Getting into some weird science here.Many self-professed conservatives express their opposition that way, their stance being emotional and related to disgust sensitivity (the so called "Ick" factor).
First of all a lot of research (we've gone over the multitudes of difference research lines about this) has shown that the limbic system in the brain is more active with professed conservatives than liberals. One idea coming out of this is that given the same visual stimulus, self-identified conservatives should have a heightened emotional/disgust response than those identifying themselves as liberal. One study, Disgust Sensitivity and the Neurophysiology of Left-Right Political Orientations by Kevin B. Smith, Douglas Oxley, Matthew V. Hibbing, John R. Alford, and John R. Hibbing (2011) PLOS1. found generalized disgust sensitivity differences between conservatives and liberals. Another set of studies reported in Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Intuitive Disapproval of Gays by Yoel Inbar, David A. Pizarro, Joshua Knobe and Paul Bloom (2009) 2009, Vol. 9, No. 3, 435-439, showed that the more disgust sensitive participants were, the more they showed unfavorable automatic associations with gay people as opposed to heterosexuals. So it adds up. The emotional reactions many conservatives express when confronted with same sex marriage is an expression of their heightened disgust sensitivity. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:25 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:17 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I understand that there are many non-religious and anti-religious folks on >> this list and I'm not going to spend time trying to prosthelytize to any of >> them nor am I going to try to "convert" them to understanding my emotional >> stance. >> >> > That's cool CHH. > > Can i ask a question though? Why do you mention religion above, but then at > the end describe your stance as "emotional"? > > I'm just curious. Emotions are things we can't always help...when I see my > gay friend kiss his partner, my instant reaction is always the same: > "Fucking gross!". I can't help it. It's like eating broccoli....my > mind/body just says "YUCK!". I'm able to quickly discard these emotions > though, and keep them from tarnishing my sense of equality. > > It seems to me your stance goes a bit beyond just the emotional. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369736 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
