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Hi, My name is Amiee-Jade Pereira and I am an Honours student at ECU in Western Australia. I joined your list as I'm interested in CP and hoping to get into my Masters in CP at ECU. I was shocked to read this article! I thought the problems with intelligence tests (cultural diff) were understood by 'all' psych's. I also thought that gender differences were understood to be very much a product of socialisation, not just biological differences. If I am an Honours student and understand this, what's going on with this guy? It really concerns me that he is making such sweeping statements that can be utilised to verify oppression of minority groups. But, more importantly, why is the Journal agreeing to publish it? Amiee-Jade Pereira ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:59:18 +0800 >From: Dawn Darlaston-Jones <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Doing It Differently - Social Perspectives and Research in Mental Health >To: [log in to unmask] > >Hi Paul & others >I have not come across this person before and when I read this piece thought >I must have been transported to some form of parallel universe. I think it >is incumbent on us (I realise I am a ring-in to the UK list being in Western >Australia) to counter comments like this because to remain silent is to >condone implicitly the content of his argument. I would be happy to put my >name to a statement issued by the UK list and will also be drawing this to >the attention of the Australian community for similar response >Dawn > >-----Original Message----- >From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul@home >Sent: 26 August 2005 03:54 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Doing It Differently - Social Perspectives and Research in >Mental Health > >Dear all, > >In case you hadn't heard, Richard Lynn is up to his old tricks again. He is >now claiming that men are cleverer than women (click on link below to see >the story) in an article to be published in the British Journal of >Psychology - the only good thing to say about this is that at least it >distracts him from making his claims that poor countries are poor because >poor people are stupid. > >http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,574 4,16387882%255E2 >702,00.html > >Aside from the fact that his willingness to make such claims disproves his >own theory (he must be a pretty stupid fellow), do we, as a network, wish >for a means of issuing press releases to counter such absurd, purile and >punitive uses of psychology? > >p > >___________________________________ > >COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. >To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML >For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator at >[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] > >___________________________________ > >COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. >To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML >For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]