This week I have been thinking about cognitive dissonance and how it is affecting the world we live in right now, especially in relation to our understanding and acceptance of marginalized groups. For those that don’t know cognitive dissonance is the discomfort we feel when faced with information that challenges or contradicts something that we believe to be true. Our discomfort leads to us then altering or twisting that information in a way that means we don’t have to change our beliefs or change our behavior.

Read more at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/drnancydoyle/2021/05/22/the-female-brain-is-dead-long-live-the-female-brain/?sh=77a2764a5f86