Thursday, August 11, 2005
A Cornell University researcher has found support for the notion that men whose masculinity is threatened are more homophobic, prefer SUVs, and support the Iraq war in comparison to men whose masculinity has not been threatened. It's easy to read a lot more into those results, which I leave as an exercise for the reader. I myself feel little need to display symbols of masculinity because I have done the most essentially manly deed of all: I have fathered a child. All that other stuff is empty chest-puffing. Also, I have an enormous ego.