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Refugee stats: 3.6 Women and Children 1.6 Men God, I hate stats like these, why is it so hard to break up men, women and children separately to give more ins
by romanovcode 9y ago
Refugee stats:
3.6 Women and Children
1.6 Men
God, I hate stats like these, why is it so hard to break up men, women and children separately to give more insight. Women are not the same as children.
Or is google trying to tell us that woman are basically, well, children?
- wtvanhest 9y agoI agree that women and children should be reported seperately, but there is a logical reason for the breakdown. Men are much more likely to be warriors historically.
- tyingq 9y agoUNHCR has detailed stats, here: http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php If you draw the line at age 18: Roughly, 27% male adults, 25.5% female adults, 47% children.
- didibus 9y agoI think it was done to appease people. I have an impression most would feel more compassionate knowing that there are little men, since they tend to cause more issues. Though when you split the stats, you see there's actually more men than women refugee.
- CydeWeys 9y agoI think it says more about the society that the refugees are fleeing from. Imagine some hypothetical civil war in Florida with millions of refugees -- the American women would not be lumped in with the children.
- tyingq 9y agoIn this case, the lumping together of the stats is likely done by westerners. They are trying to dispel the notion that a large amount of the refugees are ISIS fighters in disguise trying to infiltrate the west. The source stats aren't lumped together. That's the journalist's decision.
- tonmoy 9y agoMaybe because of traditions like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_and_children_first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_and_children_first
- hasenj 9y agoNot that women are children, but that women and children's lives are more precious than men. Men are disposable. They are supposed to fight and die. (Obviously not a video that I endorse)
- Whatarethese 9y agoI'm pretty sure it has to do with women and children are seen as more important and if any gender is suppose to survive a conflict, it's the women and children. Men are supposed to accept the situation and allow women and children to survive. I find this very old and outdated but it still fits when it comes to statistics.