Carbon Fiber Masculinity – Journal of the Theoretical Humanities

[creadinger]

For your entertainment, I’m just going to leave this here….

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273793754_CARBON_FIBRE_MASCULINITY

Really not sure what to make of it, but it definitely pertains to this forum, mostly argument 2. As a physical science guy, I don’t like dealing with the subjectivity of social sciences and accounting for the weird choices of humans, but even still her arguments seem a bit… ambitious to me.

For what it’s worth, the only carbon fiber in my house is owned by my wife, and it’s just her seat post and fork. The rest is all steel or aluminum. Also, I feel like a woman with a carbon fiber bike, or carbon fiber prosthetics would get the same out of them that men do.

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[gibby]

@creadinger 129949 wrote:

For your entertainment, I’m just going to leave this here….

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273793754_CARBON_FIBRE_MASCULINITY

The corelations and conclusions of this paper are so bizarre (?, i can’t even think of the right adjective) that I couldn’t look away and had to keep reading… and re-reading.
Perhaps the writer is trying out for the Pistorius defense team or looking to become a trial expert in the burgeoning field of carbon fiber insanity defense.
Here’s someone who tried to de-crpyt the logic-
https://medium.com/@yooks/when-feminism-meets-carbon-fibres-d4f5ef89b21a#.snu4n7x5q

[creadinger]

@gibby 130063 wrote:

@creadinger 129949 wrote:

For your entertainment, I’m just going to leave this here….

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273793754_CARBON_FIBRE_MASCULINITY

The corelations and conclusions of this paper are so bizarre (?, i can’t even think of the right adjective) that I couldn’t look away and had to keep reading… and re-reading.
Perhaps the writer is trying out for the Pistorius defense team or looking to become a trial expert in the burgeoning field of carbon fiber insanity defense.
Here’s someone who tried to de-crpyt the logic-
https://medium.com/@yooks/when-feminism-meets-carbon-fibres-d4f5ef89b21a#.snu4n7x5q

Wow! I can’t believe someone actually wrote an in-depth critique about the paper. Thanks for posting. This whole topic is really ridiculous.

[Crickey7]

This academic has discovered a new analytic tool and is rather intoxicated by it. It’s reminiscent of a 2-year old learning the power of “no” or a 42-year old finding a host of new uses for the power washer he just purchased.

[mstone]

@Crickey7 130160 wrote:

a 42-year old finding a host of new uses for the power washer he just purchased.

you should totally try power-washing a bike. n+1!

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