The Anatomy of Prejudice

A blog about real and perceived prejudice

Saturday, September 22, 2012

The slogan "No means no" is a strategic mistake

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I would think that the inability to tell whether a potential sexual partner is willing or not is a symptom of a severe cognitive deficit. If...
Monday, September 06, 2010

Charles Darwin on immigration

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Based on the enormous number of people migrating to the United States during his lifetime, Charles Darwin predicted that the U.S. would soon...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

"Immigrants are taking all our jobs"

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Population increases, whether due to immigration or births mean more workers vying for whatever jobs are available, but they also mean that ...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008

"Same-sex marriage should be banned to protect what is fundamentally a religious institution" (plurium interrogationum)

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Whether marriage should be considered a religious institution has consequences for how it should be legally defined. Marriage is certainly a...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Australia's Apology

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When Australia was invaded in the late 18th century, white settlers brought with them viruses that had never existed in that part of the wor...
Thursday, August 09, 2007

Prejudice is the milk of a sacred cow

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The irrelevance of personal experience There is a popular myth, and that is all it is, that prejudices arise from a certain kind of ignoranc...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

"HIV/AIDS is God's way of punishing gays" (non sequitur)

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Homosexual males have a higher risk of HIV infection than heterosexuals, who in turn have a higher risk of infection than lesbians. If HIV i...
Monday, May 22, 2006

“Deafness is not a disability” (argumentum ad consequentiam)

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Many deaf and hard of hearing individuals resent being told they have a disability. Passionate opposition to this idea is for instance found...
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Thursday, December 01, 2005

“Homosexuality is immoral because it is unnatural” (non sequitur)

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An unnecessary but common response to this claim is to dispute that homosexuality is unnatural by pointing to the abundant evidence of homos...
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Saturday, November 26, 2005

"Women are partially responsible for being raped"

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CLAIM A woman is totally or partially responsible for being raped if she “behaved in a flirtatious manner”, “is drunk”, “is wearing sexy or ...
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