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This is why women are socialized to carefully dance around these issues, disagreeing with men in an extremely gentle manner. Not because women are nicer creatures than men. But because our very survival can depend on it.
No Skin Thick Enough: The Daily Harassment of Women in the Game Industry | Polygon
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Ah, horseshit. Anyone who legitimately cares about ethics in journalism would react to #GamerGate by screaming in horror and hanging garlic from the doors. To sincerely care about ethics precludes any involvement in #GamerGate, a movement that is singularly defined by its utter lack of any ethics whatsoever. But, and I’ll explain in a moment why, it’s also physically impossible to care specifically about ethics in journalism and have any reaction to #GamerGate outside of thorough and complete denunciation, because it<em> is a movement against ethics in journalism</em>. It’s just pretending to be otherwise, because bigots generally pose as moral crusaders. It’s their favorite costume.
#GamerGate Is an Attack on Ethical Journalism
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Zucker looks to “sensory sensitivity”, or the idea that picky eating is a function of the intensity of experience as a possible cause. Similarly, researchers at the University of Rochester theorized there could be “supertasters”, and other scientists pointed to children able to taste bitterness most intensely. All researchers that spoke to the Guardian pointed to a complex interplay of neurology and environment.
Picky Eaters May Grow Into Depressed and Anxious Kids, Research Suggests | US News | the Guardian
Jessica Glenza
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