Another fascinating study from the Kaiser Family Foundation:
http://www.kff.org/content/archive/1383/gender.pdf
I especially like the contrast between answers to question 3 and 4.
Most people think changing gender roles are worse for most people, but
most people think these changes have benefited themselves!
There is a great section on behavioral changes to sexual harassment
laws. People admit a surprisingly high degree of elasticity.
Question 19 reveals a large belief gap on the biological basis of gender
differences. Most men still go with upbringing, but males are much more
willing to go with biology.
Questions 13 and 14 uncover a nice self-interest component in attitudes
to sexual harassment laws. 60% of males don't want stronger laws; 60%
of women do. This nicely fits my simple theory of self-interest
effects: Namely, that they mostly appear on issues like smoking and
other things that "get in your personal space." It's not the dollar
value of the issue so much as its immediacy and intrusiveness.
--
Prof. Bryan Caplan
Department of Economics George Mason University
http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"He wrote a letter, but did not post it because he felt that no one
would have understood what he wanted to say, and besides it was not
necessary that anyone but himself should understand it."
Leo Tolstoy, *The Cossacks*
