We males surely are a hopeless case. There is, apparently, nothing that toxic masculinity is not responsible for. It was therefore only a matter of time before a learned study found a causal link between toxic masculinity and climate change.
Quote.In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Mark Steyn discussed a new study from Dr. Aaron Brough of Utah State University that concluded that behavior attempting to reverse climate change is a mostly feminine trait, and that men don?t engage in such behaviors as often because of some responsibility to their sense of self.
?Well, I confess I was at first skeptical,? Steyn said. ?If I understand this thesis, my insecurities about my masculinity are causing rising sea levels in the Maldives. And at first I didn?t really buy that, but as I think about it, I think in fact it?s actually one of the least visible climate science thesis of recent years. I?m kind of on board with where they are going on this.?
?I think, in fact, it?s very difficult to tell, with social science as with climate science, whether or not it?s an ingenious parody,? Steyn continued. ?It?s almost impossible to tell, in fact, I think this goes back to, ? I think the important point here is toxic masculinity. They are saying that they did a survey here. This is the kind of hardcore science behind it in which they gave someone a Walmart gift card and it was pink and had lots of flowery printed on it, looked a bit girlie and sissy and milquetoast pantywaist.?End quote.
?The guy giving this gift card went out and bought very macho masculine things that melt the polar ice caps. If you give him something, he is so impressionable?this toxic masculine male?if you give him a masculine-type card, he thinks, ?Oh, that?s really nice,? and he goes out and buys a Sierra Club tote bag and saves the planet. This is the kind of social science that the higher education institutions of America are spending a fortune investigating.?
The research included 2,000 participants across seven different experiments. One experiment required participants to remember an act that they considered to be good for the environment and then were asked to answer whether or not they felt masculine or feminine after performing that act.
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced earlier this year that there were only 12 years left to solve the global warming crisis, and many women are so afraid of climate change that they are deciding not to have kids to bring them into a world that is ending. […]
