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(last edited Jun 22, 2016 06:26AM)
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Jun 22, 2016 06:24AM
There's an awful lot of shaky language in this thing. Weasel words like "may" and "more likely" and "could be" all should set off a warning alarm in anyone who sees something being passed off as a scientific study, especially one dealing with already vague standards like "stereotypes" as a basis. On the whole, this thing looks like it has all the veracity of one of those commercials featuring doctors who recommended Lucky Strikes back in the 1950s. Not to put too fine a point on it, but "BYU family life Professor" also makes me leery.... Still, it's vaguely amusing:
Full article: http://www.cweb.com/health/301810-dis...
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I don't know who Sarah M. Coyne is, but without having access to the actual paper to see how this study was conducted I'm going to have to pass on this one. There's always some kind of disconnect between what makes it to websites and what's on the actual research paper, or worse, sometimes these "studies" are conducted with all the bias you can think of. Too bad that the actual paper is behind a paywall :( I would have loved to see it.
P.S. I had to LOL at the video on the article.
Here's her BYU page bio:https://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/FacultyPa...
Lots of what I'd call "soft science" looking papers in her publication history.
And it looks like she has a blog:
http://coynemedia.blogspot.com/
Little touchy-feely for me, but YMMV.
Tried to look up the paper yesterday but my off-campus uni link was on the fritz. Will try again at some point. :)
I'm curious what the damaging behavior is she's worried about in later life. Frog kissing maybe? Suddenly breaking out into song? Seashell bras?
Gary wrote: "I'm curious what the damaging behavior is she's worried about in later life. Frog kissing maybe? Suddenly breaking out into song? Seashell bras?"Embracing a high femme identity? I dunno. Still haven't had a chance to try to read the article. :)
