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Wait...if it is 25x for everyone but 11x for women...

posted 8 years ago by jtkreis-148-306662
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In the episode that was on tonight (I think it was the new episode), Amy talked to some lady who was with some gun safety group. First the lady said that Americans were 25 times as likely to die by guns than people in other countries. Then she said the gun problem was really a women's problem because women were 11 times as likely to die by guns as people in other countries. All issues about guns or gender aside, her own figures disprove her assertion that it is an issue that affects women more. If the average for all people (men and women) is 25x, and it's 11x for just women, then it would be 39x for men (assuming men and women are both 50% of the population). That would make it a bigger issue for men, not just bigger but about 3.5 times as much.

[–] fbplayer1064 8 years ago

I literally came here to create this thread. Thank You. Also when did her show become a political show?

[–] asc85 8 years ago

Agreed, I just started my own thread a few minutes ago on her politics. Very disappointed in that.

[–] jeffro_03 8 years ago

I don't think her point was that guns are more dangerous for women than men (obviously more men die from gun violence than women). Her point was that guns are 11x more dangerous for women in the US than in other countries. Her show is speaking to a majority women audience so that's why she brought that up.

I was rolling my eyes at the whole political thing too but then I realized people were shot while watching her movie. I don't blame her for speaking out against it, I'm sure that really affected her.

[–] jtkreis-148-306662 8 years ago

I don't think her point was that guns are more dangerous for women than men (obviously more men die from gun violence than women). Her point was that guns are 11x more dangerous for women in the US than in other countries. Her show is speaking to a majority women audience so that's why she brought that up.

If you listen to that segment, the gun lady did saw that it was an issue that "mostly" affected women. In the context that she said that, the implication was that it was something affected women disproportionately when compared to men.