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Proposition 4: (Boobless Topless Woman) (please scroll down)
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Proposition number 4: It is a violation of Community Standards for a woman who has had a double mastectomy (i.e. the surgical removal of both breasts without reconstructive surgery and therefore has no breast material and no nipples) to be topless at a public beach.
Summary: {‘no winner’ the difference between ‘for’ and ‘against’ is less than the margin of error.}
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Score: (Agreement Votes: ‘No Rule” Votes: Disagreement Votes) |
Disagreement:Agreement Ratio |
Judgment:
(for or against the proposition) |
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All eligible Voters |
33:31:41 |
1.2:1 |
against |
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eligible Males |
13:11:20 |
1.5:1 |
against |
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eligible Females |
19:20:20 |
1:1 |
tie between ‘against’ and ‘no rule’ (and only one vote away from a three-way-tie) |
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All non- eligible Voters |
15:10:4 |
1:3.8 |
for |
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Teen Females |
6:6:1 |
1:6 |
tie between ‘for’ and ‘no rule’ |
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All non- Resident Voters |
4:4:3 |
1:1.3 |
for |
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non-resident Males |
2:2:1 |
1:2 |
tie between ‘for’ and ‘no rule’ |
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non-resident Female
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2:2:2 |
1:1 |
three-way tie |
Details:
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Number of Votes |
Number of Voters |
Number of Abstainers |
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All eligible Voters |
9 |
24 |
31 |
18 |
23 |
105 |
2 |
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eligible Males |
4 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
44 |
1 |
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eligible Females |
5 |
14 |
20 |
6 |
14 |
59 |
1 |
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All non-eligible Voters |
9 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
29 |
0 |
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Teen Females |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
0 |
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All non-resident Voters |
1 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
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non-resident Males |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
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non-resident Females |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
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Strongly Agree |
Agree |
No Rule |
Disagree |
Strongly Disagree |
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Of 105 Eligible Voters who voted: |
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39%
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for allowing a topless boobless woman on the beach |
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31% |
against |
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30% |
voted ‘No Rule’ (i.e. status quo) |
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If we exclude the ‘no rule’ category : Of the 74 eligible Voters who voted ‘agreement’ or ‘disagreement’: |
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55..4% (±11.4%, 19 times out of 20) |
for allowing a topless boobless woman on the beach. |
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44.6% |
against |
Graph 4A
Graph 4B
Calculation of Margin of Error:
The results were:
For allowing a boobless topless woman on the beach: 41 votes
No Rule 31 votes
Against allowing a boobless topless woman on the beach: 33 votes
Comparing the ‘for’ and ‘against’ vote:
41 votes±11.4% = 41 votes ±4.7 votes = a range of 36.3 to 45.7
33 votes±11.4% = 33 votes ±3.8 votes = a range of 29.2 to 36.8
Because the two ranges overlap, the difference between the two numbers is not statistically significant at the 95% (i.e. 19 times out of 20) confidence level. Therefore, if a vote were held in the Community as a whole, we cannot predict that they would vote with a majority for one side or the other.
Discussion of Results for Proposition Number 4:
Eligible Female voters had, essentially, a tie across the board but eligible males voted more strongly (1.5:1) against the proposition, pushing the final result to a victory for their side. Six times as many teen females voted for the proposition as against.
The number of votes for ‘No Rule’ (31) was very close to the vote ‘for’ (33).
We cannot conclude then, whether or not a boobless, woman can be topless on an undesignated beach or other undesignated recreational area in Alberta.
Voter Comments Section:
Community Standards Vote 2008
Ifs/ands/buts/comments on the following proposition: 4. It is a violation of Community Standards for a woman who has had a double mastectomy (i.e. the surgical removal of both breasts without reconstructive surgery and therefore has no breast material and no nipples) to be topless at a public beach.
[Comments are typed as the various authors wrote them with no correction of spelling or editing. Editors notes are placed within square brackets.]
[legend: M=male, F=female, number is age, X=not specified.]
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F17 |
They would just look like a guy. |
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F50s |
She probably would not want to expose all that scar tissue. |
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F50s |
Shouldn’t be topless. |
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4. |
F30s |
Not topless at all. |
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F20-25 |
She is still a woman! [she voted: strongly agree] |
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F19 |
Hey, she’s still a woman! [she voted: strongly agree] |
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F60 |
Should not be at any public beaches anywhere. |
-end of Proposition 4-
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