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Threaten our manhood, and men act like, uhh, bigger Repubclian boobs
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| MisterOpus1 |
For the record, I drive a Honda Accord (no spoiler last I checked either). Guess I really am a "girly-man":
| quote: | Men overcompensate when their masculinity is threatened, Cornell study shows
By Daniel Aloi
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Threaten a man's masculinity and he will assume more macho attitudes, according to a study by a Cornell University researcher.
"I found that if you made men more insecure about their masculinity, they displayed more homophobic attitudes, tended to support the Iraq War more and would be more willing to purchase an SUV over another type of vehicle," said Robb Willer, a sociology doctoral candidate at Cornell. Willer is presenting his findings Aug. 15 at the American Sociological Association's 100th annual meeting in Philadelphia.
"Masculine overcompensation is the idea that men who are insecure about their masculinity will behave in an extremely masculine way as compensation. I wanted to test this idea and also explore whether overcompensation could help explain some attitudes like support for war and animosity to homosexuals," Willer said.
Willer administered a gender identity survey to a sample of male and female Cornell undergraduates in the fall of 2004. Participants were randomly assigned to receive feedback that their responses indicated either a masculine or a feminine identity. While women's responses were unchanged regardless of the feedback they received, men's reactions "were strongly affected by this feedback," Willer said.
"Masculinity-threatened men also reported feeling more ashamed, guilty, upset and hostile than did masculinity-confirmed men," states Willer's report, "Overdoing Gender: Testing the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis."
"The masculine overcompensation thesis has its roots in Freudian psychology, but it has become a popularly accepted idea that I felt should be empirically tested and evaluated," Willer said.
He questioned subjects about their political attitudes, including how they felt about a same-sex marriage ban and their support for President Bush's handling of the Iraq War.
"I created composites from subjects' answers to these and other questions," he said. "I also gave subjects a car-buying vignette, presented as part of a study of purchasing a new car."
Masculinity-threatened participants also showed more interest in buying an SUV. "There were no increases for other types of cars," Willer said.
The study produced "the predicted results," he said. "The intention of the study was to explore whether masculine overcompensation exists and where. But the point isn't to suggest these are the only factors that can explain these behaviors. Likewise, there may be a wide variety of other behaviors that could increase when men are concerned about their levels of masculinity."
In a separate study, Willer verified that support for the Iraq War, homophobia and interest in purchasing an SUV were all considered masculine by study participants.
Willer said he and a colleague are planning additional research on subjects' attitudes regarding violence toward women, using the same method for manipulating masculine insecurity.
"I'm planning another follow-up to the study that involves taking testosterone samples from participants to see if testosterone levels are a mediating factor in this process," he added.
The research involved 111 Cornell undergraduates and was funded by the Department of Sociology at Cornell.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories...gender.dea.html |
Teehee! |
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| trancaholic |
| quote: | "I found that if you made men more insecure about their masculinity, they displayed more homophobic attitudes, tended to support the Iraq War more and would be more willing to purchase an SUV over another type of vehicle," said Robb Willer
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Never one to readily accept conclusions from statistical inference, I wonder if there might be a reverse relationship, where people that display homophobic attitudes and
support the Iraq War tend to feel insecure about their sexuality?
What do you think, smoke_ape?;)
| quote: | In a separate study, Willer verified that support for the Iraq War, homophobia and interest in purchasing an SUV were all considered masculine by study participants.
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I wonder why it's masculine to fear gays? :conf: |
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| St_Andrew |
| Intersting but not really suprising. I also think that people who are insecure about anything (and generally care about that, hence insecure about themselves) really tend to overcompensate a lot, so not only about masculinity. |
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| Shakka |
| Oh that article is soooooo gay!:o |
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| Yoepus |
I support the war on Iraq, therefore I'm afraid of gays.
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
I support the war on Iraq, therefore I'm afraid of gays.
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Bah wtf did somebody do with my signature???!?!?!?!?:whip: :whip: :mad: :mad:
This means war. Bring it on!:disbelief |
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| Yoepus |
Curious about "See Rule #5" I look at signature rules:
| quote: | Signature Guidelines
1) Keep Nudity to a minimum (sure, there's nothing wrong with it but some people go to extremes)
2) No Images/Banners advertising allowed (web sites/products/etc.) - one line of text with a link is allowed. If it is a site that caters to electronica listeners then it MUST have a link to TranceAddict in it's links area.
3) If you include a list of items or a lot of text in your signature then consider changing the font size to Small from the drop down box above the editor.
4) Keep animated GIFs to a minimum
5) No Political/religion related commentary/imagery
6) Thanks for reading the above - now go be creative with your sig.
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Censorship! Censorship! Censorship! Bah I'll cry it again: Censorship!
Help support the Yoepus wants to ban a mod foundation and PM your mod today!
Next thing we know Occrider will never be able to mention Baghdad Bob:whip: ;) |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
Curious about "See Rule #5" I look at signature rules:
:whip:
Censorship! Censorship! Censorship! Bah I'll cry it again: Censorship!
Help support the Yoepus wants to ban a mod foundation and PM your mod today!
Next thing we know Occrider will never be able to mention Baghdad Bob:whip: ;) |
You got away with it for soooo long. It was incredibly offensive too. I mean Zionist Mustard?! What is happening to this place? |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
You got away with it for soooo long. It was incredibly offensive too. I mean Zionist Mustard?! What is happening to this place? |
It musta been a Frenchy! Damn French mustard:mad:
Ohh I'm so angry today:toothless |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
Curious about "See Rule #5" I look at signature rules:
:whip:
Censorship! Censorship! Censorship! Bah I'll cry it again: Censorship!
Help support the Yoepus wants to ban a mod foundation and PM your mod today!
Next thing we know Occrider will never be able to mention Baghdad Bob:whip: ;) |
Horrible! I have no words for it! And besides, it wasnt necisairly political... Cause you love mustard dont you? :D Get a layer and appeal it! |
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| MisterOpus1 |
Yeah, that guy who did the study does look pretty damn gay in his photo! Whole thing must have been a strong vindication to his femininity.:D
...so NOW they're crackin' down on political sigs, eh Yoepus? I loved your mustard sig, man. Wasup widat? |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by MisterOpus1
Yeah, that guy who did the study does look pretty damn gay in his photo! Whole thing must have been a strong vindication to his femininity.:D
...so NOW they're crackin' down on political sigs, eh Yoepus? I loved your mustard sig, man. Wasup widat? |
Yea whocares. Sorry Opus, I'm hijacking this thread.
Gay guy will have to wait.
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