Survey on the average woman's flaws reignites controversy
An informal multiple-answer poll attributes selfishness and superficiality to most women. With no methodology, its interest is sociological.
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A multiple-answer survey portrays the average woman as selfish and superficial
Judging by an informal poll circulating in recent hours, the average woman would be selfish, self-centered, superficial, childish and lacking in introspection. The questionnaire, with unlimited multiple answers, admits in its wording that there are "exceptional women," but invites respondents to tick the traits that define the majority. The result looks more like a catalog of grievances than a sociological study.
[SUB]The list of flaws and its nuances
The option "selfish and self-centered" was the first to rack up answers. One comment added fourteen more traits, including "no introspection," "hypergamous" and "hybristophilic." The distinction between egocentrism and selfishness took up part of the exchange: the former would be a cognitive limitation, the latter a choice of priorities, according to a search cited within the discussion itself.
[SUB]The voices calling for context
Not everything was name-calling. Some point out that such a survey starts from confirmation bias: whoever looks for flaws ends up finding them. The idea that women mature earlier than men also drew a rebuttal: "the vast majority stay 18 for life." Be that as it may, with 10 answers and zero methodology, the poll proves nothing about women; it does say a lot about the terrain where certain prejudices operate. Until someone brings real data for those traits, the poll will remain what it is: an opinion dressed up as a survey.
Judging by an informal poll circulating in recent hours, the average woman would be selfish, self-centered, superficial, childish and lacking in introspection. The questionnaire, with unlimited multiple answers, admits in its wording that there are "exceptional women," but invites respondents to tick the traits that define the majority. The result looks more like a catalog of grievances than a sociological study.
[SUB]The list of flaws and its nuances
The option "selfish and self-centered" was the first to rack up answers. One comment added fourteen more traits, including "no introspection," "hypergamous" and "hybristophilic." The distinction between egocentrism and selfishness took up part of the exchange: the former would be a cognitive limitation, the latter a choice of priorities, according to a search cited within the discussion itself.
[SUB]The voices calling for context
Not everything was name-calling. Some point out that such a survey starts from confirmation bias: whoever looks for flaws ends up finding them. The idea that women mature earlier than men also drew a rebuttal: "the vast majority stay 18 for life." Be that as it may, with 10 answers and zero methodology, the poll proves nothing about women; it does say a lot about the terrain where certain prejudices operate. Until someone brings real data for those traits, the poll will remain what it is: an opinion dressed up as a survey.
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