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Old 05-17-2013, 02:48 AM
 
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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

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Your title is incorrect the report that is referenced is very specific that it focused on upper body strength.

Obviously the strongest part of most human beings are our legs. So they didn't look at total body strength.

Also it is clear they didn't measure strength. They measured the circumference of the flexed bicep.

To me a lot of fat out of shape men have very large arms. It's not clear to me if tats what they are measuring.

In two of the nations the measured very young men. Average age in Argentina was 21 and US 19. Those ages are not representative
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Old 05-17-2013, 02:55 AM
 
Location: Wilsonville, OR
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It all depends on how you word it. One can say "physically stronger men are more likely to have right-wing views" just as easily as one could say "Less intelligent, brutish men are more likely to have right-wing views". Personally, when I imagine some of the conservative posters here at CD, I don't imagine some handsome, muscular, striking example of powerful maledom. I imagine a big fat middle aged guy, a bag of Doritos in one hand, a beer in the other, a bowl of salsa in his lap and a gun or two on his computer desk, because you never know when you might need to shoot someone while posting here. Of course, that is a total BS over-generalization, and a well-balanced mind knows that there are both muscular and lean men in both sets of people. Some of those liberals probably have Dorito dust on their hands, too. Hah!

That being said, I do not consider myself to be especially liberal or conservative. I am also firmly in the "average" zone when it comes to overall size and strength. Just slightly less than six feet tall, cut but not that buff, thin and very lean but also with relatively broad shoulders and deep chest with prominent v-shaped torso. Are moderates more likely to be moderately-sized? Heh.

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Old 05-17-2013, 03:41 AM
 
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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

Read more: Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing political views | Mail Online
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Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing views, I am 100 percent certain this does not apply to Black men who are physically strong.

I am willing to bet that Black professional boxers and UFC fighters ALWAYS vote Democrat in every presidential election.
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Old 05-17-2013, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Hmm interesting, I'm 6' 3" and three hundred lb and a Liberal.
All the blokes playing this sport would be liberals by American standards.
Note the lack of helmets and padding, one has to wonder why right wing Americans are so soft ?

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Old 05-17-2013, 11:17 AM
 
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Voting Democrat and being a liberal are not necessarily the same thing.
But it can be surmised that many people who vote Democrat are liberals.
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Old 05-17-2013, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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The female posters must be having a hoot with this thread!

We sound like a bunch of 7th grade boys waiting for that second hair to sprout out of that upper lip!

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Old 05-17-2013, 02:39 PM
 
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Lol at measuring physical strength on bicep size. Biceps are weak muscles and most guys spend a ridiculous amount of time on them for vanity reasons. Says absolutely nothing about strength. Meanwhile, we've already seen studies showing liberals are more intelligent than conservatives. So looks like it's Brains over Brawn.
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Old 05-17-2013, 02:59 PM
 
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strength is all about the core
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Old 05-17-2013, 03:07 PM
 
Location: Illinois Delta
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The female posters must be having a hoot with this thread!

We sound like a bunch of 7th grade boys waiting for that second hair to sprout out of that upper lip!



Oh, yes we are! That is, when we aren't drooling at mental images of the "beefcake" physiques of Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh and Bobby Jindal.
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Old 05-17-2013, 03:18 PM
 
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Oh, yes we are! That is, when we aren't drooling at mental images of the "beefcake" physiques of Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh and Bobby Jindal.
LOL! Don't leave out Chris Christie, and my personal favorite, the ever gelatinous and gaybashing Dean Chambers!


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