...so say the Maryland researchers who created the map below to help explain political differences. The Washington Post writes about their study:
THFM!
I started reading the "after story" comments section of the WP story, but stopped when the third or fourth comment claimed the "looser" states had higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, a "fact" quickly shot down by the next comment which included this actual, real fact.
"the degree to which social entities (states) are 'tight' (have many strongly enforced rules and little tolerance for deviance) versus 'loose' (have few strongly enforced rules and greater tolerance for deviance)" and then produced a ranking of each state from tightest to loosest. (Among the various characteristics they used to define "tight" or "loose" included the use of corporal punishment in schools, the rate of executions, access to alcohol and the legality of same sex unions."Alabama is ranked second tightest. Mississippi is #1.
THFM!
I started reading the "after story" comments section of the WP story, but stopped when the third or fourth comment claimed the "looser" states had higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, a "fact" quickly shot down by the next comment which included this actual, real fact.
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