An interesting video (13:41) from USA Today. A tip of the hat to the interviewee, Steven Procopio, a licensed clinical social worker who specialises in men’s issues including sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
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A piece on the BBC. It’s always heartening to learn of the closure of domestic abuse charities which cater only for women.
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A cornerstone of initiatives aimed at persuading companies to appoint more women to their boards is the claim that by doing so, companies can expect their financial performance to improve. This laughable assertion of a business case for more women on boards conflates correlation with causation. But correlation does not imply causation.
In 2012 Mike Buchanan – on behalf of our associated website Campaign for Merit in Business – presented evidence (from numerous longitudinal studies) of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on corporate boards and financial DECLINE to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries. The video of his oral submission to the House of Commons inquiry is here (56:50).
We recently posted a piece with the snappy title The Diversity Project (chair: Helena Morrissey) commissions a study (leader: Professor Alex Edmans) to assess the investment impact of diversity of thought and have since researched the online output of Professor Edmans, an economist who is professor of finance at London Business School and Mercers’ School Memorial Emeritus Professor of Business at Gresham College. If you take nothing else from this blog piece, you should catch a fascinating podcast interview, Is DEI built on dodgy data? (October 2024, 58 minutes).
The biography on his website is here (is it just me, or are professors looking very young these days, like policemen?). The Policy and Practice page is here, with links to some of his articles including Is There Really A Business Case For Diversity? (Medium, 2021) and No, boardroom diversity does not mean higher profits (Telegraph, 2021) and Is diversity actually good for business? (Spectator, 2024).
Edmans is the author of May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases – And What We Can Do About It. The hardback edition (£14.99) and Kindle edition (£9.99) were published last April, the paperback edition (£10.99) will be published next April.
There are plenty of video and audio files on YouTube of the good professor, here. They include Do Diverse Companies Really Perform Better? (Sacred Cows, 2024) and May Contain Lies (Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2024).
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An excellent piece by Michael Shermer for Quillette, to which I’ve long subscribed. People who enjoy the article will surely also enjoy an article published by William Collins (a Cambridge university-educated physicist, later an engineer) some years ago, Goodbye New Scientist.
Of course there are dangers of mixing ANY facts with ideology, and I shall be commenting as such on the Quillette piece.
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Enjoy. Extracts:
The 2024 presidential election shocked the world, but for those paying attention to the growing influence of the manosphere, the results were no surprise. Men—young and old, of all races and backgrounds—turned out in unprecedented numbers to cast their votes for Donald Trump. They weren’t just voting for a candidate; they were voting against a system that they felt [J4MB: KNEW.] had betrayed them.
For years, the treatment of men in Western society has sparked growing discontent. From the rise of feminist policies that many argue favor women to cultural narratives that paint masculinity as “toxic,” millions of men have felt [J4MB: KNOWN they are..] alienated, undervalued, and silenced. This election was their declaration of independence…
These platforms have tapped into the frustrations of millions of men who feel [J4MB: KNOW] they have been left behind…
Platforms like Rumble, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter) have given a voice to a movement once relegated to the shadows. The manosphere—a collection of influencers, commentators, and communities focused on men’s issues—has grown into a cultural and political juggernaut. [J4MB: EXCELLENT.] What started as scattered voices discussing topics like dating, masculinity, and societal double standards has evolved into a powerful force shaping elections and influencing policy. This movement’s political implications are staggering. While women’s advocacy has long influenced policy, the male-driven wave emerging from the manosphere is poised to counteract decades of feminist gains. [J4MB: We can but hope.]…
Even with legal and societal improvements, the habits, mindsets, and values of these men aren’t likely to shift overnight. Many are embracing a life of independence over entanglement, believing [J4MB: KNOWING.] that the risks—emotional, financial, and social—far outweigh the rewards.
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Pearl Davis’s interview (video, 1:40:02) of Jeff Younger, father of a son whose mother (his ex-wife Anne Georgulas) is seeking to transition to a transexual girl. The legal battle has been a lengthy one and outlined on the Wiki page, which ends with this:
“On November 11, 2024, a California court denied Younger custody rights and gave Georgulas the authority to proceed with gender-affirming care for her 12-year-old. Younger was awarded the right to supervised visits with his two children, but on November 19 he said on X that he will not do so because the supervision “reinforces in a child’s mind that the father is dangerous, that something is wrong with him.” He said he will send “letters and gifts” instead.”
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Justice for Men & Boys 