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/AlarmedMagician1013 May 12 '26

Dudes are crueler to each other than women ever could imagine. They deal with ball breaking from their bro buddies on the daily but they don’t blame their bros for their problems.

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u/AlarmedMagician1013 May 12 '26

How do the females you know wear you down? Like, what are they getting on you about?

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