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Quotes from Gad Saad

Few people are as well-situated to speak about the laudable benefits of a humane immigration policy than me.
~ Gad Saad
While it is true that all individuals are equal under the law, this hardly implies that they are created equal.
~ Gad Saad
In some instances, a gender imbalance is indeed a manifestation of sexism. In others, it is not.
~ Gad Saad
Marketing is fundamental to what makes us human. Marketing is not solely about selling chewing gum, cars, cellphones, and tourist packages. Everything in life involves the process of marketing something to someone.
~ Gad Saad
It is not 'dehumanizing' to call someone an illegal immigrant if he/she resides in the host country illegally.
~ Gad Saad
Regrettably, many religious traditions exacerbate our innate proclivity to divide the world into two clearly demarcated camps, and in doing so, this fans the flames of intolerance and hate.
~ Gad Saad
In the public realm, secularism should not concede a single inch to religious intrusions.
~ Gad Saad
In the public realm, secularism should not concede a single inch to religious intrusions. To argue otherwise is to violate the meaning of secularism.
~ Gad Saad
Evolutionary psychology offers a parsimonious framework for understanding which domains are likely to yield sex differences and, if so, in which direction.
~ Gad Saad
Casting judgments is an integral feature of what makes us human.
~ Gad Saad
There are justifiable case-by-case situations wherein an educator might exhibit targeted sensitivity to a student's unique circumstances. This is humane and laudable. In most instances though, trigger warnings are not a manifestation of justified empathy but are symptomatic of an ailing culture.
~ Gad Saad
Trigger warnings are part of the West's debauchery of self-indulgent victimhood.
~ Gad Saad
There is an intellectual snobbery that, regrettably, many academics suffer from. They are proud their paper is only read by a small group of people - makes it very exclusive. Let's get rid of that. If it's truly important, people should be excited about it.
~ Gad Saad
Let us stop pathologizing masculinity. Instead, let us appreciate the endless ways by which men and women are similar to one another, as well as the important ways in which the two sexes differ.
~ Gad Saad
Trigger warnings are an instantiation of the West's zeitgeist of perpetual offense and victimhood that defines much of public discourse.
~ Gad Saad
To study consumer behavior is to explore human nature at its most fundamental level using the modern world as its backdrop.
~ Gad Saad
The great majority of men are attracted to feminine women who do not possess the body type of Michael Phelps. Beyonce is desired not because of her 'diabolical femininity,' but simply because of her femininity.
~ Gad Saad
Notwithstanding the supposed egalitarian ethos of some hunter-gatherer societies, humans are a hierarchical social species. We care greatly about where we stand in comparison to some relevant reference group.
~ Gad Saad
Freedom of religion does not entitle your religion to have a privileged position within the public sphere.
~ Gad Saad
Nearly everything that defines much of our daily experiences is consummatory in nature. Yes, we consume products and services. But we also consume life experiences, religious narratives, art, literature, and ideas.
~ Gad Saad
When a political party denies scientific facts, then by all means, they should be called out on their anti-science stance.
~ Gad Saad
Needless to say, I fully support the legal codes that are meant to protect individuals from discrimination.
~ Gad Saad
For humans, gift giving is a universal ritual laden with evolutionary implications.
~ Gad Saad
Western societies in general and universities in particular have not always been immune from institutional sexism. This is incontestable.
~ Gad Saad