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Comment author: Yvain 06 January 2014 11:53:53PM *  90 points [-]

Since it has suddenly become relevant, here are two results from this year's survey (data still being collected):

When asked to rate feminism on a scale of 1 (very unfavorable) to 5 (very favorable), the most common answer was 5 and the least common answer was 1. The mean answer was 3.82, and the median answer was 4.

When asked to rate the social justice movement on a scale of 1 (very unfavorable) to 5 (very favorable), the most common answer was 5 and the least common answer was 1. The mean answer was 3.61, and the median answer was 4.

In Crowder-Meyer (2007), women asked to rate their favorability of feminism on a 1 to 100 scale averaged 52.5, which on my 1 to 5 scale corresponds to a 3.1. So the average Less Wronger is about 33% more favorably disposed towards the feminist movement than the average woman (who herself is slightly more favorably disposed than the average man).

I can't find a similar comparison question for social justice favorability, but I expect such a comparison would turn out the same way.

If this surprises you, update your model.

Comment author: bramflakes 07 January 2014 03:29:23PM 3 points [-]

Offtopic, but ETA on the survey results being published?

Comment author: Yvain 09 January 2014 12:06:56AM 6 points [-]

Probably before the end of this month.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 January 2014 04:07:22PM 1 point [-]

Probably

How big is the probability?