Something feels very off about this whole thesis. It's a little too glib even by the simplistic standards generally held to in theories of masculinity. harpersbazaar.com/culture/featur
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There's a commonality there with the simplistic explanations in The Coddling of the American Mind. I can't precisely put my thumb on what it is there. I think it's the sweeping claims based on anecdote, but I haven't got more precise than that.
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There's also deployment of statistics that promise more insight than they actually capture, and the uncritical view of things like "therapy" as providing strong foundations for stuff.
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Had this conversation and used the term "processed psychology" to describe a pop-psych with temporarily useful insights, like high fructose corn syrup in tomato sauce
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