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| Today's Pseudo Science - Jews Make Paleo Men Beat Their Wives |
| 2010-01-26 |
| Their study is titled: “Association between exposure to political violence and intimate-partner violence in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional study.' And yes, they have found that Palestinian husbands are more violent towards Palestinian wives as a function of the Israeli “occupation'—and that the violence increases significantly when the husbands are “directly' as opposed to “indirectly' exposed to political violence. I believe that Arab and Muslim men, including Palestinian men, are indeed violent towards Arab and Muslim women. I also believe that war-related stress, including poverty, usually increases “intimate partner violence,' aka male domestic violence. But beyond that, how does one evaluate this study? First, let's follow the money. This study was funded by the Palestinian National Authority as well as by the Core Funding Group at the University of Minnesota. The Palestinian Authority is not a disinterested party. But even worse: The data was collected by the Palestinian Central Bureau. These are the people who told the world that Israeli soldiers shot young Mohammed al-Dura, committed a massacre in Jenin, and purposely attacked Palestinian civilians (who just happened to be jihadists dressed in civilian clothing or hostage-civilians behind whom the jihadists hid). Second, let's note that the study has a political goal which trumps any objective academic or feminist goal. (These researchers claim to have a “feminist' perspective). In my view, this study wishes to present Palestinian men as victims, even when those men are battering their wives. And, it wishes to present Palestinian cultural barbarism, which includes severe child abuse, as also related to the alleged Israeli occupation. Today's bad science minute is brought to us by: the Department of Medicine at Harvard University; the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at Minnesota University's School of Public Health; the Boston University School of Medicine; the School of Nursing at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; and at the School of Social Work and Social Welfare at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #3 ""This study was funded by the Palestinian National Authority as well as by the Core Funding Group at the University of Minnesota...."" U of M is a hotbed of socialism. Do never trust ANYTHING coming out of this institution |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-01-26 21:54 |
| #2 Well , my research shows that the number one reason of Paleo man anger issues is generations of inbreeding . Sweet fanny adams to do with 'occupation'- Just look at the rest of the middle east and their anger issues .. doh Can I have a grant please :) |
| Posted by: Oscar 2010-01-26 13:38 |
| #1 Palestinian cultural barbarism Excellent turn of phrase. A subset, of course, of Islamic cultural barbarism. |
| Posted by: Swanimote 2010-01-26 12:30 |