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1. If white males are at fault, why do Chinese men exhibit more risk taking behavior than Chinese women? This is the example used in the story, yet the author i
by trendia 9y ago
1. If white males are at fault, why do Chinese men exhibit more risk taking behavior than Chinese women? This is the example used in the story, yet the author ignores this obvious contradiction. A country that had minimal western intervention for thousands of years cannot have a culture caused by Westerners.
2. What if economic incentives, not culture effects, are at fault? This would explain why countries with higher inequality have higher violcence and risk taking -- being "passive" could mean death. That is, people will act risky when the economic incentives reward them for it and avoid acting risky when there's only downside potential. This would make culture a result of, and not the cause of, differences in perceived risk.
Anyway this is a good first draft of an article, I look forward to seeing revisions in which the author makes a good faith attempt to represent the opposing view.
- wcummings 9y ago>If white males are at fault At no point does this talk about "fault", all its saying is white men rightly perceive greater benefits from risk taking. Stop moralizing.
- trendia 9y agoI do not mention anything about morality, I'm pointing serious flaws in the author's analysis. The article blames culture for the difference, when it is likely caused by economic incentives. My comment pointed this out. (your comment assumes it's caused by economic incentives as well. The author of the linked article does not.)
- wcummings 9y agoThe article doesn't "blame" anything. The author literally says exactly what I said in my comment.
- trendia 9y agoFrom the article: Flynn and colleagues then established that it was a particular subset of white males who were particularly cavalier about risks: those who, in response to the social justice movement’s currently fashionable suggestion to “check your privilege,” would take significantly longer than others to complete the task. These men were well educated, rich, and politically conservative, as well as more trusting of institutions and authorities, and opposed to a “power to the people” view of the world. A number of studies have now replicated this so-called “white male effect” with other large U.S. samples, and the research points to it being “not so much a ‘white male effect’ as a ‘white hierarchical and individualistic male effect.’ ”
- wcummings 9y ago"Blame" implies responsibility, they're describing an effect not the cause. It all sounds very matter of fact to me so it's funny to see you throw around words like "fault" and "blame". Seems like you're taking this personally.