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Study: Men overcompensate when their masculinity is threatened

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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Threaten a man's masculinity and he will assume more macho attitudes, according to a study by a Cornell University researcher.

"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 Robb Willer, a sociology doctoral candidate at Cornell. Willer is presenting his findings Aug. 15 at the American Sociological Association's 100th annual meeting in Philadelphia.

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Willer administered a gender identity survey to a sample of male and female Cornell undergraduates in the fall of 2004. Participants were randomly assigned to receive feedback that their responses indicated either a masculine or a feminine identity. While women's responses were unchanged regardless of the feedback they received, men's reactions "were strongly affected by this feedback," Willer said.
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In other news:

In response to the President's plunging poll numbers on his dealing with the Iraq War, the Bush administration has recently announced that all men not supporting the Iraq War effort are fairies. :D
 
I question the lack of variety of their participants. For one, everyone knows men going to Cornell are overcompinsating for something.
 
an alternative explanation was that they were trying to mess up his study but miseed the point.
 
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Threaten a man's masculinity and he will assume more macho attitudes, according to a study by a Cornell University researcher.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Star known as "Sun" responsible for daylight, according to a study by Cornell University astronomer.
 
Skeptic said:
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Threaten a man's masculinity and he will assume more macho attitudes, according to a study by a Cornell University researcher.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Star known as "Sun" responsible for daylight, according to a study by Cornell University astronomer.
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Daddy, I found you :D
 
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