“It’s your job to teach me about feminism. Now do it.” is a square on the sexist-bingo card, and it’s a trope that pops up in just about any other subject of the culture wars, be it racism or evolution (think of all the e-mails PZ and other famous atheists get that basically demand that the whole universe be explained to the writers of the emails, personally)or any number of other topics. When being a n00b, the attitude of feminists/atheists/etc of linking to previous discussions, suggesting reading material, or just flat-out refusing to get into the discussion can be frustrating*, and look very arrogant, cowardly, and generally off-putting. But it is a necessary tactic, since one’s free time is a limited resource, and having the same conversations over and over, for the benefit of just one individual, is neither an enjoyable nor an efficient use of one’s time.
For that reason alone, places like Pharyngula are so very precious and important. It might be the culture of valuing evidence-based discussion, or the knowledge that the discussion there is read by many people (so that any argument can inform more than just that one individual being adressed), or something else entirely, but a place where many knowledgeable people are willing to share their knowledge in personal discussion, and where these discussions are archived for posterity, is a very valuable resource. Similarly, places like the feminism101 blog, or the TalkOrigins Archive make it possible to shortcut many conversations by simply referring the person to already existing, laboriously collected, answers to their n00b questions.
What I really wish we had were similar repositories for links to, and summaries of, various scientific papers that support many of the feminist points (the name-on-resume study, various scholastic achievement studies, etc.). I used to have a vast collection of links to such studies, but I misplaced a lot of them, and sometimes finding them again is impossible, or at least very time-consuming. A nicely alphabetically sorted archive of feminist causes and the science to explain/support them would be epically useful, and linking to the whole archive would be a nice little “I’ve got science, what have YOU got” Fuck You to those who insist that feminists argue from emotion alone.
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*I admit freely to feeling that frustration as well. For example, I would not be opposed at all if SC just stopped doing anything else and taught me everything she knows. But unfortunately, I’ll have to do it myself, and just be grateful for the book suggestions :-)
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And what prompted this particular train of thought, if I may be so bold as to ask?
It’s not so much the request for education that bugs me, it’s the whiny entitled and the refusal to do any actual work by either googling or reading things recommended. Request for education is best accompanied by humility and gratitude, especially when there’s no prior relationship between learner and teacher.
I’ve requested a lot of education over the years, but I do endeavor not to be a jerk about it.
well, it’s kind of been building up. Up until recently, I really enjoyed such debates because it forced me to critically evaluate my point, but recently it’s started to get too repetitive. Having to constantly encounter people in conversation who have no clue about the most basic things just gets boring. Add to this that in the past David M. would comment that the science on some point existed, and that I had the links (when I no longer did), and top it off with Walton’s conservative-ish facebook friends (two of whom I had the “pleasure” of talking to in the last couple days), and this post happens. :-p
I should add that SIWOTI Syndrome still propels me to argue things said in public, because others might be reading it and I wouldn’t want to leave misinformation just standing there without a response. but requests for moving the conversation to a private medium just elicit a “you’re not that special” reaction from me now :-p
awwww… I starred this in my google reader without coming and reading the comments thoroughly! I was hoping for some more links already here, like that resume-name study, or the study about how girl’s math scores go up in concert with higher values of women’s equality in a society (at the same time, total children’s scores go up– girls score equally with boys in the societies where women are more free… at the same time BOYS in those societies score significantly HIGHER than boys in societies where women’s freedoms are constrained. But look at me, still just summarizing a study I no longer have access too.)
But I’ll link to this: http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/meet-the-predators/
Good summary and links to a number of studies of the behavior or rapists, their methods of attack, and how they go unnoticed in their social networks.
I’ll try to link some more good ones when I find them (again…)
over the weekend, i’ll track down as many of them as i can and dump them in here. the same reason i’m losing patience with n00bs also keeps me from being able and willing to chase down all these links right now, hence the wish for an archive, so that i’d only need to find them once, and then they’d be permanently catalogued and instantly recoverable
Another one we need . . . the symphony orchestra study that found women musicians were selected as often as men, but only when the musician was hidden from the jury. I’ll look for that one.
Is this something that could have a section on rationalwiki or a similar website? I was going to offer to buy a suitable domain name and host something on my dreamhost account (probably something with a wiki format so that people could add analysis or simple explanations/summaries while referencing the relevant scientific articles) as I think it would be able to deal with the traffic expected, but then figured something already existing and familiar to people might be more useful.
I have trouble accepting that some of Walton’s friends are actually attending Oxford.
Not all of them are. (Though obviously I’m not going to give details about specific people on here.)
