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“symmetric affective polarization among parents and childfree adults driven primarily by parent’s ingroup favoritism” Hard time parsing this statement. Are the
by ianai 3y ago
“symmetric affective polarization among parents and childfree adults driven primarily by parent’s ingroup favoritism”
Hard time parsing this statement. Are they suggesting parents being prejudicial makes kids less likely to later become parents themselves?
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- toomuchtodo 3y ago> Affective polarization refers to the phenomenon where individuals' feelings and emotions towards members of their own political party or group become more positive, while their feelings towards members of the opposing party or group become more negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_polarization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_polarization One of the study authors (Dr. Zachary Neal) provided an impromptu AMA about the paper on r/childfree and r/science (cited below). Provided in the event answers in thread answer additional questions on the subject. https://old.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/w8l7zf/study_one_in_five_adults_dont_want_children_and/ https://old.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/w8l7zf/study_one... https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/12dgpah/msu_study_confirms_1_in_5_adults_dont_want/ https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/12dgpah/msu_study_...