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Mar 18, 2023 9 tweets 4 min read Read on X
“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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Jun 28
Sweden is perhaps the most gender equal country in the world, partly due to wage compression & labour market protections for low wage workers.

However, it has done the *worst* in integrating migrant women’s economic participation & equal place.

Why is this? Image
The economic inactivity rate is especially high for women who come after age 15. Image
This may be partly about composition

Sweden has been especially welcoming of refugees, which made up a large share of its migrants

And Syria, for example, only has a female labour force rate of 13%.

(Graph shows data for 2004-2013) Image
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Jun 23
Why do so many people complain about dates “ghosting” or being “flakey”?

I think this partly is due to the breakdown of moral policing.

If people date outside their work & social networks, then “bad” behaviour doesn’t affect future interactions.

One can shirk/ cheat/ ghost
Fundamentally, everyone seeks status and social approval within their group.

So if one wants to curry favour, one conforms to the group’s ideals.

But if it’s not a “repeated game” (to use Econ speak) and no one you care about ever knows,

Then,

Shirking is costless.
The more I study culture, the more I realise the importance of moral policing.

We conform because we seek social approval in that group,

But if behaviour is unobserved, if no one whose approval we cherish actually watches,

Then the Panopticon is broken.
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Apr 3
Today, I gave a talk on the economic implications of falling fertility

And two young women were unsure…

“Surely it’s a great win for women that many are exercising autonomy?”

To which I replied,…

🧵
1) Absolutely, in the past, many stayed in unhappy marriages due to economic dependence, shame and stigma of singledom

So increased freedom is a great advance

However …
2) In the U.S. & UK, the most educated (most autonomous) women are coupling up, because they’ve found loving partnerships and emotional connections which make them happy!!

It’s the most disadvantaged who struggle Image
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Mar 14
Have we passed peak intelligence?

In international tests, student scores for reading and maths sunk to a new low.

US teens are struggling to concentrate & evaluate information.

The excellent @jburnmurdoch

Warning: this thread is dark 🧵 Image
What's going wrong?

US 18 year olds increasingly say they have trouble concentrating and learning new things

As you can see, that line was stable till 2013

What caused the sudden spike? Image
Almost half of US teens said they "hardly ever" spend their leisure time reading a book Image
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Mar 8
Did I steal or bribe my way to an advance copy? 😛

Saturday is for book reading on the sofa!

Especially if it’s Malika Zeghal’s new opus with @PrincetonUPress Image
Zeghal constructs fantastic data sets on religiosity over time

As you can see, over time, the Turkish government is now spending a much higher share of GDP on religion Image
In 1950, she estimates that only 4 in a million Turkish people were enrolled in Islamic higher education Image
Read 23 tweets
Feb 15
Male-female friendships are a under-rated driver of gender equality.

When women can fraternise freely, they can share ideas, gain respect, & build empathy with men who care about their wants & welfare.

Countries with high male-female friendships score better on equality 👇 Image
Even controlling for religion, education, age, marital status, immigration status, gender, and employment status,

Societies with more mixed gender facebook friends express stronger support for gender equality

- at university
- work
- politics
- equal rights Image
Sérgio Milliet was a close friend and great champion of Brazilian modernist artist Tarsila do Amaral, organising a major retrospective of her works in São Paulo.

His support (combined with her clear talent) cemented her reputation.

Here’s Tarsila’s portrait of Sergio. Image
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