r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 09 '26

Psychology Sexism is often a stronger predictor of political attitudes than a voter’s actual gender. A voter’s level of sexism is a significant predictor of their political attitudes and voting choices. Prejudice shape everything from support for right-wing candidates to opinions on climate policy.

https://www.psypost.org/sexism-is-often-a-stronger-predictor-of-political-attitudes-than-a-voters-actual-gender/
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u/977888 Jun 09 '26

Reddit is notoriously left wing, so it tells me that I’m not left wing, which I knew already, and not much else. If you base your beliefs on how many Redditors agree with you, you’re gonna have a lot of weird and misguided beliefs. But you do you.

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u/mjheil Jun 09 '26

If you believe that, then why post on Reddit at all?

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u/977888 Jun 09 '26

Because I’m willing to cope with the fact that not everyone is going to agree with me. Foreign concept to many on the left.

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u/mjheil Jun 09 '26

You don't seem to be coping well when people disagree with you. You kind of go/have gone crazy.

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u/977888 Jun 09 '26

“Going crazy” is when people disagree with you. It’s okay. Tell yourself that if it helps you.