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RE: Sophism examplified: The case of "The factual feminist"

in #philosophy8 years ago

Back when I was doing some reading for one of my posts, I came across the research she is referring to. It has to do with giving toys to monkeys and seeing which they prefer. Female monkeys preferred the nurturing toys and male monkeys preferred the cars. Here is the link to the actual study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/

I'm old enough to remember Lego before the complex, expensive spaceship sets of today. I remember all the kids, regardless of gender, played with Lego. Typically, people had their Lego in a bigass box, all mixed up, and kids built whatever they wanted. The pieces were colourful, not dark or pink or whatever specific palette of colour.

It is beyond me, as a parent who shops for a little girl, wtf a "gender non-conformity toy" is. It's probably the most retarded concept I've ever heard. My daughter has clothes and toys from whatever section of the store the best item can be found in. We've got another little girl in the family who is into IT. She's currently dismantling her computer as I type this. The activity depends on the kid, not their gender.

I think the issue here is that we are not impartially looking at her work. We all know that @Skeptic provides us with hours of SJW-related entertainment, sourcing their rubbish for our enjoyment. Dr. Sommers' work and position disputes the SJW position, which is why it's great to think that she's correct. While I hate the SJW as much as anyone with half a brain does, I cannot say anything to support or refute Dr. Sommers' research without reading her work and analysing her methodology. Her videos are just short clips to boost her publicity and spread her message, they don't sum up the entirety of her career's research. I tried to look her up on LinkedIn to gauge what her peers think of her position via groups, but she does not appear to be active.

What I do believe is that you are correct: she used Lego's research example in error, unless she closely examined their methodology and found it flawless. I doubt that is the case. I think it's just a poorly-selected research study, chosen on the heels of a popular debate and news articles about kindergartens banning Lego for boys. In that, I do agree with you, it is unlikely that she is being factual in that case.

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