‘One particularly puzzling aspect of academic and public dialogue about implicit prejudice research has been the dearth of attention paid to the finding that men usually do not exhibit implicit sexism while women do show pro-female implicit attitudes‘ Implicit bias tests have been an important tool in the armoury of Human Resources departments. The idea… Continue reading The bias we dare not speak of
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Splaining is not gendered
(But perceptions of ‘splaining’ are) Some predictable views from Michael Flood foregrounding an even more predictable article by Rebecca Solnit, who has featured in this blog here . As yet another misandrist English Lit graduate she has been listed among Lit Crit femsplainers. She was also the idiot who wrote in the Guardian that a… Continue reading Splaining is not gendered
Female radicalisation
At last, some attention is being paid to pathways of female/feminist radicalisation. This matters and it is not merely ‘whataboutery.’ After all, it is no more rational to dismiss an argument as ‘aboutery’ than it is ‘whataboutery.’ Radicalisation isn’t just about online silos or echo chambers, though that can be a problem, it is also… Continue reading Female radicalisation
Female Power
Or the gender lobbying gap ‘Female lobbyists are more likely to gain access to meetings with policymakers, regardless of the policymaker’s gender, indicating gender is used strategically by interest groups to improve their influence, finds a new UCL led study.’ A common feminist claim is that men occupy most positions of power and as a… Continue reading Female Power
Astrology, patriarchy and external loci of control
“When men stop believing in god, they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything” attributed to G K Chesterton. Astrology, the belief that our personality and life trajectory can be influenced by the position of the planets at the time of our birth, is bunk. It has been debunked so often that belief in… Continue reading Astrology, patriarchy and external loci of control
Greater Male Variability
(and other hypotheses) It’s a brave man who ventures to discuss the greater male variability hypothesis (GMVH). Just ask James Damore or Larry Summers. The former was sacked from Google for daring to raise GMV as a possible explanation (among others) for the greater number of men involved in coding. Similarly, Harvard President Larry Summers… Continue reading Greater Male Variability
Feminist just-so stories
When I was a child my grandfather gave me the book ‘Just So Stories’ by Rudyard Kipling. Even then, at a tender age and longer ago than I care to remember, the stories seemed entertaining but trite. The book consists of a series of accounts of how animals acquired certain characteristics. For example, how the… Continue reading Feminist just-so stories
Carol Vorderman
https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1835377554514981252 A rather disappointing performance from Carol Vorderman on an LBC chat-show. I like Carol Vorderman, some of her posts in the run-up to the 2024 General Election, exposing the hypocrisy and malfeasance of the then Conservative Government were quite brilliant. This, however, was a shabby and lazy performance. Okay, we all fall short sometimes,… Continue reading Carol Vorderman
How feminism harms women.
It is, I believe, obvious that feminism has been harmful to men and, in particular, boys. However, this argument alone will ‘cut little ice’ with feminists in the media and in parliament. I want to suggest that feminism is also harmful to women. Not only indirectly through its consequences upon men but directly through distortion… Continue reading How feminism harms women.
A confected moral panic
Many media feminists, J K Rowling, for example, are dissatisfied with Labour Policy and, in particular, with Keir Starmer. Sir Keir has apparently ‘turned his back on women’ – ‘has marginalised women’ – ‘has erased women’. According to the ever-unhinged Julie Birchill, writing in the Spectator, ‘the climate of misogyny now being as rabid as… Continue reading A confected moral panic
toxic feminism 