“The problem in my view is that the media popularizes these claims every time they are made without bothering to find out if they are true or not. When the new study they promoted is debunked they aren't interested in having anyone on to talk about it.“
Yes I agree. The problem is evolutionary psychology has become quite popular in psychology in recent years, and the media promotes it, just like they used to do with other dangerous theories. Evolutionary psychology of course, is basically just a revamped version of social darwinism, with much of the focus on trying to explain away males oppression of females, as something natural. They did the same thing with the races, the poor and women in the beginning of the last century, and claimed ‘science’ proved their theories were right. When this is considered in conjunction with the lefts cheering on of the sterilisation of non-conforming children (who usually grow up to be gay) under the banner of progressivism, I am reminded of the eugenics era. In the original eugenics era many on the left as well as the right were keen supporters of eugenics as something progressive. People from the targeted groups were also encouraged to voluntarily agree to be sterilised. The parallels between then and now really are quite striking. I think they are heavily targeting women in this recent incarnation, due to the gains we have made over recent decades, though if they could get away with it I have no doubt they would target other groups as well.
Another part of the problem is researchers get more funding for studies involving fMRI scanning machines, the machines are also quite expensive, so those that have them want researchers to use them as often as possible. This leads to floods of these (often useless) studies involving these machines, not just on this topic, but many others as well. Most people have no idea about this area and so accept everything that is produced as fact. The reason is they get overwhelmed with the jargon and think because something sounds complex, it must be true. Many also don’t understand that there are those that use these fMRI studies to try to justify their own dangerous world view. I am not saying that all fMRI studies are flawed, when they are carried out on topics that do not carry political connotations they can be useful. Such as the studies on taxi drivers brains changing after learning the knowledge and how people with mental health issues brain’s change after therapy. Logically the evidence of brain plasticity alone should be enough for these brain sex type studies to die a death, the reason it is not, is because those with a political agenda are pushing this narrative.