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Ada Palmer: belief

4 Oct 2023 Conversations with Tyler Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship

“I’m not familiar with that question, although I am familiar with the fact that internationally, when we look at things like the movements for women getting the vote in some of the theocratic Arab countries, when women got the vote, they disproportionately voted for the very religious and conservative parties. So, I think that there is a slight preponderance of women who end up supporting religious fringe movements.”

— Ada Palmer

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Ada Palmer
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Claim type
belief
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4 Oct 2023
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Do you agree with the common claim — which seems supported by some poll evidence — that American women are less supportive of free speech than American men? I’m not familiar with that question, although I am familiar with the fact that internationally, when we look at things like the movements for women getting the vote in some of the theocratic Arab countries, when women got the vote, they disproportionately voted for the very religious and conservative parties. So, I think that there is a slight preponderance of women who end up supporting religious fringe movements. But there’s also a whole lot of other ways in which women tend liberal, especially within the US. So, I think that’s a very complex question that I haven’t thought about, and I should. If we think about why so few of the great books discuss menstruation, is that censorship? Or do we understand that some other way?…

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