us. If your testosterone level drops, you might become depressed.
Common symptoms of depression include persistent feelings of sadness, emptiness, anxiety, irritability, or anger. You struggle to concentrate or remember things, lose interest in things you once enjoyed, or develop suicidal thoughts. Those who are close to you may notice your depressed behavior before you even realize it.
Depression due to any cause can be a hard thing to accept, and it may affect those around you. In some cases, depression may be the first symptom of low T that you notice. Testosterone helps your body maintain healthy energy levels. You might struggle to find the energy to participate in your normal activities.
Low T can also contribute to sleep problems. Testosterone plays an important role in regulating your sleep patterns. If your testosterone level declines, you might experience insomnia and disturbed sleep. Symptoms of insomnia include difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. It can then lead to daytime sleepiness, trouble focusing, irritability, and being easily angered. Testosterone helps your body maintain your bone density. If you develop andropause, your bones may become less dense.
This can lead to osteoporosis , a condition in which your bones become brittle and fragile, fracturing more easily. You might not learn you have the condition until you sustain an unusual bone fracture or undergo a routine screening test. If your doctor suspects you have it, they may order a bone density test.
They may also order a blood test to check your testosterone levels. If your testosterone level drops, you may accumulate more fat around your middle.
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