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Re: Calling all girly men Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing political views

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walt tonne

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May 17, 2013, 7:54:41 AM5/17/13
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On May 16, 7:08 pm, Gray Guest <No_email_for_...@wahoo.com> wrote:
> I like this, you girly men are going to be extinct before to long. I feel a
> sudden burst of evolution coming on. Survival of the fittest you know.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2325414/Men-physically-strong-
> likely-right-wing-political-views.html
>
> 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
>
> By Daily Mail Reporter
>
> PUBLISHED: 05:21 EST, 16 May 2013  | UPDATED: 19:39 EST, 16 May 2013
>
> 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.
>
> Men who are physically strong - like Arnold Schwarzenegger - are more
> likely to take a right wing political stance
> Men who are physically strong - like Arnold Schwarzenegger - are more
> likely to take a right wing political stance
>
> The figures revealed that men with higher upper-body strength were less
> likely to support left-wing policies on the redistribution of wealth.
>
> Men with less upper body strength are more likely to support the welfare
> state - like Labour leader Ed Miliband
> Men with less upper body strength are more likely to support the welfare
> state - like Labour leader Ed Miliband
>
> 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.
>
> Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2325414/Men-
> physically-strong-likely-right-wing-political-views.html#ixzz2TVo6LIHe
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>
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> THEY GOT DENIED. Fuck Obama

Many have contended that liberalism promotes theory that some people
have
defective "wiring".

Kickin' Ass and Taking Names

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May 17, 2013, 9:12:15 AM5/17/13
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I benched 300 pounds this morning . . . 8 X 3 without a spotter. And
you did what?? 12-ounce curls until you passed out??

BIG BIRD

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May 17, 2013, 7:23:10 PM5/17/13
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"walt tonne" <tonnew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On May 16, 7:08 pm, Gray Guest <No_email_for_...@wahoo.com> wrote:
> I like this, you girly men are going to be extinct before to long. I feel a
> sudden burst of evolution coming on. Survival of the fittest you know.
>



Many have contended that conservatism proves the theory that some people
like to suck slimy,stinkin, angry, old rich white men's dicks


walt tonne

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May 18, 2013, 6:45:57 PM5/18/13
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So you two chaps negate a professional study?
Think numbers.

Twibil

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May 18, 2013, 8:10:09 PM5/18/13
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On May 18, 3:45 pm, walt tonne <tonnewalt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> So you two chaps negate a professional study?
> Think numbers.

Sorry.

No matter how many numbers a person thinks,
he's not going to believe that "a professional study"
concluded that "Many have contended that
liberalism promotes theory that some people have
defective wiring".

Mainly because people who do professional studies
can write English without making silly grammatical
errors.
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