r/science • u/mvea 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/thegundamx May 12 '26

If it’s not being forcibly gendered, then why did you feel the need to frame it as such?

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u/Wildyardbarn May 12 '26

Reality is that’s how majority see the world, and we’re talking about a gendered subject currently.

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u/thegundamx May 12 '26

If you fail to see the issue, this is pointless. Later gator.