Are Muscle Men More Sexist Toward Women?
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2012/06/26 16:54:11
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Ladies, you might admire that guy at the gym for his burly biceps and pecs, but he might not be as dreamy as he looks. Men who are obsessed with beefing up their muscles are more likely to be sexist, new research finds, according to LiveScience.
"We think men who hold oppressive beliefs about women and gender equality are also more likely to endorse traditional stereotypes of masculinity, which includes the muscular physique," study researcher Viren Swarmi, of the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom, told LiveScience.
So why are gym rats more likely to be hostile toward women? Swarmi said it may be a reaction to changing gender roles. "In societies where patriarchal structures are being challenged, some men may seek to reassert their masculinity by enhancing their physiques," the scientist said.
Meanwhile, researchers suspect that men who engage in this kind of thinking may be suffering from negative body image themselves. They're also more likely to go for skinny girls: past research has found that men who hold stronger oppressive beliefs are more likely to find thinner women attractive. Doesn't exactly sound like Mr. Right ...
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Schläue~© 2012/06/26 19:05:07
I think "muscle men" are more likely to be concerned with their own image, which doesn't leave as much intellectual space for thinking about reality.
Is that photo John Morrison?
Not to be confused with sexist, as muscular men act like .............MEN,
not effeminized and emoptionally castrated wimps.
Andy
Andy
But I would never generalize that to all men who are in good shape.
[You could have found that out yourself if you'd just looked up the page a bit to my main reply -- which would have been a little exercise for your BRAIN. :)]
You might exercise YOUR brain by being less impressed with your non existent intellect and perhaps if you concentrated more on being articulate anmd concise, you might develop YOUR brain.
Andy
If you can't be bothered to do any research ("i don't scroll back..."), that's your problem -- not doing your homework is NOT a virtue, it's the lazy way out. And I didn't say you SHOULD have done that, I merely said you COULD have, which would have saved you the trouble of asking an unnecessary question.
Nice try with the snotty comment; too bad it was so off-target.
You're doing a great job of validating the study. Bye.
Secondly, Men "acting" as men has always been understood to mean that MEN behave in the manner that their given characteristics direct them to, NOT that they pretend to BE men.
Andy
Andy
P.S. She won for him in front of one of the most notorious judges for sympathizing with mothers in the state.
The study specified heterosexuals; if you looked at the report, you'd have known that.