Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the...
by M8 on Monday April 13, 2015 @06:19AM
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This might be sexist, but some people claim that women never blame themselves for any life problems and find a way of justifying themselves no matter what.
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Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the...
by vacri on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:04AM
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It's outrageously sexist. Plenty of women blame themselves for problems that aren't their fault - it's one of the reasons why many women stay in physically abusive relationships.
Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the...
by reitanqild on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:37AM
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More importantly it is wrong.
Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the...
by yummyfajitas on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:49AM
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Why do you believe it is wrong?
Is this merely dueling anecdotes (plus vacri's accusation of sexism, as if that were a real argument), or is there actual data?
Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the...
by reitanqild on Monday April 13, 2015 @09:41AM
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Why do you believe it is wrong?
Is this merely dueling anecdotes (plus vacri's accusation
of sexism, as if that were a real argument), or is there
actual data?
Because of the word "never"[0]. That means it is trivial to prove the statement to be false as I and others have plenty of examples that falsifies the statement.[0]: M8 says: "some people claim that women never blame themselves" emphasis mine
Edit: And I didn't downvote any of you, someone who didn't care to say why did.
Re:Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill the...
by yummyfajitas on Monday April 13, 2015 @10:48AM
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Ah, ok - that seems right. I too can name a single woman who has blamed herself at least once, which defeats his weak man (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man#Contemporary_work).
However I can't easily refute a pretty trivial steelman (http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Steel_man) of his position, namely "women are less likely to blame themselves than men".