Just completed some more advanced statistical analysis on the large dataset we have from 22,419 women and found something frankly shocking for anyone who believes in ACE scores being used in practice and assessment.
Spoiler: ACE scores correlate with absolutely nothing so far.
I will of course elaborate and include this in the analysis - but if that isn’t the nail in the coffin for the ACE score being used in our services, I don’t know what is.
Major takeaway from this:
If you were subjected to abuse or neglect in childhood, you’re not doomed to anything, no one can predict your outcomes or future, and what others did to you will not direct your life.
The ACE score is oppressive and has no evidence base.
I just tested 22,419 cases for the relationship between ACEs and several life outcomes and factors and it correlated with fuck all.
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I think we would all do ourselves a massive favour by going back to the original position of gender being a set of competing theories which have been debated, tested, deconstructed & challenged since the 60s - with no consensus but complex arguments that need exploration.
I miss the days where we could write papers & teach students about the harms of gender roles, gender stereotyping & the concepts of gender as socially, culturally and historically situated norms which change constantly & geographically without someone claiming it’s in our brain.
So much excellent research and teaching was being done when gender was allowed to be interrogated as a system of oppression, control and stereotypes
Don’t wait for someone else to open a door for you when you could just push it open (or kick it down) yourself.
Loads of people think I was one of those lucky authors who randomly got picked up by a publisher but I self published my book and never approached a publisher once.
I have no interest in waiting for people to see me as worthy of their attention or investment - I just do it anyway.
For anyone reading this who has been waiting to be ‘given’ a chance... why?
Why not just give yourself the chance and do it anyway?
Why are you waiting?
Why are you waiting to be given permission for your ideas or work?
I have been thinking about why there is no equivalent rape myth of men lying about being raped which has plagued women and girls for centuries. There are several theories as to why a man’s report of rape is taken more seriously than a woman’s report. So I googled both.
It was an interesting exercise.
When I googled that women lie about rape, there were thousands of articles which either supported or rejected the claim.
When I googled that men lie about rape, all articles were about women lying about rape. There were no articles about men.
There were plenty of articles trying to debunk the myth that women lie about rape - but there were none required for men, because that myth/stereotype simply doesn’t exist. There doesn’t need to be a concerted effort to debunk it
Just read a thread of a man warning people that feminists have a secret evil agenda to get more and more female representation, including female world leaders and females in power.
Like he’s just uncovered a huge secret he’s exposing lmfao
Proper tickled me.
He’s like horrified and feels duty bound to tell other men.
Ok. So if it’s only a ‘tiny minority’ of men. And feminists apparently exaggerate male violence. And it’s extremely rare.
How exactly do 1 in 3 women get raped in the lifespan, 1 in 4 girls sexually abused before 12 years old, 97% of women sexually harassed?
By like 6 dudes?
You don’t need to be a statistician to understand that if women and girls are subjected to male violence at rates of 1 in 3 or 1 in 4... then we clearly don’t have a ‘tiny minority’ of men committing acts of male violence, do we?
It’s not one guy running round like The Flash
It’s like we went from MRAs being like
This never happens!! Women lie!!
To being like
Okay yeah sometimes it happens but only a tiny minority in the world!!
Uhuh. So how do millions of sexual offences get committed per year in the UK?
Loads. But I will always remember a time when I intervened in a racist assault on my close friend as we went to get lunch and the way he said, ‘just leave it Jess, I’m used to it now’ broke my fucking heart. I’ll never forget the tone of his voice as he said it to me.
As a white person, I will never ever understand that tone of voice. I was 21 years old. I just stared at him. I didn’t know what to say. He was just so ‘used’ to being racially abused in the street. We talked about it for hours. Hundreds of experiences. Fucking appalling.
It still sends shivers up me. The way he just sort of looked fucking exhausted and the way he ended up having to like support me instead of the other way around, and reassure ME that he was ok and was used to it.