Crash Course: What a fool believes: Donald Trump and America's bogus respect for "faith"

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It can be defined, approximately, in terms of the mental perception that something is true based on generally accepted evidence or established standards of logic. But belief also has a secondary meaning: an attitude, disposition or emotional commitment that has nothing to do with facts or logic. It is a stance that can be firmly maintained regardless of evidence to the contrary and, taken to an extreme, becomes the willful suspension of critical thinking. 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The U.S. has women." When sociologist Jessica Calarco said that in an interview for Anne Helen Petersen's [Culture Study newsletter](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoSWHCP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMTBrZWQ5M2Flcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWNic290a3dsdzRXA3NwY0IKZmHE3GZm1p0eclIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in November of 2020, it struck a nerve in a country still staggering under the weight of COVID. Speaking to Salon, she first lays out the landscape of challenges women face, which does not get dramatically more secure even with advanced degrees and relatively higher pay. She then surveys the myths that keep us from fixing things the way other countries have done, and concludes with a hard look at how we could change that. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoSWHCP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMXl5c2w4ajBmZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWNic290a3dsdzQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZmHE3GZm1p0eclIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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