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> ... the conditions under which wrong number connections (WNCs) are made; > Working in 10 rural communities in Tanzania, we conducted 16 group interviews with
by justsomehnguy 3y ago
> ... the conditions under which wrong number connections (WNCs) are made;
> Working in 10 rural communities in Tanzania, we conducted 16 group interviews with men about ...
> Nine separate interviews with groups of women revealed that women do not create WNCs
Wow.
- smeej 3y agoI can guess a couple reasons for this: 1. Women tend to have stronger/closer "RNCs," or actual face-to-face communities. 2. Women have a good reason to be more wary of connecting with strangers under unexpected circumstances than men do.
- twic 3y agoThe paper says: > However, women informed us unequivocally that they (women) do not create these types of connections, largely because men often control women’s use of phones (Summers et al. 2020).