Obama Win Turns Republicans Into Girlie Men

[shira]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: shira

I don't see any misogyny here at all. It's basically just saying that Republican cajones are shrinking.

By the way, could the fact that Republican men have become even bigger a-holes since Obama was elected have anything to do with this trend toward feminization? I mean, look at it from a log-cabin Republican point of view: Those bigger A-holes could come in mighty handy in preventing anal tearing.

Ummm......too far into the forest to see the trees?

Saying that it's bad that men are being feminized is not misogynistic. You, apparently, think it is.

 

[nageov3t]

based on a hundred and eighty people? really?

really?

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: loki8481
based on a hundred and eighty people? really?

really?

You should be happy. When Republican men are all girls you sexual orientation won't seem so strange to those with whom you party.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam

Originally posted by: loki8481
based on a hundred and eighty people? really?

really?

You should be happy. When Republican men are all girls you sexual orientation won't seem so strange to those with whom you party.

Repression is still an age old technique.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: shira

Saying that it's bad that men are being feminized is not misogynistic. You, apparently, think it is.

Linking the "trend towards feminization" with being an asshole is.

Try and keep up here scooter.

 

[Lemon law]

Lets see if I can quite get my arms around the study the post hypothesis is based on.

Namely given any group of men competing over any bone of contention, in the normal course of events, there will be a winner or a loser in such a contest, be it a football game or an election. And if we monitor the testosterone levels of the losers, we note that losers initially lose some of their prior testosterone levels. But after a while the losers will regain their former hormone levels. Which basically tells me nothing about nothing, but such is the usual anand tech posting drivel.

But I submit this anand tech thread may be really spot on, because the GOP is playing a very dangerous game. Because rather than reforming itself and changing to better fit the new times, the GOP has lost significant voter support in the last two election cycles, losing their majority position in the election of 11/2006 and then going on to another big loss across the board in 11/2008. With the election of 11/2010 now looming ever closer and the GOP exhibiting the same exact prior behavior, the GOP almost begs for a complete castration come 11/2010.

And I don't need rocket science medical studies to tell me people that get castrated never regain their testosterone levels.

 

[Sclamoz]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: shira

Saying that it's bad that men are being feminized is not misogynistic. You, apparently, think it is.

Linking the "trend towards feminization" with being an asshole is.

Try and keep up here scooter.

Mood

Another common sign of low testosterone is a change in mood and behavior. You find it very easy to get angry at trivial incidents. Things you used to enjoy now seem like chores. Life no longer seems to be an endless stream of possibilities.

When men who cannot produce testosterone come off hormone replacement therapy, they become irritable and depressed. Their mood improves when they resume treatment.

http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/test.htm

For someone who was cracking jokes about sped kids you sure seem sensitive about misogyny.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Lets see if I can quite get my arms around the study the post hypothesis is based on.

Namely given any group of men competing over any bone of contention, in the normal course of events, there will be a winner or a loser in such a contest, be it a football game or an election. And if we monitor the testosterone levels of the losers, we note that losers initially lose some of their prior testosterone levels. But after a while the losers will regain their former hormone levels. Which basically tells me nothing about nothing, but such is the usual anand tech posting drivel.

But I submit this anand tech thread may be really spot on, because the DNC is playing a very dangerous game. Because rather than reforming itself and changing to better fit the new times, the DNC has lost significant voter support in the last two election cycles, losing their majority position in the election of 11/2002 and then going on to another big loss across the board in 11/2004. With the election of 11/2006 now looming ever closer and the DNC exhibiting the same exact prior behavior, the DNC almost begs for a complete castration come 11/2006.

And I don't need rocket science medical studies to tell me people that get castrated never regain their testosterone levels.

edited for clarity.

cyclical politics appear to be cyclical.

am I the only one who remembers the democrats as being the party of "not bush" for 8 years? you people keep making it sound like the minority party being opposed to everything the majority party does is a new thing that has significant implications for the GOP.

 

[Sclamoz]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Lets see if I can quite get my arms around the study the post hypothesis is based on.

