I’m not a big fan of the phrasing of your poll—I’d prefer if it was directly asking about approval / disapproval rather than “positive/rational” versus “negative/irrational”; it’s not obvious what “rational” would mean in a context like this, beyond being generally positive in this community.
The”Liberal/Secular/Scientific” and “Libertarian/Atheist/Technophile” phrasing also seems weird to me—is there really a split between “secular” and “atheist”, and is it really correlated with politics? Same for “scientific” and “technophile” :P
My general impression from the “Slutwalk” you describe is that it’s more about “Yay sluts boo uptight cops and judges” than about actually reducing rape—do many attendees seem to expect a drop in rape incidence as a result of their action? IS your question about whether going “Yay sluts” is a good thing in general (which would seem to be highly function of the current status of sluts in Canadian society, a subject I know very little about), or whether it’s an efficient way to reduce rape?
(Edit) Actually, a better framing might be that some judges / cops considered “boo sluts” as a way to reduce rape, and sluts responded to the status attack by going “no, it’s not a good way—yay sluts!”. Less focus on the status attack and more on alternative ways of reducing rape (A “Sluts With Knives” march?) might have been better.
The”Liberal/Secular/Scientific” and “Libertarian/Atheist/Technophile” phrasing also seems weird to me—is there really a split between “secular” and “atheist”, and is it really correlated with politics? Same for “scientific” and “technophile” :P
I agree, with the ‘rational/positive’ thing and even more so with this technophile, etc stuff. I don’t especially identify with any of those things. I could almost take all of them or none of them.
I’m not a big fan of the phrasing of your poll—I’d prefer if it was directly asking about approval / disapproval rather than “positive/rational” versus “negative/irrational”; it’s not obvious what “rational” would mean in a context like this, beyond being generally positive in this community.
The”Liberal/Secular/Scientific” and “Libertarian/Atheist/Technophile” phrasing also seems weird to me—is there really a split between “secular” and “atheist”, and is it really correlated with politics? Same for “scientific” and “technophile” :P
My general impression from the “Slutwalk” you describe is that it’s more about “Yay sluts boo uptight cops and judges” than about actually reducing rape—do many attendees seem to expect a drop in rape incidence as a result of their action? IS your question about whether going “Yay sluts” is a good thing in general (which would seem to be highly function of the current status of sluts in Canadian society, a subject I know very little about), or whether it’s an efficient way to reduce rape?
(Edit) Actually, a better framing might be that some judges / cops considered “boo sluts” as a way to reduce rape, and sluts responded to the status attack by going “no, it’s not a good way—yay sluts!”. Less focus on the status attack and more on alternative ways of reducing rape (A “Sluts With Knives” march?) might have been better.
I think they expect an increase in convictions of rapists, and thus indirectly a drop in rapes because of the increased deterrent.
...would have the opposite of the desired effect. It would make it seem like it was the victim’s responsibility to defend themselves.
I agree, with the ‘rational/positive’ thing and even more so with this technophile, etc stuff. I don’t especially identify with any of those things. I could almost take all of them or none of them.
I’ve changed the phrasing and removed the clusters.