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Is it possible that you would consider any story that isn't about a white heterosexual man one of those? I'm really wondering, because I could see myself keepin
by matt4077 9y ago
Is it possible that you would consider any story that isn't about a white heterosexual man one of those? I'm really wondering, because I could see myself keeping a running tally like this once I thought I noticed a trend–kinda like noticing how they put pumpkin into everything in the fall.
But of course, 80% is actually pretty close to the number of Americans that are not white heterosexual men. We may just have gotten used to an overrepresentation in movies, politics, and our social life.
- pyroinferno 9y agoI didn't realize OP was talking only about white HETEROSEXUAL MALES. Did he edit his post and delete that part or are a mind reader? If you include white women and males of any sexual identity, your 20% reaches 60%, which is a majority of the country and even IF it reaches below 50% it's STILL the largest group.
- ebfd 9y agoThe opposite, actually. Someone did a study on this, NPR puts out about six times as many stories about women as it does about men. http://chrismumford.blogspot.com/2015/12/sexism-at-npr.html http://chrismumford.blogspot.com/2015/12/sexism-at-npr.html
- taurath 9y agoI don't think there's much of an overrepresentation - I haven't heard a human interest piece on a rural/conservative person on there that didn't deal with the opioid crisis in the last 6 months - and I listen every day. I look back to where I grew up which was a much more conservative rural area and frequently think about how I'd never feel like any of the stories on NPR would apply to me.