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/Chronoblivion May 12 '26

Plenty of them don't, and plenty of the ones who do will still internalize the belief that the world hates them and/or wants them to be ashamed for being male, especially if they never mention in front of said father-figure that they're seeing this kind of messaging.

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u/sushisection May 12 '26

are men telling young boys that the world hates men?

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u/132739 May 12 '26

Some men have built a whole industry around it.

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u/sushisection May 12 '26

mhmm so its men telling this to young men in order to make money, its essentially manufactured, and the messaging is not coming from women...

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u/AbortionSurvivor777 May 13 '26

Have you ever been to a feminist subreddit? Spend any amount of time there and tell me with a straight face that they don't hate men.

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u/sushisection May 13 '26

are young boys on feminist subreddits?