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."
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.
@neal If you're referring to the paper its main benefit is formally testing the hypothesis.
If you're just talking about the idea, then yeah, the idea that some may over compensate in exterior displays of a trait they feel insecure about is probably not ground breaking as an idea no.
@neal Yeah, the paper is basically suggesting and testing whether comically overcompensated displays of masculine traits may be a sign of insecurity. (I don't have it in front of me right now so this is just a quick summary from memory,)
Definitely some common sense to the idea, which probably arises because we can observe it around us and guess at the cause. (This is me guessing though.)
Jonathan
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