I don’t see why you’d assume they are. He’s mentioned before that he’s been active supporting Conservative politicians, so some could simply be England’s version of dittoheads — not to mention that some could simply be family friends.
Paul, I’m not too familiar with how rationalwiki works, but you’re right that that would probably be the best location for such a collection. I shall have to ponder that suggestion :-)
I’m more than willing to host something if for some reason it doesn’t look like rationalwiki or another location will suit your needs. It definitely sounds like something that should be out there. You should have my email, you can contact me there.
Just passing this on to add to the pile and in case you miss it.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5180
(Brownian, comment 11, belgian archbishop thread, pharyngula)
I know not all of Walton’s FB friends are going to Oxford. However, many indicate that they are on their FB page. Those were the ones I was talking about.
Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians
Click to access Orchestrating_Impartiality.pdf
Blind orchestra auditions better for women, study finds
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/A94/90/73G00/index.xml
Reminds me of how yesterday evening I gave the Mattir family most of the talk about my thesis topic that I had just given at the conference (plus extra explanations of course). :-) It was late enough at night that we had to stop because everyone zoned out. :-)
Awesome people, BTW.* Confusingly, they seem to think the same of me. :-]
* You would not… well, you people here would believe what books DaughterSpawn has on her large bookshelf. It’s impressive. And yes, she gives every indication of having actually read them all with pleasure!
Corollary to the Dunning-Kruger effect: some people apparently just don’t get it that when they don’t understand anything about a topic they just can’t talk about it in an even slightly constructive way. When that is pointed out to them, they assume the knowledge they lack can be expressed in a sentence or two and tell us to spew it forth already.
Please accept my profuse apologies! I’ll try to google for them myself next time. — In fact, I think I have 2 or 3 in my bookmarks now, but I don’t have time to look for them tonight. (I have way too many bookmarks.)
:-)
Sounds good to me.
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Walton, you shouldn’t be here. You should be at the doctor. Seriously, DaughterSpawn showed me your Facebook photo, and it looks scary. I am not exaggerating.
Sometimes I hate having the last word. Did I kill this thread?
To add to the reading list …
http://www.cordeliafine.com/delusions_of_gender.html
No David, you didn’t kill the thread, I just don’t have quite as large a readership as you imagine (especially after the extended hiatus).
Plus, the intermittently shitty internet access prevents me from doing the search for the studies I wanted to add here.
But I will, maybe a bit today and maybe a bit more early next week. Plus, eventually what I’ll do is I’ll create a post specifically with these links that will be updated whenever I stumble upon another good study and that will be linked permanently in the sidebar for easy access. And once it grows to a sizable library, I’ll look for a more popular host for the collection :-)
ok, here’s what I’ve been able to find today
study on make-up and attractiveness: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6894/is_1_10/ai_n28518814/
also, this might be interesting, but I don’t have access to the full articles:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a758775524
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sce.3730760204/abstract
http://das.sagepub.com/content/14/2/191.short
also, if someone has Cerberus’ e-mail, maybe she could contribute some stuff, as well.
Jadehawk – I will spend some time in the next week doing some psychology literature searches for your archive – let me know if you have a particular topic you want studies on, but otherwise I’ll just fool around with my weird curiosity…
David – yes, we did think you were great. And we (or at least DaughterSpawn and I) enjoyed your presentation a lot, and by the second time, actually understood most of it. And yes, she’s actually read most of the weird books in her room. I’m very very fortunate to have her as a kid, and she’s expressed her glee at having a Pharynguncle™.
Your readership is actually larger than I thought. 13 comments (not counting your own) within 2 days after publication of a new post, and that not long after a very extended hiatus, is rather impressive. :-)
I’ll download stuff next time I’ll be in the university, though that probably isn’t going to be soon.
links from the frat boy thread, before I lose those, too :-p
The Enjoyment of Sexist Humor, Rape Attitudes, and Relationship Aggression in College Students
Statistics on reporting rates
also, I just put this book on my reading list, so sometime 2 years from now I might even get around to reading it :-p
EDIT: more about rape jokes:
Exposure to Sexist Humor and Rape Proclivity: The Moderator Effect of Aversiveness Ratings
Effects of exposure to sexist humor on perceptions of normative tolerance of sexism
No laughing matter: Women’s verbal and nonverbal reactions to sexist humor. Prejudice: The target’s perspective
More Than “Just a Joke”: The Prejudice-Releasing Function of Sexist Humor
Social Consequences of Disparagement Humor: A Prejudiced Norm Theory (pdf)
Another straw-chauvinist-pig slain.
