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Macho Men
“I’ve Got to Be a Macho, Macho Man.” Village People said it, but research has the science to back it up. An article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science explains that when men feel
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Playing football games on computers ‘makes you more aggressive’
Daily Mail: Computer games about football make players more aggressive than violent ones, psychologists claim. While participants remain ‘numb’ when they see someone being ‘killed’ on screen, apparently harmless games that mirror real life can
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Want to be a macho man? Study finds it’s not easy
The Globe and Mail: It’s an oft-spoofed scene: young men who fail to ‘score’ wailing on each other outside a nightclub. A new paper suggests that manhood is a precarious status—and when it’s threatened, men
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Plus les hommes ont du pouvoir, moins ils sont fidèles
Yahoo France: Le pouvoir et la libido sont-ils étroitement liés? La question mérite d’être posée. Bill Clinton. Newt Gingrich. Eliot Spitzer. Mark Sanford. Le Time s’amuse à citer les hommes politiques dont le point commun
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Erfolge machen männlich
Men’s Health Germany: Männlichkeit ist offenbar kein biologisches Phänomen, sondern sie hängt von der Wahrung der Ehre und Erfolgen ab, so eine US-Studie. Männern sei es wichtig vor anderen gut da zu stehen und als
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Think it’s easy to be macho? Psychologists show how ‘precarious’ manhood is
Manhood is a “precarious” status—difficult to earn and easy to lose. And when it’s threatened, men see aggression as a good way to hold onto it. These are the conclusions of a new article by