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“Suppose that a man hits his wife because she has been unfaithful with another man. Would you approve of the man hitting his wife?”

40% of Mexican men & women approve

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21…
Approval is highest amongst those who are religious & say that men are better political leaders journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21…
Among Mexico’s indigenous communities, key predictors include working outside the home.

This may explain why indengenous women’s LFP is so low.

In Chiapas, 41% of women have experienced domestic violence, vs 16% in the Coastal and South mountain regions.
Indigenous men are 13 times more likely to abuse their wives if they drink alcohol daily

Violence is highest among indigenous couples who live in indigenous municipalities (possibly reflecting wider acceptance)
Severe violence against women is three times more common in the Chiapas region than the Mayan region.

(Surprising since the Mayan civilisation was patriarchal. Tho Yucatan also launched the campaign for female suffrage) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Why is religiosity independently associated with gender based violence, regardless of beliefs about leaders?

Highly religious people abhor both extra marital sexuality and divorce.

So the woman must be disciplined to preserve the sanctity of marriage, which she cannot leave.
Vigilanteeism and gun culture are two further important predictors.

People who believe they must personally avenge wrong doings (ie where rule of law is weak) there is more endorsement of male violence.

Contrast Honduras and Uruguay,
That’s an important insight into the causes of high femicides and domestic violence in Latin America

It’s not just patriarchy,

But state weakness and a broader belief in taking matters into one’s own hands & dispensing justice
Frequent #religious attendance, however, is a far stronger predictor than either gender beliefs or vigilanteism

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US teens are struggling to concentrate & evaluate information.

The excellent @jburnmurdoch

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Saturday is for book reading on the sofa!

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They are outcompeting real world connections and interactions.

They are displacing non-market demand for socialising.

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1) Digital tech erodes establishment control. We can now curate personalised echo chambers - eg anti-vax.

2) Rising singlehood and smartphones mean we seek validation from online tribes, who don't observe our behaviour.

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Online connectivity enables individuals to forge tribes with ideological allies across the world, while paradoxically spending more time alone. Image
All this creates a major governance challenge.

J.D. Vance just announced that he ‘wants more babies in the United States of America’.

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Calls for higher fertility must grapple with the challenge that cultural persuasion is now much harder

When tech was more primitive, we watched similar content

So shared expectations about pathways to status

Meeting in person, we sought social approval.

No longer!!

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(1) Moral policing works in 3 ways:

- Humans seek status & social inclusion,

- so pay close attention to peers and successful individuals. They emulate others in their tribe.

- dissidents may be shamed, stigmatised & ostracised.

But such policing is now much harder..
(2) Smart phones have enabled a proliferation of ideas

Anyone can self-select into any filter bubble

Whatever your preferences and community, you can find it online.
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