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[novapsyche]

I want to encourage all of my friends to take my latest poll. It's been interesting to read all of the different discussions in various posts this week in my journal. Thanks to all of you for making this journal an active (I even want to say vivacious) place.

So, after you've taken the poll, please read further:

I did a bit of Google digging and found out that "B. Deutsch" is indeed a man, or at least that's what I assume from the person's name. B stands for Barry. The list was published online here at Expository Magazine in 2004 (although some versions of it were known online before then, because I saw a discussion of it dated to 2003).

Here is Mr. Deutsch's biography.

For those who thought that the author of the article was a woman, does your reading of the article change now that you know otherwise?

Comments

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

It doesn't change my opinion at all. Men can write articles with a bias toward women just fine. The sex of the author has nothing to do with the content of the article.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if it's a bias toward women so much as it is acknowledging bias toward himself.

That is, if I write something that acknowledges how I benefit in American society as a black female, I wouldn't be writing it with a bias toward whites or males.

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

Even if it was, as you say, acknowledging societal bias toward himself, the tone of the article was biased toward women. Possibly as an overcompensation, possibly intentional, but it was there.