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white men, actually "What on first inspection seemed like a sex difference was actually a difference between white males and everyone else." http://nautil.us/
by steanne 9y ago
white men, actually
"What on first inspection seemed like a sex difference was actually a difference between white males and everyone else."
http://nautil.us/issue/48/chaos/the-hidden-sexism-of-how-we-think-about-risk http://nautil.us/issue/48/chaos/the-hidden-sexism-of-how-we-...
- kalleboo 9y agoInteresting. The sexist aspect also seems to be a U.S. thing. From that article: > Interestingly, a recent study conducted in the more socially egalitarian and gender-equal Sweden failed to find the “white male effect.” This national survey of nearly 1,500 households found that, all else being equal—and in stark contrast with the U.S. data—Swedish men and women had very similar perceptions of lifestyle, environmental, technological, health, and social risks