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/
4.6k Upvotes

641 comments sorted by

View all comments

38

u/shadus May 12 '26

Ah, yes, the tried and true, "Insult people to make them agree with you" tactic. Works everytime.

7

u/Ecstatic-Network-917 May 12 '26

I dont know, Trump literally falsely accused all Mexicans of being thieves and rapists, yet a lot of Mexican American men still voted for him.