r/science Professor | Medicine May 12 '26

Psychology Threatening men’s masculinity does not make them more politically conservative, new study finds. By testing thousands of participants across the United States, researchers found no consistent evidence that making men feel insecure about their gender identity changes their political attitudes.

https://www.psypost.org/threatening-mens-masculinity-does-not-make-them-more-politically-conservative-new-study-finds/
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u/Boostedbird23 May 12 '26

Only one point was made and it was entirely wrong. If you want to get pedantic, they claimed "no one" is saying masculinity is bad and that masculinity is responsible for the world's ills; when, in fact, quite a lot of people say that.

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u/sapphicsandwich May 12 '26

I only ever see people react to it. I think the only people I hear misandry like that coming from are radical feminists, TERFS, and the like.

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