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Testosterone Induces A Red Shift in Democrats
lester_prairie 12 Reviews 191 reads
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Summary:  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 .  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.

lester_prairie32 reads

There's a correlation of low testosterone and dismal mood with being a progressive.

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

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LostSon44 reads

Posted By: lester_prairie
Re: low test progressives
There's a correlation of low testosterone and dismal mood with being a progressive.
LOL 😂 totally believable, fer instance the grumpy old Dems around here that can’t get It up anymore. Is that why you lefties are always bitching 24/7?  

😂🤣😂🤣😂

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inicky4637 reads

I'm having a ball whacking Swallow, you and my other piñata's. It's big fun watching all of you wail and squirm. So stop projecting. It's all you righties that are grumpy. You're always whining about something.
I prefer just whaling away at my many pinatas here.
It's fun!!!

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inicky4635 reads

Wake up, Fester. If you're going to post some weird political gobbledegook at least provide a source. Until then it's just more bullshit from Fester.

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willywonka4u33 reads

Has anyone ever bust a nut and then wanted to get into a fist fight with some bloke? The more cum you got stored up the higher your testosterone the angrier you are. Conservative values are related to strength and anger and Democrat values are related to love and weakness. Some years ago there was a left wing news outlet, Vox I think, that tested the testosterone levels of their male staff and found that all of them had low rates of testosterone. Now I know a bunch of guys will rib each other over shit like this, and yeh it’s kinda funny, but you guys are missing the bigger picture. While it feels like you came to your own thoughts and positions on your own and independent of any influence, this shows that’s not true. Even things like being hungry or your diet or how much sleep you’re getting can influence your political outlook on things.

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