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> it seems impossible to speak about sexuality-related topics without ideological bias Yup, I find in many otherwise rational people all reasoning faculties se
by tomxor 4y ago
> it seems impossible to speak about sexuality-related topics without ideological bias
Yup, I find in many otherwise rational people all reasoning faculties seem to evaporate when trying to have an unbiased conversation about this area today, kind of like a religion almost. The following paragraph from the paper pretty much sums up my experience. I just don't bother discussing any of it with anyone in person any more, it's tainted.
> one should note that, from an egalitarian perspective, differences are better tolerated if they reflect positively on a group that is perceived as underprivileged or oppressed (e.g., findings of higher verbal ability in females tend to be less controversial than findings of higher spatial and mathematical ability in males).
It's a shame because I think we would move forward faster as a society if it was easier to talk about these things openly without worrying about offending people... how can we overcome unfair biases in society if we do not investigate and understand them properly.
- blueflow 4y agoI think the "offending people" is the key here. Why do some people have deep emotional investments over whether some fact is true or false?
- capitol_ 4y agoMaybe because those facts have been used as arguments of oppression.
- blueflow 4y agoThat a observably true thing can be used to justify bad things, does not mean its untrue. I'm quoting myself from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31595298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31595298: > People see that "men and women are different" is used as justification for prejudice (like a person not getting a chance because people of the same sex did rarely have success previously). Which sucks and people feel its unfair. And when trying to conceptualize that unfairness into words, their contra opinion sometimes ends up being "so man and women must be equal" instead of "a persons sex does not justify prejudice".