Cleanliness is next to... conservatism? (interesting content; ignore leftist slant)

Medical Xpress, sourced from Psychological Science ^ | 15 Aug 2012 | Anonymous

[rjbemsha]

The researchers surmise that political orientation (identifying as more conservative or more liberal) may be shaped, at least in part, by the strength of a person’s motivation to avoid physical contamination. People who try to avoid such contamination are more likely to be vigilant in seeking out threats to purity, which ultimately reinforces a politically conservative worldview.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cleanliness-conservatism.html#jCp

[rjbemsha]

The title of the source article in Psychological Science is "Dirty Liberals! Reminders of Physical Cleanliness Influence Moral and Political Attitudes."

I guess I can go along with the "Dirty Liberals" tag. There is something to the clean = conservative, dirty = progressive dichotomy.

[cripplecreek]

Ridiculous. I’ve had some seriously filthy jobs.

When I was in the paint room new people were warned about my blast radius.

[FredZarguna]

Riiiiiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhhhhtttttttttttttt ...

[Jack Hydrazine]

Hippies do stink!

[bravo whiskey]

this is crap. conservatives are “cleaner” in society as can be seen with the lack of trash after a te aparty rally vs the filth at an ows sit in.

[ottbmare]

This is one of the most stupidly-designed studies I’ve ever read or heard of. I am stunned with the sheer badness of the experimental design.