Comments on: Science behind the stereotypes? https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/04/07/science-behind-the-stereotypes/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Boo https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/04/07/science-behind-the-stereotypes/#comment-1272 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:31:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/04/07/science-behind-the-stereotypes/#comment-1272 The main flaw I could see is that they didn’t note that Reiger’s study likely had severe problems with selection bias. People who recalled more gender atypicality would probably be more likely to send in videos, and Reiger apparently had a lot of problems recruiting people for the study because of his advisor’s wacky eugenics ideas:

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Bailey/Greenberg-Bailey/NU%20seminar%204-28-05.htm#Sanders

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Bailey/Greenberg-Bailey/Chicago%20Free%20Press%205-04-05.htm

I knew an incredibly effeminate guy in college who, I was informed, “pulls in girls like a f[—–]g rake.”

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