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Lesbians too [0]. And people who don’t make much money [1]. And people who aren’t Asian [2]. And athletes, and people who like sports [3]. Applying group stati

by alwa 2mo ago

Lesbians too [0]. And people who don’t make much money [1]. And people who aren’t Asian [2]. And athletes, and people who like sports [3]. Applying group statistics to judge individual people is almost never proper, and lies at the root of an awful lot of inhumanity. I hope and imagine the women in question are capable of thinking (and judging) for themselves. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence_in_lesbian_relationships#:~:text=CDC%20survey%20compared%20domestic%20violence%20victimization%20rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence_in_lesbian_r... [1] https://www.cawc.org/news/socioeconomic-risk-factors-for-domestic-and-intimate-partner-violence/ https://www.cawc.org/news/socioeconomic-risk-factors-for-dom... [2] https://bjs.ojp.gov/violent-victimization-race-or-hispanic-origin-2008-2021 https://bjs.ojp.gov/violent-victimization-race-or-hispanic-o... [3] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10087409/#hsc14028-bib-0012 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10087409/#hsc14028-...

magicalist 2mo ago
> Lesbians too [0] > A 2010 CDC survey compared domestic violence victimization rates between lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women. The differences between most forms of reported domestic violence rates between lesbian women and heterosexual women were found to be non-significant due to insufficient statistical power. ??
kazinator 2mo ago
> Applying group statistics to judge individual people is almost never proper That's literally the job of statistics: make use of a lot of data about a population of instances to make a decision about an instance. It's like saying, it's unfair to use safety data about Chevys in deciding whether to buy one.
EasyMark 2mo ago
We aren't judging individuals here, we're talking about trends and probabilies. I know a couple cops that are fine, and pretty sure aren't abusing their spouses, but that doesn't invalidate the statistics that they have more instances of abuse at a much higher rate in marriages/partnerships than the masses taken as a whole
- exhumet 2mo ago
  exactly, and while correlation does not imply causation or something of the sorts lol.to add to the fire, the SOLE cop i know is an abusive alcoholic...

by alwa 2mo ago

magicalist 2mo ago

> Lesbians too [0] > A 2010 CDC survey compared domestic violence victimization rates between lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women. The differences between most forms of reported domestic violence rates between lesbian women and heterosexual women were found to be non-significant due to insufficient statistical power. ??

kazinator 2mo ago

> Applying group statistics to judge individual people is almost never proper That's literally the job of statistics: make use of a lot of data about a population of instances to make a decision about an instance. It's like saying, it's unfair to use safety data about Chevys in deciding whether to buy one.

EasyMark 2mo ago

We aren't judging individuals here, we're talking about trends and probabilies. I know a couple cops that are fine, and pretty sure aren't abusing their spouses, but that doesn't invalidate the statistics that they have more instances of abuse at a much higher rate in marriages/partnerships than the masses taken as a whole

exhumet 2mo ago
exactly, and while correlation does not imply causation or something of the sorts lol.to add to the fire, the SOLE cop i know is an abusive alcoholic...