--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Masculinity Challenged, Men Prefer War and SUVs > > > By LiveScience Staff > > > > > > posted: 02 August 2005 03:58 pm ET > > > > > > 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 [in > > > desire] 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. > > > > > > > > > http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050802_masculinity.html > > > > > > or > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/a5gq9 > > > > So - if you support the Iraq War you might be gay, but you will like > > your SUV. Sure, did the funding come from Soros? > > > > (For the sarcasm impaired - that's sarcasm) > > I get that the bit about Soros is sarcasm, but > is your notion of what the study found sarcasm > too? Because it isn't what the article says at > all.
What little I know about statistics says that correlation doesn't prove causal connection. I understand what Willer did, but why did he do it? JohnY To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
