http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050802_masculinity.html

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"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."

Maybe its just a masculinity challenge and not having a small penis ...

8/3/2005 4:41:19 PM

cool

8/3/2005 4:42:50 PM

SUVs aren't that masculine anyways

8/3/2005 5:10:36 PM

True. Just think about all those soccer moms ...

8/3/2005 5:15:00 PM

exactly


I mean look at some of them now, theya re kinda wimpy

8/3/2005 6:00:36 PM

I make up for my small penis with hate crimes.

8/3/2005 6:04:34 PM

^^ yeah.

I like older SUVs much more because they seem mucch more rugged.

I just think this article is interesting, especially the increase in homophobic reactions.

8/3/2005 7:02:39 PM

masculinity is a dying trait anyways

by 2031, men and women will be completely interchangeable. guys will be lactating regularly, women will be taking 10 minutes out of every day to jerk it, we'll end up fighting over how each other washes the dishes

we're approaching sad times

8/3/2005 7:15:07 PM

WTF

8/3/2005 7:21:09 PM

^^crazy bitches will still run rampant tho

8/3/2005 7:27:13 PM

So sports car =/= small penis
but SUV = small penis

Interesting

8/3/2005 7:30:46 PM

I'd like to know how Robb made men more insecure about their masculinity.

8/3/2005 8:43:45 PM

I don't really find SUV's to be masculine. I'd say a truck is more of a masculine thing.

8/3/2005 8:47:26 PM

Red is obviously more masculine than light blue. If you think otherwise, it's because I made you feel more insecure about your sexuality. Just look at you squirm, you little girly man.

8/3/2005 8:56:13 PM

Uhh uhh...Iraq wasn't a mistake!

8/3/2005 9:00:16 PM

what is an suv but a truck with a backseat and a few thousand pounds of extraneous metal?

8/3/2005 10:30:18 PM

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"I'd like to know how Robb made men more insecure about their masculinity."

Perhaps he raped them.?.?

8/3/2005 11:27:12 PM

We didn't really need a study to tell us this... but it's good to have on that confirms it.

8/4/2005 12:51:57 AM

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"what is an suv but a truck with a backseat and a few thousand pounds of extraneous metal?"

What is an suv but a minivan put on a truck frame?

8/4/2005 1:12:57 AM

minus about 10 mpg

8/4/2005 1:28:06 AM

I love how stupid these "tests" are. It's like they're ripped right out of some teenage girl magazine.

8/4/2005 1:51:27 AM

^ Have you been reading a lot of teenage girl magazines lately?

8/4/2005 2:26:49 AM

Cool beans. That's like where I get my pick up lines for the internets. Duh!

[Edited on August 4, 2005 at 2:43 AM. Reason : Totaly, what...evar!]

8/4/2005 2:35:40 AM