Bidet usage may be the strongest example of conformity bias ever. Go in Italy, and literally everyone uses a bidet (there is even a law that makes it mandatory). Cross the border with France, and suddenly there are no bidets anymore.
I can’t even start to tell how incredibly unlikely would be to meet an Italian claiming not to use it. Italians face a lot of conformity pressure for other things, like being Catholic, drinking small amounts of wine or paying their taxes, and still it’s not so difficult to find Italian people claiming to be atheists, non-drinkers or even tax evaders. But I’ve never ever met anyone in Italy claiming not to use bidets. This is one of the few cases where I am quite certain that the small minority got it right, as conformity bias alone cannot be that strong, and the only downside of a bidet is that you have to reserve some space for it in the bathroom. If you are a bidet user, everyone else start looking like dirty savages, and every Italian lacking a bidet abroad will surely get mad about it.
Bidet usage may be the strongest example of conformity bias ever. Go in Italy, and literally everyone uses a bidet (there is even a law that makes it mandatory). Cross the border with France, and suddenly there are no bidets anymore.
I can’t even start to tell how incredibly unlikely would be to meet an Italian claiming not to use it. Italians face a lot of conformity pressure for other things, like being Catholic, drinking small amounts of wine or paying their taxes, and still it’s not so difficult to find Italian people claiming to be atheists, non-drinkers or even tax evaders. But I’ve never ever met anyone in Italy claiming not to use bidets. This is one of the few cases where I am quite certain that the small minority got it right, as conformity bias alone cannot be that strong, and the only downside of a bidet is that you have to reserve some space for it in the bathroom. If you are a bidet user, everyone else start looking like dirty savages, and every Italian lacking a bidet abroad will surely get mad about it.