‘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
Tag: politics
Feminism as communal narcissism
Narcissism can take many forms. Easy to recognise is the braggadocio and ‘I am the greatest’ postures of figures such as Donald Trump, but harder to spot is that which is wrapped in displays of virtuous victimhood and collective solidarity. Feminist displays of the sort shown above, it seems to me, fit the bill for… Continue reading Feminism as communal narcissism
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
A Hornets Nest of WASPI’s
The furor about state compensation for 1950s women over supposedly lost pension entitlements is dying down. Now it seems to be confined to a few die-hards on Twitter and oven those cases are attracting less and less interest. Here are a few thoughts on the matter. Since 1944 women have received their state pension 5… Continue reading A Hornets Nest of WASPI’s
Labour and the election of Donald Trump
What should the Labour Party in the UK learn from the election of Donald Trump? The election of Donald Trump has sent shockwaves around the world, particularly in left-leaning or liberal outlets. The US is an independent nation that is free to elect whoever it chooses. However, unlike the UK, it makes a big difference… Continue reading Labour and the election of Donald Trump
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
Men are not to blame for trans culture
There has been some predictable femsplaining from journalist Victoria Smith, writing in The Critic (here). Victoria is one of those ‘prolific’ journalists who could turn winning the Euromillions lottery into a feminist oppression narrative. I put ‘prolific’ in inverted commas because, in reality, she publishes the same articles over and over again. Predictably, she comes… Continue reading Men are not to blame for trans culture
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