i'll be out gathering with the girls

[keryx]

Breaking news: Psychologist who still refers to adult women as 'girls' is nonetheless taken seriously enough to have theory published!

That's not even plausible evo psych. It's just the sort of crackpot theory one might make up over dinner. Probably during the cigar course...
George old pal, why do you think the girls love shopping so much?
Why, Dan, I don't know. Could it be a convenient excuse to temporarily avoid our harrumphing sexism?
No no! It's evolution. Me man. Me hunt. It's genius! It manages to separate the men from the girls while simultaneously making me look like a neanderthal! A suburban neanderthal, at that.

And just to make sure I personally was as amused as possible, the article throws in some shenanigans about linear directionality vs. spatial awareness. Which doesn't even make logical sense in this argument.

Those silly evo psych boys.

Comments

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Yes! Now I'm just waiting to hear what the men in hunter-gatherer societies would have been doing that strongly resembled playing with toy trucks. (Not cars or other vehicles, mind you. Only boys exposed to toxic chemicals play with toy minivans. No doubt, even the men in hunter-gatherer societies recognized the importance of avoiding minivans. And I'm sure there's also an evolutionary adaptation that steers "normal" boys away from playing with hot pink Barbie sports cars.)

[keryx.livejournal.com]

Maybe trucks somehow resemble hippos or something. Woolly mammoths. I can't possibly roll my eyes enough to express my disdain for the wacky theories about how testosterone relates to truck playing.

Also. Are there toy minivans?

[bookgrrrl.livejournal.com]

I hate evo psych. Pseudoscience at its best. ugh.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

My husband and I are just the opposite of the article's description. He wants to go from store to store looking for the best deal, looking at circulars, etc. I want to do a lightning strike and get the hell out of the mall...

[keryx.livejournal.com]

Hey, let's send this dude letters! Maybe an outpouring of anecdotal evidence will change his mind about his own anecdotal theory.

[nonregardless.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

"I'm my own best proof of this theory."

Nice. They should have started the article with that line.