Sunday School

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

There is no national religion in America. People die when religion infects a government.

A school in Louisiana turned a ‘college fair’ into a transphobic church event.

In the Divine Republic of Gilead fertile women are not being allowed pain medication. Be careful if you are a tourist on a visit there too.

Donald Trump and the spawning of QMaga: The Storm Is Coming. Maga Jesus will be watching.

Friday was International Blasphemy Day but feel free to blaspheme anytime you like.

In the UK any talk of a public appetite for religion is wishful thinking.

Nigeria: Mubarak Bala’s lawyers meet with German Special Envoy.

Thousands march in Canada in solidarity with Iran protests over the death of Mahsa Amini.

World of Woo: Impressive new data on the benefit of Childhood Vaccines.

Environment:  Visualized: The World’s Population at 8 Billion and counting.

Following up on last week’s post, six recent discoveries that have changed how we think about human origins.

Long Reads: The Destiny Church has no future. The problems with reconciling quantum mechanics and gravity. Attaining and maintaining power lies at the heart of almost all animal societies. Fighting AI with AI: The Battle against Deepfakes. Moral Judgement and Moral Progress: The Problem of Cognitive Control.

Podcast: Leaving the Faith with Sam Harris.

Sunday Book Club:  American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is weaponizing Religious Freedom.

Some photographs taken last week.

While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……

Coffee Break Video: What Darwin won’t tell you about evolution. Where did the Universe come from? A well-made argument, whether or not you agree with it. Kenneth Copeland blames atheists for… EVERYTHING.

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Have a great week everyone!

[Strega]

Thanks Reg!!!

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

In the Divine Republic of Gilead fertile women are not being allowed pain medication.

The article mentions Roe v Wade being overturned, and that may be an exacerbating factor, but this sort of sexism has to my knowledge been pretty common for a long time in practical medicine.

Women and pain management is a huge issue in terms of women not being believed when they say they are in extreme pain. Women and reproductive health (long before this year) has been an issue, for instance, the reluctance for doctors to perform tubal ligation, or the hysteria over young trans men being ‘sterilized’. While doctors are not necessarily possessed of some moralistic imperative that all women must reproduce, there does seem to be this tendency to undercut women’s ability to know themselves (though to be fair, this is not an issue uniquely experienced on the basis of sex).

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/women-and-pain-disparities-in-experience-and-treatment-2017100912562

https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kxam7/tubal-ligation-requirements-doctor-denials

[Strega]

While doctors are not necessarily possessed of some moralistic imperative that all women must reproduce,

Tell me you don’t live in the USA without telling me you don’t live in the USA  😉

 

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Strega wrote:

While doctors are not necessarily possessed of some moralistic imperative that all women must reproduce,

Tell me you don’t live in the USA without telling me you don’t live in the USA 😉

I just wanted to hedge in case one of the three doctors in the US who felt differently happened to be lurking. You never know.

That said, these problems are pretty common in Canadian medicine as well. I suspect the list of regions where it’s an issue is far longer than the list of regions where it is not.

[Reg the Fronkey Farmer]

Women and pain management is a huge issue in terms of women not being believed when they say they are in extreme pain.

I wonder if the pain management policies for women would have different outcomes if the M.D. was female? It is likely that pain is perceived differently by women so they might be more willing to prescribe medication. I guess not being religious might help too?

 

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I wouldn’t be surprised if not. I think a lot of professional biases might have convoluted psychology, but that’s just armchair philosophy. I don’t have that much basis for the suspicion.

[TheEncogitationer]

Reg,

Friday was International Blasphemy Day but feel free to blaspheme anytime you like.

Well, Goddamn Sweet Feathery Jesus, Jailbait Mary, and Cuckold Joseph! Why didn’t you tell us earlier? 👹😁

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