Just a thought:
In my experience, many of the people who argue feminist points of view on the Internet cannot themselves tell the difference between science and rhetoric*. And in an important way, you’ve already given away the store by intending to archive only studies that support your already entrenched ideological viewpoint. (This isn’t explicit, but your expressed intention is to be able to point to the depository as an argument.)
*e.g., a trade book by Cordelia Fine? The latter.
Sven you moron, this is for internet arguments of COURSE it’s rhetoric. Do you fucking thing talkorigins is anything other than rhetoric?
Go read the goddamned frat thread to see what the archive is supposed to be for. I want this archive as a timesaving device, and to show clueless morons that there’s much they don’t know and need to know before they can have an informed discussion.
Seriously, don’t comment on non-biology threads. ever. it just makes you look like a clueless arrogant douche.
Beat me to it, J-H! I was mid-comment myself. But here it is anyway:
No, Sven. Jadehawk says that *Pharyngula* is valuable for archiving the arguments. What she wants, as she explicitly states, are “similar repositories for links to, and summaries of, various scientific papers that support many of the feminist points (the name-on-resume study, various scholastic achievement studies, etc.)”.
So, not giving away the store. Rather, stocking up the armory. The evidence is the ammunition we need to make the argument.
We don’t need to arm the other side. Let them find their own damn studies and make their own damn argument supported by evidence . . . if they can.
Sven, you’re right in a highly abstract way.
Which is to say…
If you have links to studies that find evidence against feminist talking points, and that haven’t been debunked so far, please do bring them on. Assuming there are any.
The Index to Creationist Claims is rhetoric. Reality has a well-known liberal bias.
stuff I got from Cerberus:
http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/upload/whysofew.pdf (haven’t finished reading it yet, it’s 134 pages long :-p )
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f24057vm20023n56/
and something non-sciency, but a good essay (I’ll have to remember to maybe make a separate section for the actual science articles, and another separate sections for good essays and books on feminism):
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/10/rape-culture-101.html
and some more stuff about transsexual issues:
phantom penises in transsexual people
Transsexuality and the BSTc
more transsexuality and the BSTc
and an overview of Gender Identity
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Factors Associated with Satisfaction or Regret Following Male-to-Female Sex Reassignment Surgery
The outcome of sex reassignment surgery in Belgrade: 32 patients of both sexes
[Transsexuals’ life satisfaction after gender transformation operations]. (article in German)
“Remarkably, over 60% of female-to-male transsexuals also reported phantom penises.”
:-o
Here is a FAQ, written in the form of an essay from the AACU about the very topic of scientific studies as applied to feminism. [ http://www.aacu.org/publications/pdfs/faq1.pdf ] It mentions a few studies specifically, but only by title and author – no urls are provided. It might serve as a another resource to mine in the search for the studies themselves, if nothing more. I’m still reading through it atm, but here is an excerpt from near the top:
I hope this was at least remotely useful. I would think the Works Cited section must contain a few examples of what you’re seeking. Oh, and greets from a Pharyngulite lurker who was fortunate enough to find his way here.
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Sorry. I thought I had references in my bookmarks, but all I can find is Evolutionary Psychology Bingo, which is funny, but not a reference, and I may well have got it from you in the first place.
Jadehawk, concerning your comment 21, check your other e-mail address.
welcome to my blog, veovis, and thanks for the link. I’m busy right now, but i’ll check it out as soon as possible
and David, all my e-mail goes to the same account, no matter which address you use :-)
Female teachers’ math anxiety affects girls’
math achievement(pdf)
New trends in gender and mathematics performance: A meta-analysis
Cross-national patterns of gender differences in mathematics: A meta-analysis
No evidence of short-term exchange of meat for sex among chimpanzees
Contemporary Sexism and Discrimination: The Importance of Respect for Men and Women
Individual Differences and Attitudes Toward Rape: A Meta-Analytic Review
A Discursive Investigation into Victim Responsibility in Rape
Gender role and attitudes toward rape in male and female college students
“sluts” not more likely to make rape allegations
in the short-term, more equality = more rape because of backlash; in the long-term, more equality = less rape because of better attitudes towards women
Bridging the Gap: ‘Doing Gender’, ‘Hegemonic
Masculinity’, and the Educational Troubles of Boys (pdf)
A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT (1999)
Double-blind review favours increased representation
of female authors (pdf)
What’s In A Name?
Wildly different % of women in physics and engineering in different countries (direct link to pdf which I haven’t read)
Maybe that’s what I promised in comment 17: Else-Quest, Hyde & Linn (2010): Cross-National Patterns of Gender Differences in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis, Psychological Bulletin 136(1) (pdf)
Attitudes Toward Women’s Body Hair: Relationship with Disgust Sensitivity
The Hairlessness Norm Extended: Reasons for and Predictors of Women’s Body Hair Removal at Different Body Sites
Name study consistent with assuming a person of unspecified gender is male: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/05/09/ncbi-rofl-impressions-of-people-with-gender-ambiguous-male-or-female-first-names/
There are no women on the Internet. Except Nerd of Redhead.
