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You Are Wrong, I Am Right: An Adult Children’s Book on How Nothing Affects Anything and How There is Only One Right Answer
Societal Factors Affects on Women Edition
[Cover Image- Cartoon academics (researchers, sociologists, professors) covering ears/eyes refusing to look at each others work]
Page 1: [Image: Emcee speaking to auditorium of academics (predominately male)]
“Hello researchers, please give me your attention and welcome to the Women’s Self Image Convention. Now I notice a majority of you appear to be male1, but I’m sure that won’t be a conflict of interest so we’ll prevail. Our speakers today are Doctors X, Y, and Z, so please listen completely” exclaimed the emcee.
Footnote1: “According to the U.S. Bureau of …show more content…
It pokes fun at the idea of academics as the only voice of reason, specifically regarding the issue of factors affecting womens self esteem, but it is not meant to isolate academics or average readers. It is actually more targeted toward the average reader because they are the most likely to be affected by the implications of not acknowledging the argument. It causes a real problem for everyone when researchers are not collaborating to the best of their abilities and encourages fallacies to be used as evidence. The most prominent types of fallacies in this case are confirmation bias and cherry picking; a recent Business Insider article cites 20th-century philosopher Karl Popper’s idea “that anyone could make a claim appear scientific by making vague statements and cherry-picking verifiable evidence” (LeVine 3). Though my focal point is the implication that the study of factors affecting womens self esteem are not being adequately addressed and therefore doing nothing to improve the current situation, it is an issue applicable to almost any topic. You Are Wrong, I Am Right uses womens self image as the example of a key problem in the research process, but it is important to distinguish that the problem is the process itself. Problems can very rarely be boiled down to a cause and effect relationship, yet due to an eagerness to be right without having all the facts and an unwillingness to compromise, in the case of research, it seems to be a constant
You Are Wrong, I Am Right: An Adult Children’s Book on How Nothing Affects Anything and How There is Only One Right Answer
Societal Factors Affects on Women Edition
[Cover Image- Cartoon academics (researchers, sociologists, professors) covering ears/eyes refusing to look at each others work]
Page 1: [Image: Emcee speaking to auditorium of academics (predominately male)]
“Hello researchers, please give me your attention and welcome to the Women’s Self Image Convention. Now I notice a majority of you appear to be male1, but I’m sure that won’t be a conflict of interest so we’ll prevail. Our speakers today are Doctors X, Y, and Z, so please listen completely” exclaimed the emcee.
Footnote1: “According to the U.S. Bureau of …show more content…
It pokes fun at the idea of academics as the only voice of reason, specifically regarding the issue of factors affecting womens self esteem, but it is not meant to isolate academics or average readers. It is actually more targeted toward the average reader because they are the most likely to be affected by the implications of not acknowledging the argument. It causes a real problem for everyone when researchers are not collaborating to the best of their abilities and encourages fallacies to be used as evidence. The most prominent types of fallacies in this case are confirmation bias and cherry picking; a recent Business Insider article cites 20th-century philosopher Karl Popper’s idea “that anyone could make a claim appear scientific by making vague statements and cherry-picking verifiable evidence” (LeVine 3). Though my focal point is the implication that the study of factors affecting womens self esteem are not being adequately addressed and therefore doing nothing to improve the current situation, it is an issue applicable to almost any topic. You Are Wrong, I Am Right uses womens self image as the example of a key problem in the research process, but it is important to distinguish that the problem is the process itself. Problems can very rarely be boiled down to a cause and effect relationship, yet due to an eagerness to be right without having all the facts and an unwillingness to compromise, in the case of research, it seems to be a constant