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classic from Wired News' Furthermore archive:
Real Men Drive Compacts
08:50 AM Aug. 03, 2005 PT Men who feel anxious about their masculinity are more likely to support war, buy SUVs and be hostile to gays, according to a new study from Cornell University. Robb Willer, a sociology doctoral candidate at Cornell, gave men and women a gender-identity survey in which they received feedback saying that their answers were either masculine or feminine. Women's responses weren't affected by this feedback, but men whose manliness was threatened reacted strongly. "I found that if you made men more insecure about their masculinity, they displayed more homophobic attitudes, tended to support the Iraq war more and would be more willing to purchase an SUV over another type of vehicle," Willer said. He plans a follow-up study on men's attitudes about violence toward women, and another to see if testosterone levels are a factor. -- Debra Jones
and another less amusing one:
In Bush We Don't Trust
02:00 AM Aug. 06, 2005 PT Americans are growing wary of their president. Less than half now say they think President Bush is honest, according to an AP-Ipsos poll. The president, who won re-election declaring, "people know where I stand," could be looking at confidence problems. In January, 53 percent said they think he's honest, while 45 percent said they did not believe him. In the new poll, conducted this month, people are about evenly split, with 48 percent coming down on the side of the prez' honesty and 50 percent saying he's not. -- Joanna Glasner
isn't it strange that people only now find him not entirely honest when it's been shown that the first election was a heist, the WMD's didn't exist and the only plan they had regarding going to war was a polaroid of a few petrol drums and a road map (fastest route in, no exit) paperclipped to three-dozen bodybags.
quote for the day:
"I think we agree, the past is over."
- George W. Bush, On his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000
Real Men Drive Compacts
08:50 AM Aug. 03, 2005 PT Men who feel anxious about their masculinity are more likely to support war, buy SUVs and be hostile to gays, according to a new study from Cornell University. Robb Willer, a sociology doctoral candidate at Cornell, gave men and women a gender-identity survey in which they received feedback saying that their answers were either masculine or feminine. Women's responses weren't affected by this feedback, but men whose manliness was threatened reacted strongly. "I found that if you made men more insecure about their masculinity, they displayed more homophobic attitudes, tended to support the Iraq war more and would be more willing to purchase an SUV over another type of vehicle," Willer said. He plans a follow-up study on men's attitudes about violence toward women, and another to see if testosterone levels are a factor. -- Debra Jones
and another less amusing one:
In Bush We Don't Trust
02:00 AM Aug. 06, 2005 PT Americans are growing wary of their president. Less than half now say they think President Bush is honest, according to an AP-Ipsos poll. The president, who won re-election declaring, "people know where I stand," could be looking at confidence problems. In January, 53 percent said they think he's honest, while 45 percent said they did not believe him. In the new poll, conducted this month, people are about evenly split, with 48 percent coming down on the side of the prez' honesty and 50 percent saying he's not. -- Joanna Glasner
isn't it strange that people only now find him not entirely honest when it's been shown that the first election was a heist, the WMD's didn't exist and the only plan they had regarding going to war was a polaroid of a few petrol drums and a road map (fastest route in, no exit) paperclipped to three-dozen bodybags.
quote for the day:
"I think we agree, the past is over."
- George W. Bush, On his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000
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