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There've been several studies indicating just perceiving women has a negative effect on heterosexual male academic performance. Until now I assumed men had the same effect on homosexual males. Perhaps that isn't the case?



Citation needed? I would love to see what controls are involved in this since my own personal research has shown "Misogynists love to blame women for their problems" pretty consistently.


The call for a citation is warranted, and, if the data supports the claim, I'm curious whether the same applies to homosexual males and if there is a significant difference between closeted and out homosexual males.

However, it does not follow that someone pointing out a biological reality (if it is, indeed, the reality) automatically blames women for their own sub-optimal performance and is therefore a misogynist. This is true, even if some misogynists use the exact same finding to do so.


A quick google turns this up:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232368611_Interacti...

and this:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3394231/

I recall also reading something similar regarding sexual imagery specifically, but I cannot immediately locate it.

I do think your immediate leap to "misogyny" is uncharitable and unfair. There's nothing inherently implausible or sexist about the hypothesis.


I fail to see how pointing out a way in which men react to women makes it in any way the fault of women.

Replicating dTal's citations:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232368611_Interacti...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3394231/




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