Physically strong men more likely to be right wing

[BDKJMU]

"Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing political views
Weaker men more likely to support welfare state and wealth redistribution
Link may reflect psychological traits that evolved in our ancestors
Strength was a proxy for ability to defend or acquire resources
There is no link between women's physical strength and political views

Men who are strong are more likely to take a right-wing stance, while weaker men support the welfare state, researchers claim.

Their study discovered a link between a man’s upper-body strength and their political views.

Scientists from Aarhus University in Denmark collected data on bicep size, socio-economic status and support for economic redistribution from hundreds in America, Argentina and Denmark.

The figures revealed that men with higher upper-body strength were less likely to support left-wing policies on the redistribution of wealth.

But men with low upper-body strength were more likely to put their own self-interest aside and support a welfare state.

The researchers found no link between upper-body strength and redistribution opinions among women.

Professor Michael Petersen said: ‘In all three countries, physically strong males consistently pursued the self-interested position on redistribution.

‘However physically weak males were more reluctant to assert their self-interest – just as if disputes over national policies were a matter of direct physical confrontation between individuals.

‘While many people think of politics as a modern phenomenon, it has, in a sense, always been with our species.

‘Political views are designed by natural selection to function in the conditions recurrent over human evolutionary history.’

The findings were published in the journal Psychological Science.

Professor Petersen added: ‘Many previous studies have shown that people's political views cannot be predicted by standard economic models.

‘This is among the first studies to show that political views may be rational in another sense, in that they're designed by natural selection to function in the conditions recurrent over human evolutionary history.’"
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[BDKJMU]

Makes sense to me. Of course there are exceptions, but if you're talking trends over large #s, it certainly seems to be the case.

[houndawg]

Makes sense to me. Of course there are exceptions, but if you're talking trends over large #s, it certainly seems to be the case.

Wow! You're just as much a badass in real life as here?

[biobengal]

Curious, very curious. Many gym rats will recognize the douche below.... the biceps only guy. Is this phenomena related to politics? Perhaps.

[JohnStOnge]

Intriguing, but it's not likely that they got a probability sample of "men." That's what you'd really need to infer that what they saw in their study can be extrapolated to the larger population of men overall.

[dbackjon]

They also have small penises.

[SuperHornet]

I don't know that I'd go THERE, Jon.

But it's clear that a TENDENCY for strong men to be on the right (of which I've seen ZERO proof) is not the same thing as saying that ALL strong men are on the right. I've seen some pretty buffed guys on the left. For example, YOU, Jon, look like you could win some weightlifting contests. And that's pretty cool, if you ask me....

[JohnStOnge]

They also have small penises.

Ah, but there's an inverse association between penis size and IQ. Take your pick.

Bottom line is that people who are capable of making it on their own are more likely to favor keeping government out of their face. People who need to suck a tit are more likely to favor the other way.

[kalm]

They also have small penises.

Ah, but there's an inverse association between penis size and IQ. Take your pick.

Bottom line is that people who are capable of making it on their own are more likely to favor keeping government out of their face. People who need to suck a tit are more likely to favor the other way.

So...right wingers were more likely bottle-fed?

[JohnStOnge]

So...right wingers were more likely bottle-fed?

You know what I'm talking about. And all you have to do to see it is look at exit polling data.

[D1B]

So...right wingers were more likely bottle-fed?

You know what I'm talking about. And all you have to do to see it is look at exit polling data.

Exit polling data.

[89Hen]

They also have small penises.

But left wingers tend to be bigger penises.

[dbackjon]

They also have small penises.

But left wingers tend to be bigger penises.

you are what you eat