Utopia Talk / Politics / Testosterone makes you less racist

Nimatzo iChihuaha	Wed Jul 07 07:10:17 I guess the underlying hypothesis from the title. Basal Testosterone Renders Individuals More Receptive to Minority Positions Abstract Social influence is an inevitable part of human social interaction. Although past research has demonstrated that testosterone has a key role in social interaction, no study has examined its role in social influence so far. Building on previous research showing that minority positions are perceived as risky options and that testosterone is positively associated with status seeking and risk-taking, we hypothesized that basal testosterone renders individuals more receptive to minority positions. In two studies, participants (total N = 250) read messages that were supported by either a numerical majority or minority. As hypothesized, individuals’ levels of basal testosterone were positively related to susceptibility to minority influence. In contrast, susceptibility to majority influence was unaffected by basal testosterone. Given the importance of minorities for innovation and change within societies, our results suggest that individuals with high levels of testosterone may play an important role as catalysts of social change. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550620945116
kargen Member	Wed Jul 07 16:49:30 The study wasn't on race but minority points of view. A minority opinion you know like 11% of people polled in the USA think heroin should be legal. People with higher levels of testosterone according to the study might be more willing to consider that point of view. If it were about race the study still would not have shown testosterone makes you less racist. It just shows people with high levels would be willing to hang out with minorities hoping some shit goes down.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Sat Jul 10 16:22:13 Well kargen, it is partly clickbait, but you need to consider the part where they write "testosterone may play an important role as catalysts of social change" and the principle people (and their sex) behind almost every social movement.
Average Ameriacn Member	Sat Jul 10 16:33:10 I have loads of testiclerone but I'm as racicst as God was when he made the bad guys black, the study is wrong.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Sat Jul 10 16:44:32 Average Ameriacn You need to bring it down to 7, right now you are at 11.
kargen Member	Sat Jul 10 16:48:45 So testosterone was responsible for women's suffrage? Can we still call it the women's suffrage movement or does it need to be less binary? and isn't it testosterone that causes men to spread their legs on subways raping the air and anyone that passes by?
Habebe Member	Sat Jul 10 16:53:20 "and isn't it testosterone that causes men to spread their legs on subways raping the air and anyone that passes by?" If by men you mean Nimatzo, no, he just ran out of weed. That behaviour is entirely unacceptable, I still walk funny!
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Sat Jul 10 17:09:00 Kargen I said almost, but you do point out something I forgot - Women also have testosterone. Women with higher levels of testosterone also tend to have the behavior associated with and typically found in men, risk taking, status seeking etc. It wasn't necessarily where I was going, but sure :)
jergul large member	Sat Jul 10 17:28:47 Or it could just be male pattern baldness driving social change. What else are you going to do after all?
kargen Member	Sat Jul 10 17:59:32 Drink beer and scratch my balls while the brisket finishes?
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Sat Jul 10 18:26:30 "What else are you going to do after all?" You know the expression, idle hands are the devils hands, what is also true is that idle men don't get laid. You have to do stuff to be attractive and women, well we like women just for being women, I guess you can say they have an inherent value.
nhill Member	Sat Jul 10 20:18:24 Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece.
jergul large member	Sat Jul 10 20:19:42 Twitter thinks you need to update that expression.
nhill Member	Sat Jul 10 20:24:20 Not my expression, it's from some silly fiction book in the 70s. I think they call it the "Living Bible" or something idk.
nhill Member	Sat Jul 10 20:38:46 But I do get your joke. Very clever my friend!
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