Questions
All 3 →- Does marriage help men but hurt women?
Marriage does not harm women. Married women live longer and report better mental health than unmarried women — the benefit is simply smaller than men's. The 'marriage hurts women' claim originated in the 1970s from studies that compared married women to married men rather than to unmarried women, answering the wrong question. Whether marriage itself causes the longevity benefit, or healthier people are more likely to marry, remains unsettled.
No — both sexes benefit - Does single-sex schooling improve academic performance?
The raw test-score advantage of single-sex schools is real but driven by which families choose them — private governance, religious management, and academic selectivity explain most or all of it. No credible study finds a meaningful benefit from gender separation itself, for either sex, once these factors are removed. The evidence base is narrow (Seoul, Trinidad and Tobago, 1970s Britain) and may not generalize to the settings where this debate is loudest.
Probably not - Is there a correlation between dyslexia and entrepreneurship?
No credible evidence shows that dyslexic people start businesses at higher rates or succeed more often when they do. The widely cited claim that 35% of entrepreneurs are dyslexic comes from a single study (Logan 2009) with an unvalidated screening tool and a 7% response rate. No study has measured actual business outcomes — survival, revenue, or income — for dyslexic versus non-dyslexic entrepreneurs.
No reliable evidence
Recently reviewed papers
All 70 →- Hearing shapes: the Bouba–Kiki effect in adult domestic dogsBiffi et al. 2026Dubious
- Sex and disease differences in patients’ diagnostic experiences in autoimmune diseases: an international cross-sectional studySloan et al. 2026Nonsense
- "Walking on eggshells": How expressing relationship insecurities perpetuates them.Lemay and Clark 2008Dubious
- Global and regional reference curves for pain across the lifespan in 6.1 million individuals in 118 countriesFillingim et al. 2026Credible
- Marital Status, Marital Transitions, and Health: A Gendered Life Course PerspectiveWilliams and Umberson 2004Dubious
- Gender, marital status and the social control of health behaviorUmberson 1992Dubious
- Widowhood and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-RegressionShor et al. 2012Dubious
- Meta-analysis of marital dissolution and mortality: Reevaluating the intersection of gender and ageShor et al. 2012Dubious