Why is it not solvable? Yes if the problem is that assholes exist, it’s not solvable. However in this particular case I think the service (Twitch) could take a stand and ban streamers who harass others. Even if they make money; I’m pretty sure they would ban someone using nazi rhetorics or saying openly racist things…

This would be so fantastic. However I think she might actually fear him. Technically she has a lot of power like you said, but depending on the dynamics between her and her husband, she may simply not see challenging him as a possible thing to do.

True, but on the other hand - think about what kind of childhood she likely had. She probably never had a chance to learn how to be human.

Yeah, I don’t mean to be oppositional here, and like I said, I haven’t been reading the latest ev psych research, but based on what I’ve read and what I know about my own field, I wouldn’t even say that. I’m not sure what you mean by intellectual exercise, but generally they seem to create less fruitful hypotheses…

Wrote a novel, left out my actual reply. I have to say I don’t see ev psych as a proto-science that could evolve into solid scientific field. First, there is the fundamental problem of never being able to verify/falsify their central tenet because they can never go back to the EAA. Second, the science of behavior has…

Yeah, I’m in personality/social psychology and we have HUGE issues as a discipline as such. Reporters and the readers like flashy, counter -intuitive headlines and many researchers go along with it. Methodology and statistics has been and still is weak and often borderline manipulative of data. Thankfully the…

I’m a researcher in psychology, and 100% of ev psych research I’ve read is done using self-reports (as in “imagine being in situation X. What would you do?” or ask about attitudes or preferences) which is ridiculous given that they claim that they are studying spontaneous behavioral tendencies formed “in the era of…

A neuropsychology friend said that the ‘Moca’ test they gave him and on which the doctor’s statement of his normal cognitive abilities is apparently based has tasks such as drawing a clock, remembering 3 words for a moment, and explaining what an apple and and a banana have in common.

I don’t see actual well-meaning dudes who are able to listen as part of the problem. I blame the patriarchy, as the saying goes.

I’m sure it may feel like othering. It’s just that if someone seems to be genuinely puzzled about the sentiment that they should think about the potential effects of their words and actions, then, this does imply that at least up until now, they haven’t been part of the world of women/oppressed groups. At least not an…

I have definitely used some version of “welcome to our world” with some male friends who have expressed some version of “I try, but it’s so difficult to think about how my words/actions might affect others”. I think it’s a very good way to illustrate how unfair the situation has been for women up until now. It’s also…

I agree. It was not completely over the top but there was definitely a lot of nudity. Also the sex scenes (between sex workers and johns) were (I think) 100% depicted from the women’s point of view, which was good, but I couldn’t help feeling that something was a bit off - I think it was that the show was made very…

Oh, Imeant uncomfortable in sexual harassment-related way. You’d be surprised of what men sometimes tell women what they don’t tell men.

Are you kidding? You cite news articles about single incidents as evidence? Whereas existing research and exoneration registry say that false sexual assault claims very, very rarely lead to consequences. One summary here: https://qz.com/980766/the-truth-about-false-rape-accusations/

I gave you info of the study. You can check the methods yourself. It was based on 800 rape/ sexual assault accusations.

Sure, all kids should wear what they want etc. but the issue here is not kids’clothing choices, it’s H&M publishing a commercial with racist connotations. Regardless of their intentions, that act supports and legitimizes racism and the societal structures oppressing black people.

There’s already (at least) one upthread!

But these two incidents that you keep linking to were from long before the #metoo, did not happen between colleagues, and both men were acquitted. Are you a cab driver without a vehicle camera, or why these make you so worried?

What? Do you honestly believe that straight women never harass/make other women uncomfortable? I can assure you it does happen.

You seem to believe that after #metoo, men are at constant risk of getting in trouble/fired because women lie about harassment. However, those links you gave twice are about cab drivers being falsely accused in 2009 and about 2013 (I didn’t get the year of the youtube video event but there are comments at least from 3…