[Ads-l] loser mentality, - mindset

ADSGarson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jan 18 23:38:48 UTC 2020


I accidentally deleted the letter "n" from the word "men". Here is the
corrected sentence.

While visiting cities and promoting the book Boslooper applied the
phrase "loser mentality" to women who
deliberately allowed themselves to be defeated in competitions with men.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 6:15 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dr. Thomas Boslooper and Marcia Hayes wrote a book titled "The
> Femininity Game". While visiting cities and promoting the book
> Boslooper applied the phrase "loser mentality" to women who
> deliberately allowed themselves to be defeated in competitions with
> me.
>
> Date: October 23, 1973
> Newspaper: The Indianapolis News
> Newspaper Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
> Article:  Ladies, Step Into The Ring And Come Out 'Fighting'!
> Author: Margaret Moore
> Quote Page 9, Column 4
> Database: Newspapers.com
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Dr. Boslooper points with dismay to the frustration and malaise among
> women who only recently have become aware of their perpetuation of the
> loser mentality. The book contains interviews with these women and
> with successful ones across the country.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Date: October 30, 1973
> Newspaper: Des Moines Tribune
> Newspaper Location: Des Moines, Iowa
> Article: Former lowan Talks About Femininity
> Author: Mary Kay Shanley
> Quote Page 12, Column 4 and 5
> Database: Newspapers.com
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> "What we're doing is perpetuating a loser mentality," he says. "We're
> saying that the only way a woman can win is to be submissive to the
> man."
> [End excerpt]
>
> The third citation below does not involve Boslooper.
>
> Date: March 31, 1974
> Newspaper: New York Sunday News
> Newspaper Location: New York, New York
> Section: New York News Magazine
> Article: The Liberated Woman
> Author: Mary Reinholz
> Quote Page 52, Column 2
> Database: Newspapers.com
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Bonnie Lobel, one of the organizers of the recent "Win with Women"
> political fund-raiser at the Four Seasons in Manhattan, provided a
> sensible strategy for females to combat the "loser" mentality.
>
> "Loserism," she said, "is when oppressed people sit around trying to
> figure out how they can't do something. We say do it. It's the job of
> the establishment to figure out what we can't do."
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 3:25 PM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Google Books has a snippet view of Time magazine vol. 107 from 1976 with a
> > paragraph heading in caps "That Loser Mentality"
> > DanG
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 12:58 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Not in OED.
> > >
> > > Earliest?:
> > >
> > >
> > > 1978 _Plain Dealer_  (Oct. 4) 7-D: This no time for greed; [furthermore,]
> > > this is no time for a loser's mentality.
> > >
> > > 1983 _Plain Dealer_ (Oct. 30) 2-B: The current debate over a new, domed
> > > stadium for the Indians is disturbing in that the arguments for the
> > > proposed facility are so symptomatic of the loser mentality which
> > > continues to grip the northeast Ohio sports community.
> > >
> > > 1988 _New Realities _ IX 88 [unverified]: Attract super-success by
> > > transforming your 'loser mindset.' Even fight disease by focusing your
> > > natural mind powers on wellness. How can it do all this? EEG studies
> > > conducted on firewalking Yogis and Zen Monks reveal that when they reach
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > JL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
> > >
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> > >
> >
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