Ostrakon
@Ostrakon@lemmy.world
- Comment on women 1 week ago:
I’m not disputing the idea that violence against women gets underreported. I am saying that there is a lack of data here by definition and it is therefore impossible to guess how much one gender or the other is underreported relative to each other. If you want to quantify things, you need data instead of a feeling. You linking these two articles strikes me as you googling whatever you could find that parrots back a conclusion you already had in your head.
The fact that you repeat your conclusion despite not having evidence to back it up is a sign that you might be falling victim to confirmation bias. You should maybe spend a little more time examining whether or not your worldview has you jumping to conclusions in the absence of data.
I don’t know and have no way of knowing which gender underreports abuse more, and the nature of underreporting makes it tough to trust any data on this topic without digging into how it gets collected.
I would posit that, generally speaking, women are generally less capable of harm that would necessitate calling the cops on your partner. Yes this is a generalization, but i think it holds true that men are generally more durable and physically stronger than women, and a lot of times a woman hitting a man is just not going to meet the threshold of that man thinking “oh, violence is being done to me, let me call the police”. However if the same force she is applying were applied to herself, she may get injured or at least be more likely to perceive that force to warrant calling the authorities.
I don’t know how I could prove or disprove that assertion. God knows there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence out there but I’m not aware of many credible studies that talk about woman->man violence.
- Comment on women 1 week ago:
By definition you do not have the data for this argument to be credible.
- Comment on Saved you a click: a 1911 2 weeks ago:
For any gun, specifically, mechanisms to ensure that the gun only fires if i intend it to. A 1911 has a manual thumb safety and a grip safety and is incredibly drop safe to boot. A p320 has been demonstrated repeatedly to not be drop safe.
- Comment on Saved you a click: a 1911 2 weeks ago:
Really only the p320, 1911s are probably the safest carry gun out there
- Comment on Day 1 of posting an indie game I found that I think it is cool - LOVE ETERNAL 2 weeks ago:
“We have Celeste at home.”
- Comment on YSK Tempur Mattresses fail quickly and the warranty is fake 2 months ago:
I’m not gonna defend Tempurpedic not honoring their warranty but it’s disingenuous to say it failed “quickly” after 8 years of use for what sounds like normal wear to me. A lot of warranties in the mattress space have riders like using a mattress cover (which is a sensible investment regardless) and might have prevented this.
Tempur sounds like they suck, but you should probably have realistic expectations
- Comment on Has Charlie Kirk ever changed his views on a subject during a debate? 5 months ago:
This is the root of the problem, isn’t it? When someone proves you wrong, and you persist despite evidence to the contrary, that’s pretty stupid, right? This high school debate sophistry that Kirk and his contemporaries engage in isn’t a good faith discussion and most of his audience isn’t equipped with the critical thinking skills to understand that.
- Comment on Types of Smart People 7 months ago:
I don’t know if I agree with that statement but I guess it depends on what your definition of “smart” is. Someone can lack education but be pretty mentally sharp in some cognitive tasks regardless.
- Comment on when all else fails 11 months ago:
I think you’re giving her too much credit, I think it was merely pragmatism. “Someone is gonna go down for this, may as well not be me.”
- Comment on Here Are The Specs For The Retroid Pocket Flip 2 | Time Extension 1 year ago:
It also protects the screen.
- Comment on Frieren will never stop 1 year ago:
genocidal
Look at this joker implying demons are people.