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Boys Don't Cry (Cornell Study: Men Support War because they are "insecure")
Opinion Journal: Best of the Web Today (5th item) ^
| 8/3/05
| BY JAMES TARANTO
Posted on 08/03/2005 12:56:25 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
A path-breaking new study by Robb Willer, a Cornell doctoral candidate in sociology, finds that, as Willer tells the Cornell University News Service, "if you made men more insecure about their masculinity, they . . . tended to support the Iraq war more":
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.
The men who were told they were effeminate were not only more likely to support the Iraq war but also to support "homophobia," by which Willer apparently means adhering to the traditional definition of marriage.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cityofevil; cornell; ithaca; loopylibs; psychobabble; sitzpinklers
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:57:31 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
DW study: Liberals don't support war because they are insecure in their manhood and want women to think they are sensitive.
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:57:51 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
("The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them."-Wm. Clayton)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:58:24 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
To: Behind Liberal Lines
"if you made men more insecure about their masculinity, they . . . tended to support the Iraq war more": I am once again struck speechless by the nonsense coming out of the lefty-libs these days.....
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:58:35 PM PDT
by
An Old Marine
(Freedom isn't Free)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
. . . path-breaking new study . . . What path would that be?
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:59:10 PM PDT
by
madprof98
To: Behind Liberal Lines
This is absurd. And I suppose if men feel "more secure," then it's only logical that they'll turn into wussified Milquetoasts for feminists and other Leftists?
What a load of crap.
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:59:22 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Thanks to the Leftists, yesterday's deviants are today's "alternate lifestyles.")
To: Behind Liberal Lines
LOL. My study finds that professors use innane studies to "prove" their relevance to the Real World.
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:59:43 PM PDT
by
Fenris6
(3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
To: AppyPappy
It needs a few flushes just to make sure it is GONE!!
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posted on
08/03/2005 12:59:50 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Willer administered a gender identity survey to a sample of male and female Cornell undergraduates in the fall of 2004. Big mistake from the get-go. I wouldn't try to divine anything meaningful from information gathered from a sample of Cornell undergrads!
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:00:41 PM PDT
by
HitmanLV
To: Behind Liberal Lines
A real man (one who is secure in his masculinity) will, when facing an aggressor who means to do him bodily harm, will:
Turn
Run
Hide
Whimper like a girl
Collaborate
That's what my French teacher always said.
To: Darkwolf377
Liberals don't support war because they are insecure in their manhood and want women to think they are sensitive have "pity sex" with them. There. Clarified it.
:o)
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:01:57 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Thanks to the Leftists, yesterday's deviants are today's "alternate lifestyles.")
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army
Look at this crap! A bit of advice from a 40 year gyrene... Don't expect liberals to understand courage, honor, or sacrifice. Look on nonsense like this as entertainment.
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:02:10 PM PDT
by
An Old Marine
(Freedom isn't Free)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
The researcher used Cornell undergraduate "males" as his test subjects. And he only used 111 or so, hardly a decent sample of men.
To: ClearCase_guy
TurnRunHideWhimper like a girlCollaborate Very good summary of the Democrat's platform. Kudos.
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:03:08 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(Thanks to the Leftists, yesterday's deviants are today's "alternate lifestyles.")
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:03:24 PM PDT
by
jdm
(The answer to the extra credit question on a Columbia U exam is always choice C: "Bush's Fault.")
To: ClearCase_guy
That's what my French teacher always said.Oh that explains it. I studied Latin and you know how yellow those old Romans were....
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:03:37 PM PDT
by
An Old Marine
(Freedom isn't Free)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Talk about your JUNK science. Do these people have nothing better to do?
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:03:45 PM PDT
by
SolidRedState
(E Pluribus Funk --- (Latin taglines are sooooo cool! Don't ya think?))
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Cornell doctoral candidate in sociologyWe should take seriously this homework of a grad student?
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posted on
08/03/2005 1:03:52 PM PDT
by
Rocko
("The ratio of damn fools to villains is high." -- Robert A. Heinlein)
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