Mastodawn

I can't get over this sentence no matter how often I read it.

"Women showed no effects when told they were masculine; however, men given feedback suggesting they were feminine expressed more support for war, homophobic attitudes, and interest in purchasing an SUV."

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Jonathan 5d ago

Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis
Author(s): Robb Willer, Christabel L. Rogalin, Bridget Conlon, and Michael T. Wojnowicz Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 118, No. 4 (January 2013), pp. 980-1022

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Jonathan 4d ago

Men are just not good leaders because they're too emotional and WHAT I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I HAVE FOUR SUVs SIR FOUR OF THEM

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Jonathan 4d ago

"In this way, men may inadvertently reveal feelings of threat by behaving in a more extremely masculine way than they otherwise would. If true, the thesis implies that extreme, caricatured demonstrations of masculinity among men may in fact serve as tell-tale signs of underlying insecurity, not self-assured confidence. Those men who exhibit the most masculine traits may actually be seeking cover for lurking insecurities, their outsized masculine displays in fact strategic claims at ...

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Jonathan 4d ago

masculine status, efforts to pass as something they fear they are not."

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Jonathan 4d ago

Applied practically in everyday life:

Car salesman:
Can I interest you in this much more expensive SUV?

Man:
Nah, I'm okay with this hatchback.

Car salesman:
Does perhaps your wife make the purchasing decisions in the family and I should be talking with her?

Man:
I'll take 7.

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