evolutionary psychology is very neat

[Kuya]

An article posted online on Monday by Psychology Today provoked controversy and cries of racism. The title of evolutionary psychologist Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa's piece: "Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?"

His argument is that there is a set of data, which shows black women to be "objectively" less attractive than white, Asian or Native American women, but that the same data does not find black men less attractive than men of other races. Kanazawa accepts this data and then tries to explain why it is the case. He suggests that black people have more testosterone than other races, and so possess "more masculine features." He states too that women are "objectively" more attractive than men, so if black women have more masculine features, this explains why they are rated less attractive.

delicious

[isladar]

fuck yeah EP

[Blarg]

EVERY PERSON AND EVER RACE IS EXACTLY AS GOOD AS THE OTHER IN EVERY SCENARIO AND IF YOU DON'T THINK SO YOU ARE A RACIST

[Shiroikage]

well then

[Mertron]

The Clarks' doll experiments grew out of Mamie Clark's master's degree thesis. They published three major papers between 1939 and 1940 on children's self perception related to race. Their studies found contrasts among children attending segregated schools in Washington, DC versus those in integrated schools in New York. They found that black children often preferred to play with white dolls over black; that, asked to fill in a human figure with the color of their own skin, they frequently chose a lighter shade than was accurate; and that the children gave the color "white" attributes such as good and pretty, but "black" was qualified as bad and ugly. They viewed the results as evidence that the children had internalized racism caused by being discriminated against and stigmatized by segregation.

The Clarks testified as expert witnesses in several school desegregation cases, including Briggs v. Elliott, which was later combined into the famous Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public education was unconstitutional.

[Mertron]

BLAME THE SCHOOLS

[tyven]

yo i could really go for a link to the article. that shit is so truthy it hurts

[Kuya]

http://www.salon.com/news/race/index...men_attractive

I don't think we need any more science besides evo psychology

[Mizango]

So what's the fuss about?

[foopy]

[foopy]

actually i did read, on another forum. his closing remarks ftw:

Now, in the tagline to his Psychology Today blog -- the Scientific Fundamentalist -- Kanazawa warns, "If what I say is wrong (because it is illogical or lacks credible scientific evidence), then it is my problem. If what I say offends you, it is your problem."

[isladar]

No seriously, I fucking love EP. It is the most trollingest of social sciences.

[Mizango]

Hell yeah it is.

[isladar]

it's also the class to take if you missed out on any comedy from the 70s - late 90s, since the majority of whats discussed is like MAN, DON'T YOU HATE IT THAT MEN DO THIS ONE THING? CAUSE THEY DO THAT.

[Shiroikage]

Evolutionary psychology is so incomprehensibly shitty that I can't help but love it.

[Shiroikage]

The icing on the cake is that for some reason laymen with an inclination towards science seem to embrace it like motherfuckers leading to no end of entertainment.

[isladar]

it's fucking awesome, it's like, okay, here's our premise

NO THAT'S IT EVERYTHING IS BUILT ON THIS ONE PREMISE, LOOK, HERE IS DAVID BUSS ARE YOU GOING TO ARGUE WITH HIM? BECAUSE YOUR 'SCIENCE' HAS NO OTHER BASIS AS TO WHY DUDES LIKE GIRLS WHO LOOK LIKE CHICKS. WE HAVE THAT.

[Shiroikage]

My job would be so much easier if I could just pull stuff out of my ass instead of actually doing experiments.
And, I mean, there's a fair bit of ass pulling in experimental science anyways.

[tyven]

i for one prefer all of my sciences to be based on perception. shit is so cash

[tyven]

but for real, this guy is right. black chicks are the fuckin worst.