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Tag Archives: just world theory
Weight, Breast Cancer, and Just World Theory
Reading DoubleX on Slate led me to this post* questioning the merits of screening mammograms, which led me to this post about how wishful thinking, especially in the form of just world theory, seems to underpin the narrative about breast … Continue reading