(My summary) Supposed “communication differences” between sexes not actually such, but rather include understanding and indifference to a woman’s position. Couched as misunderstandings, social attitudes require women to mediate the “dispute.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/02/gender.familyandrelationships
thanks jemand, those are great :-)
Repeat Rape and Multiple Offending Among Undetected Rapists
Just Say No? The Use of Conversation Analysis in Developing a Feminist Perspective on Sexual Refusal
Understanding The Predatory Nature Of Sexual Violence
Minding the Gap Between Feminist Identity and Attitudes: The Behavioral and Ideological Divide Between Feminists and Non-Labelers
From “In the Air” to “Under the Skin”: Cortisol Responses to Social Identity Threat
Self-subjugation among women: exposure to sexist ideology, self-objectification, and the protective function of the need to avoid closure. (pdf)
this is beginning to get quite quite long. I might have to start thinking about sorting these things somehow :-/
Women in Management: Delusions of Progress (about the glass ceiling)
Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women(about differences in mentoring in companies for men and women)
Gender gap in math disappearing, completely gone in some countries, “males have greater variance” hypothesis disproved, and the greater gender equality is in a country, the better scores do girls and boys get in math – patriarchy hurts men, too:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/01/surprise_surprise_gender_equal.php
The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All The Right Things Really Get Women Ahead? (pdf)
From Agents to Objects: Sexist Attitudes and Neural Responses to Sexualized Targets (pdf)
That’s an interesting one.
>Can an angry woman get ahead? Status conferral, gender, and expression of emotion in the workplace
Professional Role Confidence and Gendered Persistence in Engineering
Written descriptions of orgasm: A study of sex differences:The judges could not correctly identify the sex of the person describing an orgasm. […] These findings suggest that the experience of orgasm for males and females is essentially the same.
Swimming Against the Unseen Tide by Amy Bug, professor of physics.
Marriage Structure and Resistance to the Gender Revolution in the Workplace: men in “traditional” marriages with SAHWs are more sexist towards women in the workforce
On rape reporting:
Barriers to Reporting Sexual Assault for Women and Men: Perspectives of College Students (pdf)
The Role of “Real Rape” and “Real Victim” Stereotypes in the Police Reporting Practices of Sexually Assaulted Women (pdf)
On harassment reporting:
There’s a Policy for That: a Comparison of the Organizational Culture of Workplaces Reporting Incidents of Sexual Harassment (pdf)
Predicting the Decision to Confront or Report Sexual Harassment (pdf)
Reporting Sexual Harassment: Claims and Remedies
Between Scylla and Charybdis: the Perils of Reporting Sexual Harassment
Linking Stereotype Threat and Anxiety
Wow, this is an amazing amount of links, bookmarked and thank you for doing this.
Our Prisons, Ourselves: Race, Gender and the Rule of Law (pdf)
Sexual Harassment Law: Has It Gone Too Far, or Has the Media (pdf)
Fraternal Bonding in the Locker Room: a Profeminist Analysis of Talk About Competition and Women (pdf)
With Jadehawk’s permission I’ve been collating and organizing all these links to make it easier to find specific information/research/whatever.
I just finished adding all the links on this page to the collection which is currently hanging out at http://scienceandfeminism.wordpress.com
Links are sorted by category (I did my best….there’s a ton of overlap), date published, and whether or not full-text is available for free.
Hope this is helpful to people — thanks so much for collecting all these amazing links!!!!
I recommend either getting wayback machine links as possible, or finding another way of archiving these independently of the source links. This being the interweb, things disappear for many reasons.
Paul, most of the ones that are papers (rather than chapters in books, for example), I have as pdf’s on my computer. There’s always the option of asking me for them in e-mail. I don’t know that I’d be legally allowed to upload the pd’fs anywhere publicly, though…
Hi, Jadehawk! Do you want to add this one to the pile?
http://vaw.sagepub.com/content/16/12/1318.full.pdf+html
The influence of a defendant’s body weight on perceptions of guilt –> basically, men were more likely to find obese women (but not obese men) more likely to be guilty of crime, and more likely to become a repeat offender
no such thing as “women and children first”: http://ideas.repec.org/p/hhs/iuiwop/0913.html
on the wage gap: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0435.pdf
money quote: “When we account for differences between male and female work patterns as well as other key factors, women earned, on average, 80 percent of what men earned in 2000.”