• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The stats on these things exist.

    But nobody likes to talk about them, because they don’t line up with the ‘men are all evil’ narrative.

    Women are way more likely to get assaulted by someone already in their life than a random stranger. That stat makes people VERY uncomfortable. Much harder to imagine your uncle or your co-worker will assault you than some random guy on the street…

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      2 months ago

      People you’re on a first date with count as people in your life, not as strangers in those polls, iirc.

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        Wouldn’t that depend on the quality and source of the poll? Like in academia when there’s a publication with a poll (generally called a survey) - they usually publish a methodology section which states how things are being defined/asked.

        Methodologies between surveys aren’t universal, so I don’t think it makes sense to speak of “all polls”.

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          2 months ago

          Obviously. The majority of them that I’ve seen group people into friends, acquaintances, strangers, partners, colleagues, and family. First dates are acquaintances.

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            2 months ago

            Nah, if it’s a first meeting surely that’s a stranger. Like those researchers are using a flawed methodology if they’ve assumed everyone tells the truth about themselves online. Clearly a flawed idea. Doesn’t sound very academic to me.

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      2 months ago

      Noticed you left out “partner” there buddy.

      That’s usually the #1

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        Well yeah, but presumably if you have a partner already, you aren’t going on too many dates with strangers.