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Can you quantify this "many"? What were your data points for identifying them? What social media platform(s)? Where can I read more about your research into the
by hammyhavoc 3y ago
Can you quantify this "many"? What were your data points for identifying them? What social media platform(s)? Where can I read more about your research into these "women who have bought into this"?
I'm extremely skeptical of your vague claim.
- mjfl 3y ago[flagged]
- hammyhavoc 3y agoAgain, quantify this "majority of women" for me. This sounds like the most sexist shite I have ever read on this website and like complete confirmation bias, if not fabricated nonsense.
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- dang 3y agoYou can't do this here, regardless of how wrong or annoying someone else's comments are or you feel they are. We ban accounts that do it, so please don't do it again. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it. Edit: we've had to warn you about this more than once before (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19395191 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19395191).
- calmoo 3y agoI mean it’s not a huge reach what OP is saying. Women are generally more open about their feelings publicly and about their mental health - so it would be expected so see a higher prevalence of women talking about antidepressants on social media. And a quick google says that women are twice as likely to be prescribed antidepressants.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoIt's a reach, because his research almost certainly didn't happen and it doesn't take into consideration algorithmic echo chambers, his own social circle, confirmation bias, and that's without even getting into this being complete and utter sexist shite. Most women I know don't post about their problems on social media, and it's likely a combination of demographic and risk, that and high availability of counseling and therapy. This is without even getting into a lot of men I know posting about it, including me. It probably skews about even. In 2024, there's been an exodus of certain demographics from social media. Does his research take that into consideration? It's just a stupid and sexist comment on HN that deserved to be called out for being a stupid and sexist comment, nothing more.
- mjfl 3y agoDo you have any peer reviewed studies that contradict my common sense and intuition?
- calmoo 3y agoI get where you’re coming from but I think you are overreacting a bit. I would suggest taking the most generous interpretation of OP’s comment. There’s nothing inherently wrong with noticing that women post more about this stuff - anecdotal as it may be. Even you yourself say it ‘probably skews about even’, you too have no evidence. No need to accuse the commenter of sexism. It can also be an innocuous observation of their social media feed.
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