When male consciousness is challenged or threatened, some engage strongly and others do not.
According to a new study, published January 27 in the journal Journal of Personality and Social Psychology with researchers from Duke University, the ones most motivated by these words or from the dangers to masculinity are younger men who have a sense of masculinity that relies heavily on the opinions of others.
“Our findings suggest that the greater the social pressure a man feels on being male, the more aggressive he or she may be,” said the study’s lead author and psychology and policy advocate Ph . D. Adam Stanaland.
“When these men feel that they are not living up to strict sexual norms, they may feel the need to be aggressive in order to assert humanity – to be ‘human.’ “
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A portrait of an angry man
Mixing from within vs. Sensitive Sensation of Mixing
In two separate but complementary studies, the researchers considered 195 undergraduate students and a random pool of 391 men aged 18 to 56 years. Participants were asked to answer a series of questions about “sex experience.”
After responding, they were randomly told that their score was higher or lower than the average person of their gender. For example, men who received a low score were told that they were not as strong as the average person.
When they received their test scores, they were told to put the required letters in a series of word fragments to complete those words. In this way, the researchers reveal the state of mind, which showed remarkable results of aggressive experience among certain men but not all participants.
Science Daily reported that the low score they received did not appear to affect those men who have a sense of internal violence. In contrast, these men with a more sensitive sense of the righteousness of words with violent connections rather than a neutral meaning during the finishing work f created word fragments.
Men with fragile violence are those whose feelings of violence depend on the opinions of others. They include the group of men who try to please, to get dates, or those who are approaching social pressures.
These men were more likely to write the word “kill” after the letters “ki” given than the word “kiss.” They also answered “blow” instead of “warm” when they received the letters “blo.”
CENTRAL ANSWER: Men are more likely to have ‘All or nothing’ behavior than women
Aggressive responses mostly came from younger men
Participants’ aggressive responses were more likely to come from the youngest men in the study; these men were between 18 and 29 years old. While calmer responses came from men aged 30 and 37, the calmer responses came from the oldest group of participants, ages 38 and older.
Stanaland noted that the study had sent a clear message: the younger they are, the more they feel threats to their righteousness.
These are the years in a person ‘s life when they are still trying to find their place in society, and their sense of violence at this age is perhaps more fragile. Men in many places are constantly challenged about violence as they try to prove humanity every day of their lives, Stanaland said.
Interestingly, Psychology Today reported that female participants did not display aggressive behavior when questioned about their gender. Ultimately, these findings reveal that the stress that men feel about being the stereotypical man raises aggressive behavior when in danger.
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