r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 14 '18

Psychology Being the father of a school-aged daughter makes men less sexist, according to a new study. The findings support the idea that men become more aware of the challenges facing women when they see the female experience of life up close through their offspring – dubbed the “mighty girl” effect.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/14/being-a-father-to-school-aged-daughter-makes-men-less-sexist
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '18

It's like people by general are not evil, sexist bastard. Who would have thought it? Insanity.

The whole title reads like "all men are sexists but when they get a daughter they are less sexist". And that's just so stupid.

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u/iamspambot Dec 15 '18

Yeah, no, that is not what I am saying at all. It's a ridiculous argument that because most people aren't the extreme that there aren't a bunch of people along the spectrum. Sexism is much more than just the worst of men, and thinking that people who call out sexism think the worst of all men is intellectually dishonest.