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| Strong men more likely to have right-wing views, study reveals |
| 2013-05-18 |
| MEN with strong upper body strength are more likely to vote conservatively while physically weaker males have a greater tendency towards left-leaning views. And stronger men are more likely to protect their resources while weaker males favor more socialist views such as wealth distribution, researchers claim. Psychological scientists Michael Bang Petersen of DenmarkÂ’s Aarhus University, and Daniel Sznycer of the University of California, say political motivations may have evolutionary links to physical strength. The scientists say men's upper body strength predicts and influences their political opinions and this link reflects psychological traits that evolved in response to our early ancestral environments and continue to influence behaviour today. "While many think of politics as a modern phenomenon, it has - in a sense - always been with our species," they say. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 Barak was the head of Israeli Labor party, Besoeker. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-18 11:27 |
| #7 So the corollary should be that the predominant physical characteristic of strongly conservative areas should be an over abundance of buff rich guys? Will moving to idaho help my triceps and wallet? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2013-05-18 10:52 |
| #6 I wish I could find the blog post I saw on this. The writer, digging into the original study, discovered that there actually is a second bifurcation along the line of financial success. That is, financially successful men with strong upper bodies were against redistribution, but financially unsuccessful men wtih strong upper bodies were strongly for it. Think the difference between the Independent business owner and the union man. He posted three beautiful graphs, presumably from the publication, showing those correlations. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-05-18 10:36 |
| #5 As you are well aware g(r)om, there are significant exceptions . We must be careful to mind the stereotypes. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-18 10:06 |
| #4 Like Schwarzenegger? :-( |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-18 10:01 |
| #3 At my age I hope the reverse is also true, that right wing views make you stronger. |
| Posted by: BrujoTejano 2013-05-18 09:09 |
| #2 Yah, wadda bout it? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-05-18 01:39 |
| #1 I don't recall 1990's Clintonian "Arrogant Fascist Male Brutes" quip distinguishing between Alpha + Beta Males. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-18 00:37 |