The paper explores how neuropsychology, social signalling and norms have been exploited to drive human behaviours which grow the economy, from consuming goods to having large families. The authors suggest that ancient drives to belong in a tribe or signal one’s status or attract a mate have been co-opted by marketing strategiesto create behaviours incompatible with a sustainable world.
What the Guardian misses out is the materialistic root of social behaviour - capital accumulation by appropriating surplus value in wage work as core principle of value production in #capitalism
That's why "behavioral economics" have replaced the neoclassical doctrine of Homo oeconomicus as more fitting to correct the shortcomings of neoliberal market economy
Influencing behaviour with social engineering instead of #systemchange for more #autonomy is an authoritarian ruse
Similarities in Attitudes and Misconceptions about Male and Female Sexual Mutilations
Lightfoot-Klein, 1997
"The thrust of any program concerned with the abolition of these practices should therefore include accurate information on such topics as genital anatomy, hygiene, and sex education in order to change attitudes and dispel misconceptions that lead people to accept sexual mutilation without question"
Coping and chronic psychosocial consequences of female genital mutilation in the Netherlands: Vloeberghs et al 2013
"FGM/C had a lifelong impact on the majority of the women participating in the study, causing chronic mental and psychosocial problems. ... Three types of women could be distinguished according to their coping style: the adaptives, the disempowered and the traumatised."
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Training the Porous Body: Evangelicals and the Ex‐Gay Movement
Bjork‐James, 2018
American Anthropologist
"evangelical rejection of LGBT individuals and practices is rooted not simply in prejudice but also in a culturally specific notion of personhood that requires Christian bodies to orient themselves to the divine."
#LegacyHealth: nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, technical employees, mental and behavioral health workers, advanced practice providers, physicians make moves to join various #unions
Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries? Reis-Dennis and Reis 2017
AMA J Ethics.
"It is important for physicians not just to know when and why to perform genital surgery, but also to understand how their patients might react to wrongful performance of these procedures. Equally, physicians should know how to respond to their own blameworthiness in socially productive and morally restorative ways."
Every "detransitioning" or "ex-trans" person is someone who was believed and supported by a doctor. That's a very different situation from most malpractice claims. In this case, the claim is that believing the patient is harmful to the patient. Where is the patient's responsibility to themselves?
Locus of Control Theory In Psychology: Internal vs External
"Research has shown that people with an internal locus of control tend to be less conforming and obedient (i.e., more independent). Rotter proposes that people with an internal locus of control are better at resisting social pressure to conform or obey, perhaps because they feel responsible for their actions."
Wie weiter für Europa im All? Weltraumgipfel sucht Antworten
Probleme mit Trägerraketen machen Europas Raumfahrt zu schaffen. Wie kann der Zugang zum All besser werden? Die ESA erhofft vom Weltraumgipfel Veränderungen.
Image (by Natalia Buitron) a meeting in a Shuar village in a large swept square space under a corrugated roof, people sitting around the edges on benches, raising their hands to speak. Garden trees flourish in the background, a dog in the middle
By defending the squats, we defend the movement AGAINST THE ROTTEN #WORLD OF #AUTHORITY
From the ashes of Evros, central #Greece and #Rhodes to the mud of the valley.
"The general antagonistic movement and the self-organized spaces build defences against the destruction, the inexistence and the neglectfulness of the state. Solidarity networks are established, and they dive into the fires and floods. Squats and self-organized spaces coordinate, setting up cooking places and organising the fulfilment of needs of the afflicted. #Resistance against barbarity. The state mechanism blames the afflicted while hitting the #squats to disorient. Uprising now and always. While we drown in mud and fight the fires, the state does not waste any opportunity to attack self-organised structures. Self-organisation is the society we desire, of the elimination of oppression and the exploitation of humans on other humans, animals and the environment. Our lives are constantly in danger of being lost in the fires and floods, in the trains and ships, at the borders and by the uniformed murderers and the useless government funded people within our villages and cities."
via @Freedom_Presshttps://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/10/25/by-defending-the-squats-we-defend-the-movement-against-the-rotten-world-of-authority/
Help send members of the Genital #Autonomy and Legal Defense Fund to WAS2023 (World Association for Sexual Health) so that they can present scientific #research about circumcision sufferers and foreskin restorers to members of the World Health Organization #WHO.
Tim Hammond is a lifelong activist for #LGBTQ rights, and Dr. Mohamed Fahmy wrote the definitive textbook on the prepuce. Together they will present to WHO experts the experiences of disenfranchised people.
"Those who fear outcomes from the political shift, be they small or large, should waste no time in either despair or recrimination. Nor should those who are uncertain. The only thing that makes sense is to keep working on what we consider important and the solutions we can identify. Rather less of those solutions are in the hands of government than we might often think."