There's lots of little 'tests' you can do to see what ideology holds greater cultural power.
For example: Ask "Are you afraid of expressing an opinion on x?"
If the answer is yes, then the direction of the opinion people assume they hold is the *less* powerful one.
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"Are you afraid of telling people what you truly think about beans?"
"Yes."
"Oh man this means he's probably *likes* beans!"
(is an indication that people who prefer beans have less cultural power in that group)
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I think this is a relatively recent development but at the moment generally true... if not just because women do most of the shopping.
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You might just be measuring how dangerous your dissenters are. E.g. most people might be for gun control, and yet it's dangerous to take a stance for it because the other side contains armed wackos.
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It could just mean certain topics are controversial. Where does 'cultural power' come into it? It could also mean people are insecure about their beliefs. This 'test' would have different results for each individual. Not a reliable metric.
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One caveat is that some ideologies are inclusive of other ideologies in their taboo-ness, but not in power. Islam is a good example, I don’t think Islam is powerful as an ideology in the West, but criticizing it is still “frowned upon”.
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not sure if I agree. I've got a hard time caring about what everyone else thinks, so these tests would be hard for me as I don't know which opinions I need to be afraid to have.
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A friend was once asked by someone whose apartment she was looking to share " Do you eat cheese?" It is a perfect question because it really can't be answered correctly.