They say you should never read the comments. But sometimes, out of procrastination or curiosity or the narcissistic personality disorder that's endemic to newsrooms, you do.
And if you happen to write about gender, like I do, some of the comments you'll find will make you want to douse your laptop in Diet Coke and go paint artisanal pottery for a living instead.
For example, when I wrote about how, according to clinical studies, female leaders are expected to perform within a "narrow band of acceptable behavior," the first commenter responded, "Isn't it the women who are generally less tolerant of all human behavior (be that male or female) that doesn't conform to 'average?'" Read more...
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