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Just one conversation can reduce anti-trans bias, study finds
Source: Washington Post
Just one conversation can reduce anti-trans bias, study finds
By Sandhya Somashekhar April 8 at 9:06 AM
Last year, a widely praised study on changing conservative minds on same-sex marriage grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons. The study’s lead author was discovered to have falsified the results, and the journal Science was forced to issue a retraction.
Now, a new study attempting to truly assess the same type of canvassing work has found even more promising results — this time in reducing bias against transgender people.
The study, published Thursday in Science, found that a single, in-depth, 10-minute conversation by a trained canvasser at the doorstep of a voter resulted in a “substantial” reduction in that voter’s anti-transgender prejudice. It also increased the voter’s support for anti-discrimination laws that protect transgender people.
What’s more, the effect lasted three months — a stunning finding considering that most efforts to change people’s deeply held beliefs have found little to no long-term impact.
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By Sandhya Somashekhar April 8 at 9:06 AM
Last year, a widely praised study on changing conservative minds on same-sex marriage grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons. The study’s lead author was discovered to have falsified the results, and the journal Science was forced to issue a retraction.
Now, a new study attempting to truly assess the same type of canvassing work has found even more promising results — this time in reducing bias against transgender people.
The study, published Thursday in Science, found that a single, in-depth, 10-minute conversation by a trained canvasser at the doorstep of a voter resulted in a “substantial” reduction in that voter’s anti-transgender prejudice. It also increased the voter’s support for anti-discrimination laws that protect transgender people.
What’s more, the effect lasted three months — a stunning finding considering that most efforts to change people’s deeply held beliefs have found little to no long-term impact.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/07/in-depth-conversations-with-canvassers-can-reduce-anti-trans-bias-study-finds/
Related: Durably reducing transphobia: A field experiment on door-to-door canvassing (Science)
