Males lack empathy with others. If a friend approaches them to talk about problems, they change the subject or make a joke. In relationships they don't have a clue. They are faithless wretches "hard-wired" by their genes to be promiscuous.
Is this picture accurate? Happily, new research shows that it is not. Indeed, real men manage to escape the stereotypes much of the time.
Phew! Glad for that! We can escape our fate, guys, at least much of the time. The profs go on to cite a half-dozen recent sociological studies which give evidence that our gender is not nearly as bad as our rep, and then conclude:
It's time to jettison the idea that males are clueless oafs who come from the planet Mars. Men, like women, are perfectly able to be people-oriented leaders, caring parents, good listeners, and true friends in time of need.
Thanks for this much-needed assurance, ladies. I am bursting with self-esteem.
From Squaring the Boston Globe
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Article comments
1 - Temple Stark
Journalism. Soft study?
You're wrong.
2 - JR
It's pretty simple: there are majors that require calculus, and then there are soft studies.
3 - Temple Stark
Um ok - where did that amazing definition come from?
And is that what the poster, Harry, meant because he delivered it in a dismissive tone.
4 - Harry Forbes
Besides referring to the non-predictive nature of such social research, the poster meant by soft-science that anybody who develops a conclusion which is this inane has developed a softness of the brain. This is further illustrated by their consent to be published in a journal where their foolishness will be widely read and will remain on record.
5 - Temple Stark
>>Besides referring to the non-predictive nature of such social research, the poster meant by soft-science that anybody who develops a conclusion which is this inane has developed a softness of the brain. This is further illustrated by their consent to be published in a journal where their foolishness will be widely read and will remain on record.
Thank you for the reply.
How is journalism "social research?" It is in way but that's really a by-product of the craft.
On the inane conclusion - I can most heartily agree, though I am but a humble journalist
6 - Angela Chen Shui
Thanks for a good chuckle, Temple!
7 - Angela Chen Shui
Sorry, Harry! (with beet-red face)!!!
Thanks for the good chuckle!
8 - Harry Forbes
Temple, I agree 100% with calling it a craft.
Angela, you are welcome.
9 - Bill Lamb
Harry, why, in making your argument, did you leave out any reference to the multiple social science research studies cited in the actual article?
10 - DrPat
Harry, why, in making your argument, did you leave out any reference to the multiple social science research studies cited in the actual article?
Probably he left it out because this is a review, from which the reader is meant to derive information that will allow a choice to be made.
I think Harry made it perfectly clear why he labeled them soft studies.
11 - Shark
Shark Weighs In:
Sociology IS NOT A SCIENCE.
It's right up there with Psychology and Astrology.
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Gotta run - my horoscope said my kids are clicking their buttons wanting more food pellets!