Sex, Rape, Assault and Porn: Sadly, These Are The Top Teen Girl Alerts

ENTP · 2012-05-08T22:21:24+00:00

The media is the number one culprit of both misogyny and misandry, and the perpetuation of negative gender stereotypes.

Their lack of objectivity, in favor of sensationalist headlines, is one of the biggest problems we all face... Where have all the good reporters gone?

wavegeek · 2012-05-08T23:23:52+00:00

Most news stories are negative or about bad things that happen.

There is nothing unique about teen girls in this. Here is the news about "teen boys".

http://imgur.com/fut2b

Reading feminist literature is the easiest way to understand why it was men and not women who built civilization.

SpanishGuy · 2012-05-08T23:21:09+00:00

This sensationalism in the media is what feeds the availability bias. In short: "Estimating what is more likely by what is more available in memory, which is biased toward vivid, unusual, or emotionally charged examples".

I love the example given by Paul Bloom in the Introduction to Psychology course at Yale. This is the excerpt (transcription):

This can show up in the real world. What are your risk of getting killed — What's your risk of getting killed by a shark? Well, if you ask people what their risk of getting killed by a shark is, they characteristically overestimate it. I will give you the news of what the risk is for getting killed by a shark. Injured in any given year: one in six million. Killed: one in five hundred million. If you live in Florida, which apparently is Shark Central, your chance of getting injured is about one in a half million. People will overestimate the risks because shark attacks are very salient. They are always reported in the news and they're very interesting. What is the chance of getting killed by potato salad? [laughter] Well, food poisoning, death by food poisoning, injury by food poisoning runs to about one in fifty-five, one in 800 for some sort of injury and one in 55,000 killed. Potato salad is 1,000 more times more dangerous than shark attacks. But you get it wrong because you don't think, "Oh, my God, big news story. Somebody dies by potato salad." [laughter] And so, we tend to overestimate the chance of being killed by dramatic effects.

BTW: The 20 lectures are available online and for free (videos and transcriptions). See the link above.

Bloom is a smart and funny guy. If you're interested in psychology I recommend these lectures.

Title	Sex, Rape, Assault and Porn: Sadly, These Are The Top Teen Girl Alerts
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Date	May 8, 2012 8:03 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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