Example: Saying the Stanford Prison Experiment reflects human nature when not only were the subjects all male, the only woman mentioned in the experiment (the scientists wife) is the one who put a stop to it.

Diane9779 · 2021-01-29T07:30:56+00:00

It seems a lot of whistleblowers are women

Alybank · 2021-01-29T04:24:00+00:00

She wasn’t the scientist wife yet. She was his grad student. 😬😬

k_sugarplum · 2021-01-29T13:17:31+00:00

This reminded me of a quote from Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex": "Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth." 😐

QQueenie · 2021-01-29T11:53:24+00:00

Makes me think of this fantastic piece of humorous writing: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/excerpts-from-the-all-girl-remake-of-lord-of-the-flies

“Should we have a rule that whoever has the conch gets to speak? You know, so no one gets interrupted?”

“But who,” ventured Simone, “is here to interrupt us?”

The girls looked around. It was true: there was no one.

that_darn_thang · 2021-01-29T06:24:41+00:00

Did this study get discredited? Didn't it come out that that lead scientist influence the guys being guards and some of the prisoners faked it?

mongoosebicycle · 2021-01-29T05:44:41+00:00

The mysogeny in psychology runs deep. Abused women are more likely to be diagnosed with a personality disorder for how they react to abuse than their male abuser because his abuse is accepted as the lower standard for humanity as a male. For example try finding research studies on BPD that don’t have mostly female subjects. It’s fun. Oh or how about women with chronic medical conditions being prescribed Prozac instead of treated for their ailments. Don’t get me started on the racism. Wow I’m having one of those days where I hate this world.

Fluorescence · 2021-01-29T07:32:56+00:00

He was trying to show off to that woman (I don't think she was his wife just a love interest.)

He was surprised by her reaction. She told him something along the lines of "I think it's terrible what you're doing to those boys."

He said he called it off after that.

gingerwabisabi · 2021-01-29T05:04:40+00:00

I did NOT know it was the woman. WOW.

gingerwabisabi · 2021-01-29T04:31:04+00:00

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wibble69 · 2021-01-29T13:55:35+00:00

Wasn't it also EXTREMELY biased? Not a proper experiment at all. I heard that when recruiting they specifically asked for people with an interest in prisons, and that the subjects acting as guards were directly encouraged to behave aggressively during the experiment.

Belgian_jewish_studn · 2021-01-29T09:59:42+00:00

Besides the fact that the study was flawed...

smilsnille · 2021-01-29T16:32:07+00:00

Makes me think of how in the milgram experiment they showed that women had much more empathy for the actors and experienced significantly more anxiety and discomfort when delivering the shocks than men did. Not exactly the same thing (at least then the scientists took note of gender differences), but i just think it's interesting that the two cruelest psychological experiments done on humans gives an absolutely terrifying image of males, mainly in terms of the results but also by the fact that it was male scientists creating such horrible experiments.

Only_Lime2520 · 2021-01-29T07:42:00+00:00

Its like you often hear the term “toxic masculinity” but not “toxic femininity” as if masculinity isn’t inherently toxic 👀

crownofsirius · 2021-01-29T05:23:03+00:00

Such a good point

mellowmish · 2021-01-29T04:21:04+00:00

Oh wow never knew this.

midwesternwinds · 2021-01-29T20:56:16+00:00

Because male equals default. Men's experiences represent all of humanity. Women's as special interest that men can't (read: won't) relate to. For example, movies geared toward women are "chick flicks", no matter what their plots or themes are really about, but stuff that is predominantly male-centric or even misogynistic like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is about the human spirit triumphing.

Also, it's funny- men's failures represent women but never men's successes. I wonder why. The exact opposite is true with women.

MarsV89 · 2021-01-29T13:20:06+00:00

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Wawald · 2021-01-29T06:55:15+00:00

Yeah, she's the only non idiot

betacarotene4 · 2021-01-29T13:32:29+00:00

Wow I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never even thought of this before!! Im shook

GamerGirlLinda · 2021-01-29T20:20:26+00:00

“...what it means to be a white middle class male”

FTFY

That experiment can’t speak for all men. It would be stupid to think that.

level_up_always · 2021-01-29T17:13:49+00:00

didn't know this... explains a lot

KeepsMeAsleep · 2021-01-29T08:33:43+00:00

Cough cough Lord Of The Flies

Shefthegooddog · 2021-01-29T14:29:25+00:00

never thought about this, you are definitely on to something!

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