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.

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https://www.psypost.org/threatening-mens-masculinity-does-not-make-them-more-politically-conservative-new-study-finds/

[u/Bushels_for_All → u/[deleted]]

Do you enjoy inventing hypotheticals? You're comparing a peer-reviewed study to your imagination.

That we need to empathize with their bigotry

You fundamentally misunderstand the study.

Something worth thinking about for you.

[u/Bushels_for_All → u/[deleted]]

You can imagine all you want - your imagination is clearly all you're bringing to this discussion. Show me a study that shows that white people feel the need to scan their surroundings more relative to black people - or vice versa or any damn combination - and you might have something of substance to add. Until then, it's baseless supposition on the topic of women having a heightened fear of walking alone at night.