--- 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




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