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STUDY: Testosterone Treatment Turns Democrat Voters More Conservative.
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Posted on 05/18/2022 10:01:13 PM PDT by TigerClaws

IIncreased testosterone levels can cause Democrats to become more conservative in their political affiliation, a recent experiment analyzing voters in U.S. elections found.

The study – Testosterone Administration Induces A Red Shift in Democrats – was published on November 14th, 2021 by Professor Paul Zak, the Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University.

“His research has made a substantial impact in explaining the variation in human social behaviors and has been cited by other scholars over 18,000 times placing in the top 0.3% of all scholars,” explains his professional biography.

Zak’s latest findings reveal a link between testosterone levels and political preference through analyzing 136 voting-age males throughout the 2012 election season.

“Our results demonstrate that testosterone induces a “red shift” among weakly-affiliated Democrats,” summarized the paper.

Researchers administered synthetic testosterone or placebo to participants who previously disclosed their political affiliations, allowing researchers to track how the hormone affected participants’ politics.

“When weakly affiliated Democrats received additional testosterone, the strength of their party fell by 12 percent and they reported 45 percent warmer feelings towards Republican candidates for president,” explained the study.

“Before the testosterone treatment, we found that weakly affiliated Democrats had 19 percent higher basal testosterone than those who identified strongly with the party,” the study continues, reiterating the correlation between individuals with lower testoreone having left-wing political beliefs.

While the effects of testosterone waned with individuals who were staunch Democrats or weak Republicans, “our findings provide evidence that neuroactive hormones affect political preferences,” posits the study.

The study comes amidst an ongoing discussion about declining testosterone levels in the U.S. and mainstream media outlets such as The New York Times attacking Fox News host Tucker Carlson for addressing the issue in a recent documentary.

The unearthed link between hormones and political ideology also follows scientists floating “morality pills” as a method to enforce COVID-19 mandate compliance.


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To: metmom

They may as well have already had the sex change.


41 posted on 05/19/2022 1:54:26 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: TigerClaws

The science of soy. Didn’t we all know this already?

The Femocrats are the party of angry women and weak men.


42 posted on 05/19/2022 2:24:51 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: TigerClaws

and its Lefties who want us to not eat meat either.....


43 posted on 05/19/2022 2:28:24 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Nifster

44 posted on 05/19/2022 2:32:27 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Norski

Funnily enough, he was talking about atrazine. The introduction of atrazine into surface water had some nasty effects on frogs:

Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females

Source

45 posted on 05/19/2022 2:34:21 AM PDT by markomalley (Directive 10-289 is in force)
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To: Tired of Taxes

It probably means women who vote conservative have the right amounts of estrogen, unlike the butch “womyn” of the left.


46 posted on 05/19/2022 2:35:29 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: TigerClaws

Radical feminists and homosexuals think the climate scam is an excuse to outlaw meat and neuter real men by making them eat soy, which is loaded with toxins that mimic estrogen in a man’s body.


47 posted on 05/19/2022 3:12:46 AM PDT by Big Brother Go to Hell
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To: TigerClaws

The correlation between T levels and Rightist politics has been known for a while.


48 posted on 05/19/2022 3:21:42 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: lee martell

When I read that title, I chuckled and thought “Go Bee!”


49 posted on 05/19/2022 3:22:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: TigerClaws

It’s going to take a lot more than testosterone. These people need a brain transplant.


50 posted on 05/19/2022 3:41:56 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Saints are sinners who never gave up. --St. Theresa of Avila)
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To: markomalley

“Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females…” . . .

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Seems that frogs should make excellent pest control for insects. Wonder if law of unintended consequences applies here.


51 posted on 05/19/2022 3:55:13 AM PDT by Norski (Revelation 22:20)
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To: TigerClaws

I recoil when I see males with man buns more than guys with face piercing. Disgusting twinks.


52 posted on 05/19/2022 4:25:17 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: TigerClaws

Makes perfect sense.


53 posted on 05/19/2022 4:37:29 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thi I'mng systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: TigerClaws

Makes perfect sense.


54 posted on 05/19/2022 4:37:42 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thi I'mng systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Jim W N

Easy way to fix our country - add testosterone to the water supply.

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Seriously, didn’t some well known lefties…Ezekiel Emanuel…want abortion up to 2 yrs old.…. He also wanted to put something in the water to make people sterile. Not just women. The young bill gates agreed and had additional sick ideas. That’s what happens when you don’t believe in God. You think you’re God. Everything is for their greater good.


55 posted on 05/19/2022 4:40:44 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
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To: metmom
Maybe this is why so much soy has been pushed into our food supply

I was thinking the same thing. Soy is hormonally destructive for men. I learned by accident that I was allergic, and after cutting it out of my diet, I never felt better. Any hint of it in something I eat will bring back the old symptoms.

56 posted on 05/19/2022 4:47:05 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: TigerClaws
Can we get President Trump to swim in the New York reservoirs?

Each day, more than 1.1 billion gallons of fresh, clean water is delivered from large upstate reservoirs – some more than 125 miles from the City – to the taps of nine million customers throughout New York state.

The watersheds of the three systems cover an area of almost 2,000 square miles, approximately the size of the state of Delaware. The reservoirs combined have a storage capacity of 550 billion gallons. The water flows to New York City through aqueducts, and 97 percent reaches homes and businesses through gravity alone; only 3 percent must be pumped to its final destination. Chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria, and fluoride is added to help prevent tooth decay.


57 posted on 05/19/2022 5:30:47 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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To: rarestia

Allergies will do that.

I am very allergic to a lot and if I am diligent about avoiding triggers, life is good.

But get into something that I react to, and I’m down for the count for two days.


58 posted on 05/19/2022 6:04:20 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith… )
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To: Norski
"Wonder if law of unintended consequences applies here."

Whenever and wherever man tries to "fix" the environment, whether it be too many bugs or too many rabbits, or whatever. It always ends up in a mess.. You can't remove a predator OR a pray without screwing up far more then you intended...

Just think about the screwball known as Bill Gates.. He wants to dim the SUN.!! I'm sure that will work out just fine.. /s

I think the Lord knew what he was doing when he designed and built this ecosystem.. We better leave it the way it is....

59 posted on 05/19/2022 6:05:37 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: Lazamataz
Easy way to fix our country - add testosterone to the water supply. Yeah, if you like women with beards.

What's the difference? They're defeminizing themselves now and trying to run the show anyway. Maybe that would be doing the guys a favor.

60 posted on 05/19/2022 6:18:04 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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