Why ‘Pick’ On Dr. Pollack?

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August 2001

We’re not “picking” on Harvard Medical School and its famous psychologist, Dr. William Pollack.

They’re attempting to revolutionize American society by spreading the lies of radical feminists that American boys (and their fathers) are all in deep psychological trouble.

Dr. Pollack has become extremely famous and wealthy by spreading that garbage.

We knew when we first wrote about him in December that the boys at Belmont Hill School considered his research to be a farce when it was done a few years back. But we couldn’t tell that to our readers because those students were concerned about getting into college this year. Also, they did not want to hurt Belmont Hill in any way.

We see this happen all the time. Many people in Massachusetts are terribly concerned about our society. But they are hesitant to speak out because they understand what will happen to them and their families if they do.

We were finally able to release the full story last month. It has gotten publicity all across the country since that time. And it will continue to grow.

But Harvard still has not spoken out on the subject. The spokesmen for the school appear to be backing away from Pollack and his book. (See story on page 3) But that does not erase the blot on its name. They cannot be so irresponsible as to promote this stuff and expect to retain their reputation for honesty and integrity.

They know that Pollack, against universally accepted scientific practice, has always refused to reveal where his research was conducted or to allow any other academics to examine the data behind the sweeping and alarming conclusions he published in his best selling book, Real Boys, which made him rich and famous at the time of the Columbine shootings.

The country was looking for answers to the violence, but they got terrible misinformation from Harvard and its star, Dr. Pollack.

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Prof. Howard Schwartz of Oakland University says the new revelations that MassNews has told about Pollack’s research confirm what he suspected already. “The only question is how much of his interviews Pollack made up. I suspect it was a lot,” Schwartz says.

“This information does nothing to reduce my uneasiness about the standards he applies to his work. His data were collected in a very questionable fashion from an extremely non-representative sample of boys. It makes the head spin to think that he has generalized his findings into a full blown diagnosis of cultural crisis. It is becoming increasingly difficult to take Dr. Pollack seriously.”

Or Harvard Medical School.

A professor of organizational behavior, Professor Schwartz studies the psychodynamics of political correctness and is publishing a new book on the subject. He sees that Pollack’s underlying goal is “to provide a theoretical basis for social engineering, for a certain kind of parenting – from a feminist perspective.”

He says, “Pollack sees no particular [positive] meaning in the role of the father. His images of fathers are just about uniformly negative. The whole idea behind the revolution in parenting that he is trying to bring about is [the notion] that the traditional family is throwing boys into distress by raising them to be like their fathers rather than like women.”

If the radical feminists and their friends like Dr. Pollack wish to change our society with their new vision, they should attempt to do so. We welcome their thoughts.

But they should not do so by secret research that apparently does not exist.

Harvard Medical School owes the entire world an explanation. They can run but they cannot hide on this one.