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Larks comments on What are your contrarian views? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Larks 19 September 2014 12:36:57AM 4 points [-]

According to the 2013 LW survey, the when asked their opinion of feminism, on a scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high), the mean response was 3.8 , and social justice got a 3.6. So it seems that "feminism is a good thing" is actually not a contrarian view.

If I might speculate for a moment, it might be that LW is less feminist that most places, while still having an overall pro-feminist bias.

Comment author: epursimuove 26 September 2014 03:00:24AM 1 point [-]

If by most places you're talking about the world (or Western/American world) in general, that's pretty clearly false. The considerable majority of Americans reject the feminist label, for example. If you're talking about internet communities with well-educated members, then it probably is true.