When a newspaper or magazine article seeks to make a point, a lot of the ‘heavy lifting’ is done by the associated pictures. Even when the underlying text is perfectly well balanced, pictures can be chosen that distort our perspectives. Because most of us ‘skim’ articles in a superficial manner this can happen easily and… Continue reading Pictures do the ‘heavy lifting’
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Jordan Peterson and Toxic Femininity*
*Mystery Man Muses has just written very thoughtfully on this subject in his blog post of October 6th that you can find here. He differs over some aspects of this topic and I hope you read his post as well as mine. It is interesting to see Jordan Peterson wading into the concept of toxic… Continue reading Jordan Peterson and Toxic Femininity*
The Labour Party’s Problem With Men
Pundits have been, quite properly, quick to point the finger at Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party when it comes to sexist attitudes. However, the Labour Party has some serious problems of its own with its attitudes to men. Their last election manifesto was strongly gynocentric and the men who comprise 49% of the population… Continue reading The Labour Party’s Problem With Men
All Party Parliamentary Group
It is good to be able to report some good news for a change. An All-Party Parliamentary Group on issues affecting men and boys has been formed within the UK Parliament. In large part, this is due to campaigning by Mike Bell of Equi-Law UK. I would encourage everyone to donate to Equi-Law UK to… Continue reading All Party Parliamentary Group
Misogyny Hate Speech
To a man with hammer, everything looks like a nail” Mark Twain At first sight, a misogyny-hate-speech law seems unobjectionable. Who would defend misogyny? Certainly not me. Unfortunately, some feminists have weaponised the awful circumstances surrounding the death of Sarah Everard in London to push for hastily constructed misogyny-hate-speech legislation. I believe huge dangers are… Continue reading Misogyny Hate Speech
COVID-19 Vaccination
In a previous post of August 2020, I discussed a ‘scientific paper’ that went viral. I use inverted commas because to the best of my knowledge the study has never made it into a peer-reviewed journal and remains in a preprint server. You can find the report by Supriya Garikipati and Uma S Kambhapati here.… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccination
Faux victimhood and narcissism
I often start my day by looking for new articles in Quillette which is an online journal supporting free-thought. Quillette has given a voice to many people who have been ‘cancelled’ or whose voice has been suppressed by censorious individuals, mostly on the progressive left. For this reason, it has been labeled as alt-right but… Continue reading Faux victimhood and narcissism
The smearing of Jordan Peterson
I have said in a previous post that I have mixed feelings about Jordan Peterson. I agree with some of what he says and disagree with other things. However, I do not see him as a folk-devil in the way ‘progressives’ do. Indeed, to me, his accusers seem to be a lot worse and most… Continue reading The smearing of Jordan Peterson
Fatbergs and gamma bias
This post was prompted by a perfectly unobjectionable story from the Guardian. Click on the image below if you want to see the article. Sewers have arguably been the greatest contribution to our public health and the people who build and maintain them (mostly men) are largely invisible. Ask yourself this question- who saved the… Continue reading Fatbergs and gamma bias
Jordan Peterson vs fragile feminist
I am not Jordan Peterson’s number one fan. I agree with some of what he says and disagree with some of it. That nuanced approach is not allowed and it seems that you either have to be an uncritical fan or a hater. Like the rest of us, Jordan is a complex flawed human being… Continue reading Jordan Peterson vs fragile feminist
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