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Gun manufacturers’ ads appeal to women as ‘serious students’ of firearms to boost sales

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Gun manufacturers are appealing to women as “serious students” of firearms in their advertising – a shift in strategy over the last two decades that may be contributing to increased gun sales, a new study shows.

From 2007 through 2022, women’s gun ownership rose from 16% to 22%, while the rate for men stayed roughly steady at 43%. And more than half of new gun owners in the United States between 2019 and 2021 were women.

Top Oregon family businesses to be honored by OSU College of Business on May 6

PORTLAND, Ore. – Several Oregon family businesses will be honored at the Oregon State University College of Business’ 2022 Excellence in Family Business Awards ceremony Friday, May 6.

The Papé Group, Inc, a family-owned enterprise founded in 1938 in Eugene, will receive the Dean’s Award for Family Business Leadership at the event, which begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Hilton Downtown Portland. Over four generations, Papé has grown to become a leading supplier of construction, logging, material handling, landscaping and farm equipment throughout the West.

Men are more likely to respond negatively to gender threats in the workplace than women, research finds

CORVALLIS, Ore. – When male workers believe their gender status is threatened, they are more likely than their female counterparts to engage in deviant behavior such as lying, cheating or stealing in the workplace, new research suggests.

They also become less helpful to co-workers and less willing to collaborate on organizational initiatives, said Oregon State University’s Keith Leavitt, lead author of the paper that was just published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

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