Good work! Thanks for digging. My guess is that your "guess" is an understatement, and those corrupt researchers simply had no choice, in a system where they would have been shunned if their work didn't produce sanctioned conclusions. The issue is systematic, not individualized.
Well, having grown up in an impoverished section of Appalachia, to which I have maintained contact over the decades as it has spiraled into the abyss, I might suggest another hypothesis:
With the advent of Johnson's "Great Society," whereby all barriers for women to obtain gub'ment support have been removed - but only IF they have a child, and the more children the merrier her monthly check - perhaps for women with no workplace skills or good personal habits, a more acceptable form of the world's oldest profession might offer some attraction. I would be tempted to call those women "hole-pokers," for a variety of reasons.
Good piece, Tom! Those omissions don’t only pertain to “feminist” authors, they infect science in general. I think this falls on the reviewers and journal equally.
''the researchers failed to ask the subjects if they had also coerced their male partners"
Also, I suspect the researchers failed to ask a similar number of men those two questions: have you coerced; have you been coerced?
A lot of coerced men have no idea, though. "Oh well, no form of contraception is perfect," she says, hiding a grin. (That fact alone is more proved by empirical evidence than anyone explaining how sperm get through latex.)
Thank you for writing about the global phenomenon of 'research' that is claimed to prove what it does not. This happens in many fields (think global warming, circumcision, international conflict, forced marriage, asylum camps, as well as IPV). My first attempt with a lot of UN involvement is to try getting most (sometimes all) the 'evidence' kicked out _before_ discussing what to do about it.
The world would seem a very different place if everyone was scrupulously honest and fair about everything.
When seeking to determine the truth or falsehood of any issue when contradictory statements or observations exist, the key is to "follow the money" or in this case "follow the line of who benefits from telling the truth and who benefits from lying". In all matters related to pregnancy and abortion, women benefit from maintaining the premise that men create unwanted pregnancies intentionally AND coerce abortions. The reality is that women are the people who most benefit from lack of discipline surrounding sex with the direction of their alleged "coercion" used to justify whatever the woman wants. There is a simple solution to this problem. Since women have access to their own birth control pills AND have the ability to decline to have sex, no woman (other than an actual rape victim) ever gets pregnant without her consent. Similarly, unless a woman is physically kidnapped and has the baby extracted or beaten out of her or is poisoned (none of which can be done without evidence), women and women alone are responsible for ALL abortions. The research community, like women in general, is being dishonest in making any other statements on the mater. Time for women to take responsibility (yes I know how unlikely that is) and stop blaming men for their own poor conduct.
I was talking to colleagues over the last couple of weeks. There's been a few things going on. First there are way too many journals and many are un or under reviewed self published or open peer review. All systems that promote bad science.
Second in the journals that are more reputable there's an overload of reviewer workload and cliques in the editorial process.
Again this all leads to poor science.
And then there's media biases and a general downturn in trust.
This is much like the media offering helpful information on the wellbeing of dogs written by cats. However, some observers may note the ethical complications.
"I began to wonder about how they got such alarming statistics."
Studies of these types are heavily promoted in service settings. If you wish to show high numbers of rapes simply recruit survey participants through rape crisis services.
Good work! Thanks for digging. My guess is that your "guess" is an understatement, and those corrupt researchers simply had no choice, in a system where they would have been shunned if their work didn't produce sanctioned conclusions. The issue is systematic, not individualized.
Well, having grown up in an impoverished section of Appalachia, to which I have maintained contact over the decades as it has spiraled into the abyss, I might suggest another hypothesis:
With the advent of Johnson's "Great Society," whereby all barriers for women to obtain gub'ment support have been removed - but only IF they have a child, and the more children the merrier her monthly check - perhaps for women with no workplace skills or good personal habits, a more acceptable form of the world's oldest profession might offer some attraction. I would be tempted to call those women "hole-pokers," for a variety of reasons.
Good piece, Tom! Those omissions don’t only pertain to “feminist” authors, they infect science in general. I think this falls on the reviewers and journal equally.
Was there no “limitations” section?
''the researchers failed to ask the subjects if they had also coerced their male partners"
Also, I suspect the researchers failed to ask a similar number of men those two questions: have you coerced; have you been coerced?
A lot of coerced men have no idea, though. "Oh well, no form of contraception is perfect," she says, hiding a grin. (That fact alone is more proved by empirical evidence than anyone explaining how sperm get through latex.)
Thank you for writing about the global phenomenon of 'research' that is claimed to prove what it does not. This happens in many fields (think global warming, circumcision, international conflict, forced marriage, asylum camps, as well as IPV). My first attempt with a lot of UN involvement is to try getting most (sometimes all) the 'evidence' kicked out _before_ discussing what to do about it.
The world would seem a very different place if everyone was scrupulously honest and fair about everything.
When seeking to determine the truth or falsehood of any issue when contradictory statements or observations exist, the key is to "follow the money" or in this case "follow the line of who benefits from telling the truth and who benefits from lying". In all matters related to pregnancy and abortion, women benefit from maintaining the premise that men create unwanted pregnancies intentionally AND coerce abortions. The reality is that women are the people who most benefit from lack of discipline surrounding sex with the direction of their alleged "coercion" used to justify whatever the woman wants. There is a simple solution to this problem. Since women have access to their own birth control pills AND have the ability to decline to have sex, no woman (other than an actual rape victim) ever gets pregnant without her consent. Similarly, unless a woman is physically kidnapped and has the baby extracted or beaten out of her or is poisoned (none of which can be done without evidence), women and women alone are responsible for ALL abortions. The research community, like women in general, is being dishonest in making any other statements on the mater. Time for women to take responsibility (yes I know how unlikely that is) and stop blaming men for their own poor conduct.
The Feminist agenda also includes protecting Abortion/Infanticide of Survivors.
They’re murderous snakes, so what would you expect?
Malfeasance in the social sciences seems to be the norm.
I was talking to colleagues over the last couple of weeks. There's been a few things going on. First there are way too many journals and many are un or under reviewed self published or open peer review. All systems that promote bad science.
Second in the journals that are more reputable there's an overload of reviewer workload and cliques in the editorial process.
Again this all leads to poor science.
And then there's media biases and a general downturn in trust.
It's a sorry state of affairs.
This is much like the media offering helpful information on the wellbeing of dogs written by cats. However, some observers may note the ethical complications.
I wish everyone could read this. Thank you. Your work deserves wider exposure.
"I began to wonder about how they got such alarming statistics."
Studies of these types are heavily promoted in service settings. If you wish to show high numbers of rapes simply recruit survey participants through rape crisis services.
Hi Tom,
This is off topic, but I don't know how to message you directly. Have you seen Scott Galloway and Oprah throwing men under the bus?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5l6sWqVpuw
Oprah is currently fawning about in Australia 🤮