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> Chentsova Dutton and her team interviewed students from Turkey, Russia, Canada and the United States, asking them to describe a risky or dangerous experience
by thanhhaimai 4y ago
> Chentsova Dutton and her team interviewed students from Turkey, Russia, Canada and the United States, asking them to describe a risky or dangerous experience they had in the _last month_. Both Turkish and Russian students described witnessing events that involved actual risk: violent fights on public transportation; hazardous driving conditions caused by drunk drivers; women being aggressively followed on the street.
> But American students were far more likely to cite as dangerous things that most adults do every day, like being alone outside or riding alone in an Uber.
The examples they listed about "violent fights" and similar are not common in the environment I'm living in. I probably have seen once in the last 10 years. I don't think it's a good question to ask especially about _last month_. For example, the most dangerous stuff I did last month was running on wet grass in the park and almost fell.
P.S: I'm not saying the result is wrong. I have concern about the research methodology. It feels cherry picked, and it makes me doubt the data.
- watwut 4y agoI personally think that American students not being engaged or treated by violent fights in public transport says something good about USA. The Russians being engaged in them says something about Russian society breaking. The "last month" thing is fairly standard through. They are looking for statistics of recent events, lifestyle "now". Not lifestyle 5 years ago.
- carom 4y agoTo continue on this, it is saying that the US is not dangerous but people do not realize that. That is the implication, for the study to validate it there would need to be a question of how in-danger you've felt in that time. That way we could judge if taking an uber alone is considered similarly to being near a violent altercation.
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