Social Testosterone leads to a shift away from democrats

[cottagecheesefan]

A study finds that males who were given testosterone had a shift to the right with their politics. They associated this shift with elevated/improved mood

moreover, prior to being given extra testosterone, weakly affiliated democrats had on average 19% higher testosterone levels that strongly affiliated democrats.


https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/155441/version/V1/view

 

[HOLA]

We tested the fixity of political preferences of 136 healthy males during the 2011 U.S. presidential election season by administering synthetic testosterone or placebo to participants who had identified the strength of their political affiliation. Before the testosterone treatment, we found that weakly affiliated Democrats had 19% higher basal testosterone than those who identified strongly with the party (p=0.015). When weakly affiliated Democrats received additional testosterone, the strength of their party fell by 12% (p=.01) and they reported 45% warmer feelings towards Republican candidates for president (p < 0.001). Our results demonstrate that testosterone induces a “red shift" among weakly-affiliated Democrats. This effect was associated with improved mood. No effects were found of testosterone administration for strongly affiliated Democrats or strong or weak Republicans. Our findings provide evidence that neuroactive hormones affect political preferences.

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So, on-the-fence Democrats showed some shift towards Romney (if he was even the candidate yet in 2011) and nobody else showed any change.

 

[ElKarlo]

Not shocked at all. Low T is a heck of a thing

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Not shocked at all. Low T is a heck of a thing

And as per the research, the elevated/improved mood was a big factor. Confirming what most people believed, which is that liberals are depressed and mentally ill. Trust the science

 

[Wadtucket]

Garbage study

"Science" is completely broken and anybody caring about "studies" these days is a fool

That being said, women-to-men trans folx are the REAL conservatives then innit

 

[HOLA]

mad per the research, the elevated and improved mood was a big factor. Confirming what most people believed, which is that liberals are depressed and mentally ill. Trust the science

Do we also trust the studies that claim fear and anxiety drive conservative attitudes?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...xiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes

 

[HOLA]

Garbage study

"Science" is completely broken and anybody caring about "studies" these days is a fool

That being said, women-to-men trans folx are the REAL conservatives then innit

It looks like this old study was just posted on r/conspiracy and r/conservative on Reddit. He had to copy and paste it here I guess.

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Oh wow, doing a deep dive right meow and a pew study indicates more than double the cases of mental illness among democrats



A Gallup survey indicates the same

 

[andnowweknow]

Garbage study

"Science" is completely broken and anybody caring about "studies" these days is a fool

That being said, women-to-men trans folx are the REAL conservatives then innit

 

[blaseblah]

Intelligence = a shift away from both parties

 

[Fake Doctor]

Do we also trust the studies that claim fear and anxiety drive conservative attitudes?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...xiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes

Isn't that right at the core of conservative ideology - anxiety about change? Hell, the whole Chesterton's Fence thing can easily be framed in terms of a fear of unintended consequences.

 

[goldennirvana]

Do we also trust the studies that claim fear and anxiety drive conservative attitudes?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...xiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes

Fear is a perfectly healthy emotion to experience. The reason you look both ways before you cross the street is due to fear. Without fear, humans would've died out long ago.

 

[goldennirvana]

Isn't that right at the core of conservative ideology - anxiety about change? Hell, the whole Chesterton's Fence thing can easily be framed in terms of a fear of unintended consequences.

Depends what the change is.

 

[andnowweknow]

Intelligence = a shift away from both parties

Meh...I think it's more a case of the extreme few making lots of noise, however, the right seems to be hampered by it more because the Trump albatross still hangs heavy on all there necks.

 

[HOLA]

Oh wow, doing a deep dive right meow and a pew study indicates more than double the cases of mental illness among democrats



A Gallup survey indicates the same

So, I looked at the first one, and not surprising, that's not what it says.

It says self-identified liberals reported more mental health conditions than self-identified conservatives. It also shows that younger people on both sides reported more mental health conditions than older people (younger conservatives have more mental health conditions than older liberals, for example).

But the Pew Study this allegedly comes from, which they didn't link to, but I found, doesn't even contain this data, as far as I see.

 

[Day Drinking]

TRT just makes you feel better in general. I'm on it, I know.

It also makes you want to fuck constantly. Probably not trying to attribute that to a political thing though

 

[SurferH2O]

We've always know that the Leftists are the Beta Males for the most part.

 

[Papi Chulo]

I've often thought that leftist politics is maternalism and empathy taken to a disordered mentally ill level. It's maternalism on steriods

From leftist promotion of lgbtq+, coddling of sexual and gender disorders, to the leftist belief that government needs to provide food, shelter, childcare and everything.

 

[WhosTheBoss]

We've always know that the Leftists are the Beta Males for the most part.

Exactly this

i know we all joke about it, but it’s just true. It’s just the way of life.
Weaker men are going to tend to have super liberal views. Pussy men = pussy politics

 

[MIKOM]

I've often thought

Be careful you don't strain yourself there ...