In a previous post I surveyed the headlines of daily newspapers over two days and found that the majority of articles with I me or my in the title were written by female journalists. Not all such articles are evidence of narcissism. Sometimes, the author was establishing their situation to speak authoritatively about a subject.… Continue reading I, Me, My- Mesplainers
Month: Aug 2022
Adult Diagnosis of ADHD
(also dyslexia and autism) But it’s still fashionable to talk about your struggles with ADHD, or your gifted-kid childhood traumas. These aren’t real tribes, though. They’re just shared victimhood labels” N. Rusell – Quillette 16/8/22 (here) Feminists clearly do not feel they are getting a big enough slice of the victim-pie when it comes to the diagnosis… Continue reading Adult Diagnosis of ADHD
How The Guardian Misleads Us
Most journalists do not lie. Sometimes the Guardian does come close, however. Think of the recent headline in the Guardian ‘Women May Not Live Longer Than Men after All‘ – that article misrepresented a study that had been published in the BMJ showing that when you control for confounding variables, women live longer than men,… Continue reading How The Guardian Misleads Us
The Guardian and Men’s Health
Paradoxically, the response to the recent women’s health survey has not been all good for feminists. Instead, it has led to a focus on the health inequalities facing men and recognition, in some quarters at least, that the gender health gap benefits women. Journalists have adopted two approaches to this problem. One is to blame… Continue reading The Guardian and Men’s Health
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