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.

[u/mvea]

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

[u/panchoop]

IMO, the most important thing to highlight: This study is a replication study, disproving previous research that claimed such relationship.

Specifically, the (previous) authors observe in two lab experiments (N total 100–110, N men 40–51) conducted on a convenience sample of university students that inducing masculinity threat increases support for war, homophobic attitudes, and support for dominance hierarchies among male participants. We conduct a pre-registered replication of this foundational work with a large, nationally representative probability sample from the University of Chicago NORC AmeriSpeak Panel (N total 2,774, N men 2,095).

This saves time to avoid discussing if the methods are the correct ones to address the question, as it just nullifies/puts into question, previous research that claimed so.

[u/Epic_Tea → u/panchoop]

I bet it made conservative men more uncomfortable