Achidyemay wrote:Scomagia wrote:The purpose behind the "masculine/feminine tags" is that, although individuals of both sexes can manifest a variety of behaviors, some behaviors are more likely to be found among more members of one sex. Take aggression, for example; while some women are more aggressive than some men, mere observation will tell you that most men are more aggressive than most women. There are physiological reasons for this, namely testosterone and other androgens. So, because aggression is more positively correlated with men, it is useful to describe it as "masculine". That doesn't mean socio-cultural influences don't exist. That's not a claim I'd find credible.
Again, this leads me to a glaring problem with the article, which is that the socio-cultural influences are presented while the biological influences are not. In fact, you can search the text of the paper and find that there are zero references to testosterone, even in the parts of the paper which specifically address aggression and competition, despite the well known effect that testosterone has on both of those behaviors. What use is a guideline for care providers that presents such an obviously one-sided, social constructionist approach?
It's true that the paper doesn't force psychologists to treat in a specific way. However, it is a guideline. That is to say that it is a strong suggestion of how to practice. It certainly will influence the practice of some psychologists to the detriment of some men.
You may be putting the cart before the court a bit more than you realize. Personally, I've never noticed a particular disparity between men and women when it comes to aggression, and there was a statistic I was looking for that showed that half of all domestic arguments are initiated by the woman. But what I found instead was a study that put women in positions of power and they found that versus a control their testosterone levels rose. Basically, whenever culture puts someone in a competitive position of power, humans find it in their best interest to secrete testosterone. This makes sense, testosterone is good for situations involving aggression and competition.
(Van Anders, S., Steiger, J., & Goldey, K. (2015). Effects of gendered behavior on testosterone in women and men. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(45), 13805-13810.)Liriena wrote:As the post-modern asshole that I am, I'd of course argue that psychology has always been political... but yeah. It's one thing for an emancipatory political movement to try to inject some awareness of long-overlooked intricacies of psychosocial issues into the discipline with the purpose of making therapy more effective at improving the mental health of patients and helping them relieve themselves of deeply ingrained preconceptions that are harmful to others and to themselves. It's another to try to inject that awareness with the explicit intent to turn therapy into an ideological battlefield where the patient is a passive target to be transformed rather than an active agent seeking personal improvement.
Given how many words were in the guide, I don't think it has a problem accomplishing both.Ostroeuropa wrote:"It is that the individual has within himself or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering his or her self-concept, attitudes and self-directed behavior - and that these resources can be tapped if only a definable climate of facilitative psychological attitudes can be provided" (1980, p.115-117).
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" When working with boys and men, psychologists can address issues of privilege and power related to sexism in a developmentally appropriate way to help them obtain the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to be effective allies "
"Obtain the attitudes" is a statement of gross ethical misconduct from a psychologist. You know how you need years of therapy to ensure your biases don't pollute your clients?
well, apparently, we should just straight up ban feminists from participating it seems.
You are not supposed to do anything but to assist your client self-actualize according to their own ethical standards and belief system. Anything else is malpractice. I would support a patient suing any of these feminist psychologists they second they pulled this shit.
This is probably the most damning argument brought against the guide. I dig the APA citations.
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Assuming that the statistic was measured in monogamous heterosexual relationships, this is hardly surprising.
