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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Laura Kenworthy

      This will be women who don't live each day with an awareness of our own physical vulnerability. I truly believe this is a thing being impressed on women now tho and those who say they do think like that (but don't live in something like a warzone) are completely honest about it.https://twitter.com/laurakenworthy/status/1050455072541429760 …

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      Laura Kenworthy @laurakenworthy
      Replying to @quellist1 @HPluckrose
      Wow. Staggered that you have women disputing the suggestion that a) women live on a daily basis with an awareness of their own physical vulnerability that simply never occurs to most men and b) that ‘smile love’ is a thing. I have a mostly cheerful resting face and still get it.
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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      It makes me wonder if the explanation is the same as the one suggested for the phenomenon known as helicopter parenting which has risen up at the same time. Because big risks like sudden death from many diseases & war have been largely absent from western experience for decades..

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      ...we have turned our attention to much less likely risks and protections from them. So kids are not allowed to walk to the park & play on their own coz the possibility exists that they could encounter a paedophile or other danger or just fall off a swing.

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      I thought this when looking at the song in which the woman listed all the things she couldn't do because she was a woman. Included opening the door in pyjamas. The chances of the person on the other side being a home-invading rapist is statistically very low indeed but possible

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      Is it possible that this is a similar narrowing of attention to possible but unlikely dangers which are then built up to something some women live with as a constant fear and limit their lives in response to? It seems possible.

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    6. jen showalter [ greenwalt ]‏ @jenshow Oct 11
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Do you mean an odd focus on the worst that could happen, like worrying? I do a lot of those things automatically and wonder why. Basic safety, I guess. I don’t actively worry, but yes, worrying about safety drives my habits. Then again, doesn’t everyone lock the doors at night?

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
      Replying to @jenshow

      It's a hypothesis to explain why we are being so much more protective of kids now than 20 years ago due to the psychological problems this is argued to cause when kids aren't allowed unsupervised play and risk-taking and independent decision-making. A decrease in resilience.

      12:14 PM - 11 Oct 2018
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        1. jen showalter [ greenwalt ]‏ @jenshow Oct 13
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I can see that.

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