Calling question 'scientific' or 'empirical' may give illusion that it is primarily scientifically motivated or 'neutral', while it isn't.
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @seanrife and
Exactly. The theory behind testing for gender differences is "I believe they exist so I will test if they exist"... not a theory!
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij and
Very much in the realm of begging the question.
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij and
That's kind of an overstatement. There is a diversity of approaches towards empirical study of cognitive differences related to gender
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Replying to @bradpwyble @o_guest and
i.e. some are as you say, but other approaches having a genuine theory, e.g. a relationship between gender and DNA exists.
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Replying to @bradpwyble @o_guest and
Also ones that don't assume gender-binary, or variants thereof (such as imo self-contradctory ideas eg 'gay men have partly female brains')?
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij @bradpwyble and
What do you mean relationship between DNA and gender? As far as I'm aware each culture has their own genders, the way an woman dresses for
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij and
example or behaves in one of my cultures is very different to how she does in my other culture. Do you think that's special Cypriot DNA that
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij and
only Cypriot women have? If so, that's certainly begging the question as a research idea.
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij and
Good point, cultural differences in gender exist. I just thought that your characterization of gender research was too broad-stroke
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There certainly is good gender research, but the type being described by us was the type which clearly is begging the question.
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij and
Gotcha. I wasn't sure of the scope of your earlier comment.
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