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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Wulri@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

they estimated 21% of the population are trans, lol I wish 😂

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If 21% of the population was trans, republicans ain't winning elections again.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

You underestimate the proportion of dumb people. Trans people can also be dumb.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that's bananas. I wonder if people saying 1 in 5 people are trans even know a trans person

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean I guess you're joking, but nevertheless I think it's a bad thing to hope that every fifth person gets born into a body their mind doesn't agree with.

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

eh I'm trans, and now that I've transitioned, it's largely a neutral experience, neither good nor bad, it just is. But in my comment I meant that I think society (broadly) wouldn't be nearly as transphobic if every 5th person was trans.