Why do you "take it" that that's a projection? In fact, it's a statistic based on a house-by-house census. Look, rather than admit that generalizations are not "necessary" (again, your word) in discussing cultural phenomena, you're willing to play word games and continually shift the argument. Doesn't make for a very fruitful discussion.
Show me the census.
Look, rather than admit that generalizations are not "necessary" (again, your word) in discussing cultural phenomena, you're willing to play word games and continually shift the argument. Doesn't make for a very fruitful discussion.
Unless you take a census every year, you're going to use generalizations or not have a very involved discussion.
Really, see my earlier posts about the utility of generalizations. It's a canard to say that they are out of bounds.