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> Compared to men, women litter less, recycle more, and leave a smaller carbon footprint.

I hope it's true statistically, because I'll call bullshit on that any day.

> men may shun eco-friendly behavior because of what it conveys about their masculinity

Instead of inventing roundabout descriptions, let's just call them what they are: close minded idiots.

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I feel like I’m always seeing studies that assert women are somehow “better” than men. Has anyone else noticed this trend?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-jo-martin/study-companies...

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600812/female-coders-are-...

http://amp.timeinc.net/time/money/4430721/compromise-women-m...

https://venturebeat.com/2015/01/27/study-girls-outperform-bo...

Yes.

I really am puzzled by articles denigrating men. If I were an alien from another planet I would wonder why men even exist if I were to read all such articles (Yes I know men are only good for reproduction).

Sure there are a lot of bad/evil/despicable men out there as there are a lot of women (you can downvote me, but it doesn't change reality). Let's take a recent example, it is a known fact that Trump doesn't respect women that much; yet the reason he won the presidency is perpetuated by the media as, he won because of the disenchanted 'white men'. Excuse me? 42% of women voted for him, this isn't a trivial percentage like a statistical error. Why isn't there any spotlight on this?

This whole men vs women debate is just utter ridiculous (in most respects); call a spade a spade and don't resort to dog whistle tactics.

I'm not sure what you're trying to imply here? Do you doubt their findings? I think everyone (esp us men) should be aware of the effects ̶p̶̶a̶̶t̶̶r̶̶i̶̶a̶̶r̶̶c̶̶h̶̶y̶ social constructs around masculinity can have on your behavior.

It's probably a complicated philosophical question as to whether someone who litters is an idiot. I mean they're saving themselves effort at the expense of other people ("That makes me smart" to quote the president). Immoral probably fits better in these cases.

Yes, men are close [sic] minded idiots.

What a joyous, enlightened age we live in, where sexism is dead and there's peace and love for all.

I wish we’d stop defining people based on their being part of a statistical group. Judge, but judge people individually, based on evidence.

That's very inefficient and against human nature. After dealing with several individuals of a certain group, they will get assigned a rating, and any further interaction will either be welcome or undesirable, but if unavoidable, will be judged individually, still with a bias.

Everyone does this, whether they admit it or not.

Everyone has cognitive biases, yes; this podcast, which I direct you to specifically [1] has made me realise more readily the biases I have and allows me to attempt to correct for them. Just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing.

[1] https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/

That looks interesting. I am painfully aware of how much dumber and slower I am than other people, profiling is what I choose to do because it's easier. Stone me if you want, I don't have long to live anyway.

That’s terrible to hear jotm, I hope you have people to talk to and if not my email is in my profile. Maybe there is some esoteric treatment worth a punt... still worth hunting around for a second opinion and emailing a few universities.

Yes, men are close [sic] minded idiots.

What a joyous, enlightened age we live in, where sexism is dead and there's peace and love for all.

That's the genius of the extreme left. Before, there was a universal principle-based definition of sexism. By re-defining the term {sexism} so that it's only something that one particular gender does to another, they've eliminated by redefinition almost 50% of all {sexism}, converting whole categories of bigotry based on in-born characteristics into virtuousness.

People who view being eco-friendly as unmanly are idiots, I don't care what gender they are.

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