Comments on: Ten Offensive Lies That the Patriarchy Would Love You to Believe http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jennhi http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-866 jennhi Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:39:02 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-866 Echidne wrote a series of entries breaking down the BS of the article. EXTREMELY informative. I'm just to the point where she talks about one of the authors, how he has no credibility, and was the author of most of the studies he's cited. Here's something she dug up about him: <blockquote>Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist, is now accused of reviving the politics of eugenics by publishing the research which concludes that low IQ levels, rather than poverty and disease, are the reason why life expectancy is low and infant mortality high. His paper, published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, compares IQ scores with indicators of ill health in 126 countries and claims that nations at the top of the ill health league also have the lowest intelligence ratings. </blockquote> <a href="http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html#2846602295158944466" rel="nofollow">more at her site</a> Echidne wrote a series of entries breaking down the BS of the article. EXTREMELY informative. I’m just to the point where she talks about one of the authors, how he has no credibility, and was the author of most of the studies he’s cited. Here’s something she dug up about him:

Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist, is now accused of reviving the politics of eugenics by publishing the research which concludes that low IQ levels, rather than poverty and disease, are the reason why
life expectancy is low and infant mortality high. His paper, published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, compares IQ scores with indicators of ill health in 126 countries and claims that nations at the top of the ill health league also have the lowest intelligence ratings.

more at her site

]]> By: Sister Mary Lisa http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-864 Sister Mary Lisa Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:40:15 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-864 Wow. I mean, WOW. That article makes me want to vomit as well. Fucking idiots who wrote that. I was sickened when I read the comment that a woman runs that magazine and approved that. I wonder slightly if she's never been sexually harrassed at work, and is jealous that it never happened. Oy. Wow. I mean, WOW. That article makes me want to vomit as well. Fucking idiots who wrote that.

I was sickened when I read the comment that a woman runs that magazine and approved that. I wonder slightly if she’s never been sexually harrassed at work, and is jealous that it never happened. Oy.

]]> By: kate.d. http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-862 kate.d. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:44:22 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-862 <i>in a way it’s MORE horrifying, because the readers of psychology today are less likely to be skeptical about its claims, meaning that this rubbish is going to be accepted by many who read it as scientifically proven fact</i> exactly! and we'll have to continue fighting the tide with a single sword. sigh. in a way it’s MORE horrifying, because the readers of psychology today are less likely to be skeptical about its claims, meaning that this rubbish is going to be accepted by many who read it as scientifically proven fact

exactly! and we’ll have to continue fighting the tide with a single sword. sigh.

]]> By: RachelPhilPa http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-861 RachelPhilPa Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:47:25 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-861 Well, I have not gotten any response from anybody at Evo-Psych Yesterday. I'm not suprised. I suppose my e-mail triggered their "hairy-legged man-hating feminist" filters. Well, I have not gotten any response from anybody at Evo-Psych Yesterday. I’m not suprised. I suppose my e-mail triggered their “hairy-legged man-hating feminist” filters.

]]> By: mary http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-860 mary Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:30:53 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-860 as a recent graduate with only a B.A. in psychology, i can say that <i>psychology today</i> is NOT a respected publication in the field. it is widely viewed as fluff, and is marketed toward the general, unscientific public. so while this could be seen as slightly less horrifying than if such an article had appeared in a respected, peer-reviewed journal of psyhcology, in a way it's MORE horrifying, because the readers of <i>psychology today</i> are less likely to be skeptical about its claims, meaning that this rubbish is going to be accepted by many who read it as scientifically proven fact, which makes me madder than hell. as a recent graduate with only a B.A. in psychology, i can say that psychology today is NOT a respected publication in the field. it is widely viewed as fluff, and is marketed toward the general, unscientific public. so while this could be seen as slightly less horrifying than if such an article had appeared in a respected, peer-reviewed journal of psyhcology, in a way it’s MORE horrifying, because the readers of psychology today are less likely to be skeptical about its claims, meaning that this rubbish is going to be accepted by many who read it as scientifically proven fact, which makes me madder than hell.

]]> By: Beth http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-859 Beth Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:03:16 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-859 Thank you so much for your great arguments against this bilge water masquerading as science. I can't even believe that a major publication printed this, let alone that it's coming out as a book. This is from the same guys who brought us the "brilliant" analysis linking why you [i.e. men] can't get a date on Saturday night, and why most suicide bombers are Muslim. (The link: polygyny). Duh. Thank you so much for your great arguments against this bilge water masquerading as science. I can’t even believe that a major publication printed this, let alone that it’s coming out as a book. This is from the same guys who brought us the “brilliant” analysis linking why you [i.e. men] can’t get a date on Saturday night, and why most suicide bombers are Muslim. (The link: polygyny). Duh.

]]> By: Cara http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-847 Cara Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:22:18 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-847 You would really hope that it'd be satire! Unfortunately, it's not. You would really hope that it’d be satire! Unfortunately, it’s not.

]]> By: dew http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-846 dew Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:21:24 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-846 I saw this last night, and other people were talking about being offended by it. I thought of sending it to you, but now I see you saw it before I did! I actually laughed out loud in a couple places, a sort of horrified, this must be satire laugh. I saw this last night, and other people were talking about being offended by it. I thought of sending it to you, but now I see you saw it before I did!

I actually laughed out loud in a couple places, a sort of horrified, this must be satire laugh.

]]> By: JaneDoe http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-814 JaneDoe Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:47:52 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-814 Wow...I...Wow. RachelPhilPa, I hope you don't mind, I just copied and pasted your email because you worded it so well! It's entirely possible to write an article in the same manner arguing against every one of their points (ie: women live longer and therefore it is natural for them to have more sexual partners than men)- it's all just conjecture and really unprofessional. I will certainly never be buying that magazine again and will tell others to do the same! Wow…I…Wow. RachelPhilPa, I hope you don’t mind, I just copied and pasted your email because you worded it so well!
It’s entirely possible to write an article in the same manner arguing against every one of their points (ie: women live longer and therefore it is natural for them to have more sexual partners than men)- it’s all just conjecture and really unprofessional. I will certainly never be buying that magazine again and will tell others to do the same!

]]> By: RachelPhilPa http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-813 RachelPhilPa Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:33:20 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/07/12/ten-offensive-lies-that-the-patriarchy-would-love-you-to-believe/#comment-813 Thank you, Cara and Lancastrian. I was wondering if the letter was overwrought, but I was absolutely livid after reading that "article". Thank you, Cara and Lancastrian. I was wondering if the letter was overwrought, but I was absolutely livid after reading that “article”.

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