Men Are Sabotaging the Online Reviews of TV Shows Aimed at Women

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/men-are-sabotaging-the-online-reviews-of-tv-shows-aimed-at-women/

by _aarti • 10 years ago

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AlexC04• 10 years ago

Not sure sabotaging is fair. "Skewing" seems far more accurate.

Sabotaging gives the impression that there is a cabal of men actively attempting to drag down the scores of shows, while the data does not reveal that.

The data appears to indicate that men are more likely to speak their mind regardless of who the show is aimed at.

The sabatage definition requires:

    deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct
    (something), especially for political or military
    advantage.

But there is no evidence that men are specifically trying to make women's TV appear less popular than it is.

They're just kind of not getting the point that they really don't have to review sex in the city because we know they're not going to like it.

Men Are Sabotaging the Online Reviews of TV Shows Aimed at Women

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