Not mine, sadly. It comes from medical ethics where it is used when discussing the pros and cons of telling people their survival 'chances'. But it is a neat phrase because it encapsulates the thing people most often forget about statistics.
That is a brilliant story. I imagine few feminists have come to it through lettuce! (Hee, I even extend the observed pattern in the predicted way since I prefer mixed lettuce for best... what on earth is causing it?)
I think it is important for feminists to self-identify as such. It is also an important marker of success - belief in equality for the sexes is now a standard part of the Western mindset. So feminism means something extra and beyond that mindset, and it needs to be acknowledged firstly that there is something beyond that and then who does and does not agree with the associated beliefs and desires. One thing that bugs me is when feminists try to claim that all women should be feminist - no, for the sake of both parties, it is important to acknowledge the difference.
Although especially with things like "middle classes on average are taller," it's also important to ask why. It is, there are layers and layers of stuff in "the middle classes on average are taller". I also was thinking after I posted about all the examples I couldn't even mention because speaking of them is taboo, and the very fact of which ones are taboo is interesting in itself as you were saying up above.
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Not mine, sadly. It comes from medical ethics where it is used when discussing the pros and cons of telling people their survival 'chances'. But it is a neat phrase because it encapsulates the thing people most often forget about statistics.
That is a brilliant story. I imagine few feminists have come to it through lettuce! (Hee, I even extend the observed pattern in the predicted way since I prefer mixed lettuce for best... what on earth is causing it?)
I think it is important for feminists to self-identify as such. It is also an important marker of success - belief in equality for the sexes is now a standard part of the Western mindset. So feminism means something extra and beyond that mindset, and it needs to be acknowledged firstly that there is something beyond that and then who does and does not agree with the associated beliefs and desires. One thing that bugs me is when feminists try to claim that all women should be feminist - no, for the sake of both parties, it is important to acknowledge the difference.
It is, there are layers and layers of stuff in "the middle classes on average are taller". I also was thinking after I posted about all the examples I couldn't even mention because speaking of them is taboo, and the very fact of which ones are taboo is interesting in itself as you were saying up above.