The Psychology of Hate

Mesca · 2009-09-27T03:04:20+00:00

There are a LOT of students that enter the field of psychology because they think it will teach them to self-diagnose and fix their own problems. Common ones are PTSD from childhood abuse cough, bipolar, or some form of personality disorder [wikipedia]. These people almost without exception make horrible and ineffective therapists/psychologists/social workers/psychiatrists!

The news in the article does not surprise me at all. In fact, a light came on in my head as I had a "moment of duh".

nuuur32 · 2009-09-27T02:35:57+00:00

The reason this stuff doesn't get upvoted more is because reading it is depressing. We see it as innate confirmation of what we already feel and experience but it's easier to click through to the other more humorous links for a laugh or temporary release from stark reality.

Rygarb · 2009-09-27T03:01:12+00:00

Upvoted!

It might be depressing to read, but it shows the evil of feminism. We need to know what we're up against.

RoundSparrow · 2009-09-27T16:04:01+00:00

Liked this comment so much, repro here:

MartianBachelor Says: September 15th, 2009 at 5:06 am

John Gordon, in his 1982 book “The Myth of the Monstrous Male”, outlined a quite similar greaseboard exercise to the one described here, with one added important twist.

Start with two columns marked Male and Female. Under each of these main headings have two more columns labeled Good and Bad, as in characteristics. Then fill in the four columns with 3-4 of the stereotypical parameters everyone would be familiar with — though it’s more difficult to do the Men/Good column now than it was when Gordon wrote his book.

Now here was Gordon’s important and brilliant contribution to the men’s movement and anti-feminism: he noticed that the essential feminist gambit was to call the items under the Female/Good column “inherent” to women, and those under the Female/Bad column “socially imposed”, while for men the “explanations” were reversed — i.e., men’s Bad qualities were inherent, while their Good ones were the result of “social privilege” (which of course had to be done away with).

It’s almost so clever and conniving it escapes nearly everyone’s attention. So thanks for giving me an opportunity to recall it. The gambit is all the more devious because it relies on the notion of sex differences, which feminism had officially been totally against since the second wave got under way (the main reason being cause these could be used to discriminate against women in the workplace).

Anyway, Gordon’s Feminist Gambit deserves wider consideration, appreciation, and circulation.

One other thought: the difficulty for most people in coming up with things to list under the Men/Good column might have something to do with the evaporation of all social privilege for men, which hadn’t quite been accomplished by 1982. One is almost tempted to speculate that True Equality will be reached when people have the same difficulty filling in the Women/Bad column. :>

Gareth321 · 2009-09-27T04:26:00+00:00

Can't upvote this enough. This is front-page material.

rmbarnes · 2009-09-27T05:16:54+00:00

How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less Using the Secrets of Professional Dog Trainers.

I can't believe this book actually exists.
It has exhausted all my WTF for today.

Sarstan · 2009-09-27T13:03:23+00:00

My wife's doing a psychology major. Her last year now. I love how she comes home and tells me the things her classmates talk about. It'd make everyone lose complete faith in the average psychology grad.
I never asked her the men/women ratio. Think I'll be doing that, though I'm sure I already know the answer.

kanuk876 · 2009-09-27T00:44:52+00:00

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zahlman · 2009-09-27T00:47:34+00:00

Some of the writer's rhetoric strikes me as over the top, but the message is spot on.

HighFly21 · 2009-10-01T00:31:51+00:00

Absolutely front page material.

Title	The Psychology of Hate
Author	Inconnu2u
Upvotes	60
Comments	19
Date	September 26, 2009 10:52 PM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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