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   From: burford/associate@uk.MI15   
      
   So you are a girlie man socialist, eh??   
      
      
      
   "Roy"  wrote in message   
   news:c6706698-dd97-461d-9e40-edb8bc96f08c@googlegroups.com...   
   > On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 8:53:19 AM UTC-6, BurfordTJustice wrote:   
   >> "burfordTjustice"  wrote in message   
   >> news:og91an$5mf$11@dont-email.me...   
   >> LOL  no surprise there, is there?   
   >>   
   >> Surprise, surprise. Men who are physically weak are more likely to   
   >> favor socialist policies.   
   >>   
   >> An academic study from researchers at Brunel University London assessed   
   >> 171   
   >> men, looking at their height, weight, overall physical strength and bicep   
   >> circumference, along with their views on redistribution of wealth and   
   >> income   
   >> inequality. The study, published in the Evolution and Human Behavior   
   >> journal, ?found that weaker men were more likely to favor socialist   
   >> policies   
   >> than stronger men.   
   >>   
   >>  Brunel University's Michael Price believes this may be a product of   
   >> evolutionary psychology.   
   >>   
   >> "This is about our Stone Age brains, in a modern society," said Dr.   
   >> Price.   
   >> "Our minds evolved in environments where strength was a big determinant   
   >> of   
   >> success. If you find yourself in a body not threatened by other males, if   
   >> you feel you can win competitions for status, then maybe you start   
   >> thinking   
   >> inequality is pretty good."   
   >>   
   >> Taking his assessment one step further, Price wanted to factor in gym   
   >> time   
   >> to see if he could determine the relationship flow between strength and   
   >> socialistic leanings. Are men who are naturally strong more inclined to   
   >> hold   
   >> capitalistic views, or are men with capitalistic views driven to go to   
   >> the   
   >> gym?   
   >>   
   >> "When Dr Price factored in time spent in the gym some, but not all, of   
   >> the   
   >> link disappeared," notes The Times, suggesting there may be something to   
   >> men   
   >> with capitalistic views hitting the gym.   
   >>   
   >>  "Of course this isn't rational in modern environments, where your   
   >> ability   
   >> to win might have more to do with where you went to university. Lot of   
   >> guys   
   >> who are phenomenally successful in modern societies would probably be   
   >> nowhere near as successful in hunter gatherer societies," added Price.   
   >>   
   >> Other studies in the past have also suggested stronger men are more   
   >> right-wing than physically weaker men. "Researchers found that men's   
   >> opinions on redistribution of wealth could be predicted by their upper   
   >> body   
   >> strength, with powerful men more likely to take a conservative stance of   
   >> protecting their own interests," noted The Telegraph of a 2013 study from   
   >> Aarhus University in Denmark.   
   >>   
   >> Anyone with two eyes would be hard-pressed to refute such findings.   
   >   
   > ALL a crock of shit. Its a wonder they didn't measure the circumference of   
   > their   
   > penises too and come to conclusions from that.   
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