Interesting Links for 05-01-2022

[andrewducker]

Are pheasants livestock or wildlife? (Schroedinger would be proud)

(tags:animals law ontology uk )

Here are the arguments Prince Andrew's lawyer is trying to use to get the rape case dismissed

(tags:rape monarchy USA law )

'90 Day Fiancé' star retires from selling farts after heart attack scare

(tags:headline gas wtf )

The UX on this small child is terrible

(tags:children ux funny parenting )

You Can Skip the First Few Seasons of Your Child's Life, Because It Doesn't Really Get Good Until Season 6 (This is remarkably accurate)

(tags:children satire TV funny parenting viaSwampers )

Public overwhelmingly against Tony Blair knighthood, poll finds

(tags:tonyblair uk politics polls )

Sony confirms PlayStation VR2's specs, first official game

(tags:VirtualReality PlayStation games consoles )

Female patients are more likely to die if thesurgeon is male

(tags:surgery women men society OhForFucksSake patriarchy )

Comments

[naath]

aiui there is no difference for male patients, so it is unlikely to be 'female surgeons are better at surgery' or 'female surgeons don't do impossible surgery', I expect it is more like 'male surgeons don't listen to female patients so the follow up care is rubbish'

[channelpenguin]

But if female surgeons also avoid risky operations on male patients, that explains the equality there. 

I mean, I'm pretty sure it is probably both. I really really can't see all or most male surgeons being so crap.

Or wait ... there are no doubt VASTLY more male surgeons than female ones. Due to the fact that all us women have observed, that you have to be twice as good to be thought of half as well, maybe the quality of male surgeons just isn't as high across the board... and any less good female ones get hounded out of the job far quicker before they cause so much damage - while male ones are not so readily removed. Hence there's more less-competent male surgeons as % of the whole than there are less-competent female ones.