It really is an uphill battle to educate people. So many people in the west operate under the assumption of "I didn't know about this, therefore NO ONE does."
There's a mental development test done on young children where they'll be shown a small container that normally contains smarties (or m&ms or whatever) and asked what is in the container, they'll respond with "smarties." but the jar is then opened to reveal a tiny pencil. The child is then asked "If your mum came in here and we asked her what was in the jar, what would she say?" and kids before certain developmental milestones will answer with "a pencil" because they don't understand theory of mind yet, that others can know things they don't and vice versa.
What I'm saying is, an awful, awful lot of adults in the west would probably fail this very basic test that most children can pass by primary school year 2 or 3.
It really is an uphill battle to educate people. So many people in the west operate under the assumption of "I didn't know about this, therefore NO ONE does."
There's a mental development test done on young children where they'll be shown a small container that normally contains smarties (or m&ms or whatever) and asked what is in the container, they'll respond with "smarties." but the jar is then opened to reveal a tiny pencil. The child is then asked "If your mum came in here and we asked her what was in the jar, what would she say?" and kids before certain developmental milestones will answer with "a pencil" because they don't understand theory of mind yet, that others can know things they don't and vice versa.
What I'm saying is, an awful, awful lot of adults in the west would probably fail this very basic test that most children can pass by primary school year 2 or 3.