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| ⚫ | <b>Gamma bias</b> refers to a cognitive gender bias theory developed by Seager & Barry (2019).<ref>[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-04384-1_5 Seager, M., Barry, J.A. (2019). Cognitive Distortion in Thinking About Gender Issues: Gamma Bias and the Gender Distortion Matrix. In: Barry, J., Kingerlee, R., Seager, M., Sullivan, L. (eds) <i>The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health.</i> Palgrave Macmillan]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Gamma bias entails the interrelation of two concurrent biases: alpha bias (exaggerating or magnifying gender differences) and beta bias (ignoring or minimizing gender differences). Gamma bias occurs when one gender difference is minimized while simultaneously another is magnified, resulting in a doubling of the |
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| ⚫ | Gamma bias entails the interrelation of two concurrent biases: alpha bias (exaggerating or magnifying gender differences) and beta bias (ignoring or minimizing gender differences). Gamma bias occurs when one gender difference is minimized while simultaneously another is magnified, resulting in a doubling of the cognitive distortion.<ref>[https://www.centreformalepsychology.com/male-psychology-magazine-listings/can-we-discuss-gender-issues-rationally-yes-if-we-can-stop-gamma-bias John Barry & Martin Seager, Can we discuss gender issues rationally? Yes, if we can stop gamma bias]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The authors state that gamma bias |
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| + | Hypotheses regarding the increasing popularity of gamma bias and the disfavoring males include evolutionary pressure for males to provide for and protect women which involves a reluctance to view men as vulnerable, or alternatively the social explanation of 'ingroup' and 'outgroup' bias which may have developed around men and women in the form of social conventions. |
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| + | I further explanation comes from gynocentrism theory <ref>[https://newmalestudies.com/OJS/index.php/nms/article/view/311/374 Wright, Peter. "Gynocentrism As A Narcissistic Pathology." New Male Studies 9, no. 1 (2020).]</ref> which posits a |
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| + | I've come to view gynocentrism as a form of gendered narcissism, and that particular form of narcissism involves the cognitive operation of the Gamma Bias formula of maximizing/minimizing certain gendered behaviors to ensure women are always the primary beneficiaries (at men's expense). |
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| + | Ie. Exactly as we would see the same maximizing/minimizing process in relation to a narcissist vs. non-narcissist. |
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| + | the gamma bias theory as a hypothesis for misandry and gynocentrism. |
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Revision as of 11:54, 10 September 2022
Gamma bias refers to a cognitive gender bias theory developed by Seager & Barry (2019).[1]
Gamma bias entails the interrelation of two concurrent biases: alpha bias (exaggerating or magnifying gender differences) and beta bias (ignoring or minimizing gender differences). Gamma bias occurs when one gender difference is minimized while simultaneously another is magnified, resulting in a doubling of the cognitive distortion.[2]
The authors state that gamma bias works to magnify women's issues and achievements and to minimize men's issues and achievements. Alternatively, the dynamic is reversed and employed to minimize negative female traits and behaviors, while magnifying or exaggerating negative male traits or behaviors.
Theories on the purpose of gamma bias
Hypotheses regarding the increasing popularity of gamma bias and the disfavoring males include evolutionary pressure for males to provide for and protect women which involves a reluctance to view men as vulnerable, or alternatively the social explanation of 'ingroup' and 'outgroup' bias which may have developed around men and women in the form of social conventions.
I further explanation comes from gynocentrism theory [3] which posits a I've come to view gynocentrism as a form of gendered narcissism, and that particular form of narcissism involves the cognitive operation of the Gamma Bias formula of maximizing/minimizing certain gendered behaviors to ensure women are always the primary beneficiaries (at men's expense).
Ie. Exactly as we would see the same maximizing/minimizing process in relation to a narcissist vs. non-narcissist.
the gamma bias theory as a hypothesis for misandry and gynocentrism.
Further reading
References
- ↑ Seager, M., Barry, J.A. (2019). Cognitive Distortion in Thinking About Gender Issues: Gamma Bias and the Gender Distortion Matrix. In: Barry, J., Kingerlee, R., Seager, M., Sullivan, L. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health. Palgrave Macmillan
- ↑ John Barry & Martin Seager, Can we discuss gender issues rationally? Yes, if we can stop gamma bias
- ↑ Wright, Peter. "Gynocentrism As A Narcissistic Pathology." New Male Studies 9, no. 1 (2020).