A Pink Bunny Candy Thing

While looking at things to feature for Easter on the weekly Candy Thing post, I realized that the Easter Bunny may be the only holiday character that really doesn't have a gender.  That means that this slightly sexy Easter Bunny costume might actually be appropriate.  Personally I think it would be great if the Easter Bunny was a girl, after all there aren't that many holiday themed characters that are women.  However this costume doesn't really demonstrate how much this idea is a great step in the direction toward equality for women in the field of holiday characters.

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Classic/Creative Candy Advertising

According to Boing Boing, the website where I found this ad, these candies are real. I'll be honest, it looks like some kind of weird joke at first.  If you take the time to read the text, you'll realize that this is more about asserting women's rights, and less about candy.  I can tell all you ladies out there that it won't work, I myself have "balls", and I can assure you that I have no courage at all.

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Pregnancy and Peanuts

According to science if you're pregnant and you eat peanuts your baby is less likely to get a peanut allergy.  Although I don't doubt the accuracy of the findings or research methods, I do wonder how the idea to research this came up.

Click here to read more about the research.

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Women Love Chocolate, The Science

I've always heard people say that women have a certain affinity to chocolate.  I've been told it's the way to their heart, and a great way to make them happy.  The thing is I've seen very little science to prove this.  Sure there's evidence of chemicals in chocolate that might lead to euphoria, but does it just affect women?  Well according to some new science it does.  However it appears that women in Canada, US, and England are more susceptible to the allure of chocolate.  So that pretty much eliminates the idea that it's chemical.

Click here to read more about the science.

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A Great Story About a Woman In The Candy Business

Here's yet another story of a very well educated person who (sensibly) discovers the joys of being in the candy business.  It's a great story about how the love of caramel and a few simple recipes changes someones life.

Click here to read more.

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Sex and Chocolate

This article from India really shows how links between sex and chocolate are truly universal.

Click here to read some stats on the subject.

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Women and Chocolate

Two articles in one day talk about womens obsession with chocolate. I'm a little disturbed by this because I too love chocolate and I wonder, am I less of a man because I love chocolate too? It just seems wrong and sexist to assume that all women love chocolate and it's about time guys came out and proclaimed their love for this great treat.

Here's the first article about chocolate and women.

This one doesn't specifically deal with women and chocolate but they mention it a whole lot.

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