"So, yes, the stereotypes appear to be true: We males are a gender of fragile egos in search of a pretty face and are threatened by brains or success that exceeds our own. Women, on the other hand, care more about how men think and perform, and they don't mind being outdone on those scores"
What on earth does "the stereotype appears to be true"? This is the maddening thing about generalist statements. Whatever statistical tendency a group has, that group is made up of individuals, and the data tells us nothing about any particular individual. Saying a stereotype is true implies that you can use the general tendency to predict the character of an individual. Someone is going to read this article and say, "See, all men just care about looks." But many don't. I don't. It's such a lazy rubric for an article: create a statistical survey or study, then claim that the data confirm that "human nature" prevents us from aspiring to ideals. As long as you make the claim appeal to a prurient or racialist worldview, people will think that you are "telling the unpopular truth."
