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- From: marty@beta.lanl.gov (Martin G. Halvorson)
- Subject: Re: Dr. Goldberg Replies to "Patriarchy" Debate
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.215043.19996@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Summary: What's sauce for the goose isn't sauce for the gander
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- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <1992Dec14.202915.12466@s1.gov> <8w56VB1w164w@cellar.org> <1992Dec22.191603.5991@s1.gov>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:50:43 GMT
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- > Brian "Rev. P-K" Siano revpk@cellar.org
- > >>>>>>Steven Goldberg (Dept. of Sociology, CUNY) writes:
- > >
- > > 1. The attempts (like that of Brian Siano) to refute _Patriarchy_
- > > by endless discussions of the (alleged) political (and
- > > psychological) purposes of the theorist are doomed from the
- > > start. A political or psychological bias of a theorist is
- > > relevant only if it introduces error in his theory -- otherwise
- > > it is irrelevant. Siano need merely point out such error and he
- > > can succeed where no amount of *ad hominem* accusations of motive
- > > can.
- > Sheaffer replied:
- I assume the following is a quote of something Robert Sheaffer wrote.
- > >
- > > is published only there. You see, Hrdy's findings are likely
- > > warped by her pro-female leanings, and hence do not fairly
- > > represent the situation of male langurs.
-
- What I find interesting in this exerpt from Brian's note is the
- following:
-
- It's OK to invoke bias in refuting a theory if the theory being
- refuted is not in agreement with one's own.
-
- It's not OK to invoke bias in refuting a theory one agrees with.
-
- FWIW, I don't know anything about either male or female dominated
- cultures (other than the particular culture I live in). I just
- happened to read this note and found the above interesting.
-
- Peace
-