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Gordon Hodson
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BIAS Lab director studying prejudice, discrimination, dehumanization, speciesism, intergroup contact, generalized prejudice. Confirmed Boffin. #PrejudiceResearch #WhyWeLoveAndExploitAnimals (does not online-bicker).
It's a reminder that, in the legal world, if we don't have the words or concepts, it's difficult to think about remedies.

(which is why forces work SO HARD to eliminate these words and concepts!)
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Interesting to think about how, prior to early 1970s, we didn't have the words or concept for "sexual harassment".

Men preyed on women, with little/no recourse.

Listen to podcast to learn about how term became established, then linked to discrimination & action.
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
100% right Roger
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Links on Tajfel's conduct

www.easp.eu/news/itm/ren...

And this paper by Young & Hegarty doi.org/10.1177/0959... (important reminder of how rife sexual harassment is in academia)

If memory serves, Rupert Brown discusses some of it in his Tajfel bio
Renaming the Tajfel Award
Social Psychology News Articles
www.easp.eu
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yes, there's a final line in the chapter:

"...grateful for my meetings with remarkable people [italicized] (both men and women) in many wonderful places"

Wonder what submission version looked like?
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Would love to hear your reactions to class discussion afterwards, if you're able and willing.

I think our field would benefit from thinking more about these issues.

And listening to concerns of the next generation of scholars.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have many, including how we seem to be fracturing over open science or not.

But I think my answer is: keeping politics out of science*

(*I don't think it can be completely removed. I mean more about what we fund, publish, teach. SP seems particularly vulnerable to this)
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When you say "can", do you have advice on how?
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Yeah, I feel that we're all agreeing.

Even me who failed to see Prince's abilities for a long time now concedes he's very talented.

(and I think we're all agreeing that he likely put the songs and craft over the flashy guitar stuff)
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thanks. This sounds helpful
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Me too.

But it also makes me wish we heard more of this ability in his music repertoire. For ages I didn't get why people claimed him as an amazing guitarist.

Maybe he's a good example of how he didn't let his prowess interfere with his music making (other could do with following that lead!)
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
(to be clear, student was NOT putting pressure on me AT ALL. That's my point. I think we're doing it to ourselves.

Worse, I worry that I'm modelling this unhealthy behaviour to a student that I'm actually trying to help!)
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Even more can be solved by simply turning it off.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Does the field over-hype contact? Get overly enthusiastic for it?

Yes.

Does anyone argue that it's robust to anything you throw at it?

No.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Absolutely.

Moreover, I can't think of ANYONE who has made such a claim!
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM