Study shows 'Masculinity Challenged Men' Prefer War and SUVs

[nascarblue]

HAHAHAHA! Nothing we didn't already know but it's still nice to see it validated by a Cornell University study....



Men whose masculinity is challenged become more inclined to support war or buy an SUV, a new study finds.

Their attitudes against gays change, too.

Cornell University researcher Robb Willer used a survey to sample undergraduates. Participants were randomly assigned feedback that indicated their responses were either masculine of feminine.

The women had no discernable reaction to either type of feedback in a follow-up survey.

But the guys' reactions were "strongly affected," Willer said today.

"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," said Willer said. "There were no increases for other types of cars."

Those who had their masculinity threatened also said they felt more ashamed, guilty, upset and hostile than those whose masculinity was confirmed, he said.

[NewJeffCT]

1. So, if I'm against war and have never driven an SUV?

that means I don't feel inadequate, right?

[nascarblue]

8. Means youre a stud and a swordsmen!...NT

[Syncronaut Seven]

25. I ride a bicycle! Had to have a special seat built to accommodate however

You can't just fling that thing over your shoulder you know! :rofl:

[ET Awful]

2. LMAO . . . . wow, finally a scientific study that proves what we already

knew :)

[Burried News]

3. I was listening to Chevy adds a week and a half ago.

Every model was touted as having more power than the competition. And here we sit watching the gas pump readings blur befor our eyes.
Someone here quipped that when he filled his old pickup truck it's value was became double the bluebook.

[electropop]

18. The bigger the vehicle, the smaller the...

brain. What, you thought I was gonna say something else? ;-)

[Burried News]

20. You can call me Ray you can call me Jay but the one thing you caint

call me is Big Johnson. (Old Laugh in Show - I think)

[electropop]

23. As Nixon so prophetically said on Laugh-In...

"Sock it to me!"

Or as Bush said,

"Bring it on!"

Let's do as he requested. :evilgrin:

[dweller]

4. duh

now where is that wiggly-pinkie-finger emoticon when you need it??

dp

[fudge stripe cookays]

14. I try to do this to as many Hummer drivers as I can.

But only when reprehensor isn't looking. He hates thinking what they might do to us. Guns are legal here, after all.

FSC

[YOY]

28. FSC, Now you made me LMAO

Revenge for the 'Jeebity Jebus' no doubt!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Yes, I do the same thing. Makes the wife crazy. She's thinks were going to get shot! I hate to steriotype...but he Hummer driver and the psychotic gun nut are seldom the same guy.

...oh wait I do love to steriotype RWers!

[renie408]

5. And they don't like cats...

My husband is a construction worker (complete with toolbelt) who works around our farm on weekends and days off. At a glance, he would appear to be your standard Billy Bob southern good ole boy. Only he doesn't hunt, is rabidly anti-war (worse than me), hates Republicans and is looking into a hybrid car. I have to confess that he does drive an F350 deisel truck, but that's because he needs it for work and we use it to pull our horse trailer.

Oh, and he likes cats. I have this theory that secure men like cats. Insecure men are dog people. It takes a secure person to like a pet that will eat you if you drop dead.

[murielm99]

9. Or, secure men are animal lovers, period.

* is afraid of horses. They probably read his evil character, and react badly to him, so he is, in turn, frightened of them.

All animals like my husband. Our dog loves both of us, but our cat likes him best.

[renie408]

12. Nah...

The reason he probably doesn't like horses is that except for being on the wrong end of the food chain, they really are a bit like 1200 pound cats. Horses are really "What have you done for me lately?" They are like cats in that respect. Horses don't worship; they tolerate. Hell, cats don't even do that much.

[Fritz67]

17. Plus...

...He was scarred (further) mentally when he tried to milk that male horse and it kicked him across the "ranch".

[The Icon Painter]

10. Lovely

I like your theory. Lady, you have good sense (and apparently married well).

[renie408]

13. :)

[AnneD]

19. Next time give a spew alert....

:spray: LOL LOL LOL ain't it the truth....Good on ya mate.

[Burried News]

21. What a punch line - a man's biggest fear.

A man eating pussy - vagina dentata.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. Oh, very good! I've been telling my friends for years,

if a man doesn't like cats, he won't appreciate an independent woman. There's a lot to be learned about a man when you find out his attitude toward cats.

[Coastie for Truth]

6. My masculinity is ok.

I drive a Prius and am against this war (served 3 years during VietNam).

[xkenx]

7. To Put it More Crudely

You know what they say, "Big guns, little dicks."

[kodi]

11. humvee owners = small penis?

somewhere a grad student will get his/her degree (or a busted head)from that sort of research

[demigoddess]

15. everytime I see one of those big SUVs I get the urge to write on it

VERY SMALL P***S!

[trogdor]

26. Now where's that South Park graphic...

...of the Japanese dude in the Emmy award-winning episode "Chinpokomon?"

[Triana]

16. Sexual aggression is institutionalized in the military..

..related:

http://stangoff.com/index.php?cat=4

[GoneOffShore]

24. So I'm right when I put stickers on SUV's

that say "Owner has Small P***is" or BCSD. Big Car, Small ****.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

27. What your car says about you...

http://www.thehumorarchives.com/humor/0000437.html

Porsche Turbo -- "I have a three-inch thingie"

Audi 90 -- "I enjoy putting out engine fires"

Honda Civic -- "I have just graduated and have no credit"

[Contrary1]

29. Cornell Univ. failed to mention another important factor...

What percentage of the total pairs of tube socks sold in the US do this men purchase?
I am contacting the university right now! I will report back.