Namely given any group of men competing over any bone of contention, in the normal course of events, there will be a winner or a loser in such a contest, be it a football game or an election. And if we monitor the testosterone levels of the losers, we note that losers initially lose some of their prior testosterone levels. But after a while the losers will regain their former hormone levels. Which basically tells me nothing about nothing, but such is the usual anand tech posting drivel.

How can that tell you nothing? That's pretty damn interesting IMO.

 

[JSt0rm]

hahahah funny watching the neocons come in here "I'm not a girl!"

 

[Atreus21]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
http://www.wired.com/wiredscie...election-testosterone/

Those who remember the street parties of Election Night 2008 might think the testosterone levels of Obama voters had shot up in triumph. That would be wrong.

Instead, liberal testosterone levels stayed stable, while those of male Republican voters plummeted. The latter also reported feeling submissive and unhappy.

There are many ways to read these results, which are based on saliva samples taken from 183 men and women as the polls closed, and again when President Obama?s victory was officially announced.

First, male voters get the same vicarious boost from a candidate?s political victory as they would their favorite sports team beating a rival. That?s the main academic finding of the study, published Wednesday in Public Library of Science ONE, but one that seems rather self-evident.

election_testosteroneMuch more interesting is the split. Obama voter testosterone merely stabilized. The researchers suggest that, as nighttime testosterone levels typically dip, stabilization ?is conceptually similar to a rise.?

But if testosterone usually just dips at night, it positively plummeted for Republican men.

Indeed, Republican men ?felt significantly more controlled, submissive, unhappy and unpleasant at the moment of the outcome? than those who voted for Obama, the researchers wrote. ?Moreover, since the dominance hierarchy shift following a presidential election is stable for four years, the stress of having one?s political party lose control of executive policy decisions could plausibly lead to continued testosterone suppression in males.?

Women of both political parties, it should be noted, experienced no significant testosterone changes on election night.

Amusing...Guess they found the "wimps" one of our residents kept blathering about...

This has nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with how men are.

This the feeling men get when their team loses.

 

[Sclamoz]

Originally posted by: Atreus21

Originally posted by: TruePaige
http://www.wired.com/wiredscie...election-testosterone/

Those who remember the street parties of Election Night 2008 might think the testosterone levels of Obama voters had shot up in triumph. That would be wrong.

Instead, liberal testosterone levels stayed stable, while those of male Republican voters plummeted. The latter also reported feeling submissive and unhappy.

There are many ways to read these results, which are based on saliva samples taken from 183 men and women as the polls closed, and again when President Obama?s victory was officially announced.

First, male voters get the same vicarious boost from a candidate?s political victory as they would their favorite sports team beating a rival. That?s the main academic finding of the study, published Wednesday in Public Library of Science ONE, but one that seems rather self-evident.

election_testosteroneMuch more interesting is the split. Obama voter testosterone merely stabilized. The researchers suggest that, as nighttime testosterone levels typically dip, stabilization ?is conceptually similar to a rise.?

But if testosterone usually just dips at night, it positively plummeted for Republican men.

Indeed, Republican men ?felt significantly more controlled, submissive, unhappy and unpleasant at the moment of the outcome? than those who voted for Obama, the researchers wrote. ?Moreover, since the dominance hierarchy shift following a presidential election is stable for four years, the stress of having one?s political party lose control of executive policy decisions could plausibly lead to continued testosterone suppression in males.?

Women of both political parties, it should be noted, experienced no significant testosterone changes on election night.

Amusing...Guess they found the "wimps" one of our residents kept blathering about...

This has nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with how men are.

This the feeling men get when their team loses.

Yup. I never considered politics having that effect but it makes sense if you think about it. I wonder how much of an effect this has had on the development of human societies and our history?

 

[microbial]

2 words and a hanky come to mind:

Glenda Beck

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: microbial
2 words and a hanky come to mind:

Glenda Beck

Actually that's perfect, it certainly would explain all the crying and screaming he does :Q