Bullet proof? But not rock proof.
Posted on 09/01/2023 7:21:36 PM PDT by Libloather
Electric vehicles (EVs) are often deemed the future of transport, with titans like Ford and Tesla racing to make them.
But a new study reveals that 'more macho' men may not see this the same way, in the bizarre belief that EVs will harm their image.
Dr Michael Parent, a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), claims that men who prioritise acting 'like a real man' are more likely to frown upon electric-powered cars.
High-performance gasoline vehicles are instead preferred as a marker of masculinity, he says, raising an alarming and unexpected uncertainty for efforts against climate change.
'It wouldn't be a main driver of climate change, but it is one more, preventable, thing that adds to the pile of issues related to climate,' Dr Parent told MailOnline.
'Although the issue could be addressed through advertising, it would probably be better for education to address healthy gender role norms to reduce precarious masculinity in general.
'That is related to a broad set of negative behaviours including sexism, homophobia, aggression, and others.'
As part of his research, Dr Parent examined the concept of 'masculine contingency' among 400 men living in the US.
Masculine contingency refers to the degree to which a person bases their self-worth on cultural standards of masculinity including toughness, status and anti-femininity.
These perceptions can be real or imagined, with all participants asked to agree or disagree with a series of statements including 'I can't respect myself if I don't live up to what it means to be a 'real man'.'
Answers were then compared with car purchasing habits and attitudes, examining whether gas/diesel, hybrid or electric was preferred.
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I live in a bit of a rough neighborhood near Greens Point mall that the locals call “Guns Point Mall” in Houston. I’d buy a Tesla Cyber Truck for running around the local area because they are literally bullet proof to 9X19. I often find shell casing on my exercise walks and have had the rear quarter panel window of the drivers side of the car shot out while just driving down Loop 8 a couple of months ago
But, I don’t have to haul stuff to work and we have a gas powered Mazda CX-30 as the main vehicle.
“Manly’ men won’t buy electric cars because they think it will dent their macho image, study claims”
Absolutely. Why would ANYONE want to buy a car, just to look like a Metrosexual, when there are so many GASOLINE options?
Bullet proof? But not rock proof.
I love my exhaust note and 5 speed stick. Electric is bla! And I don’t have a muscle car and I’m too old to pick up chicks.
Maybe we don’t want to go around in a glorified golf cart.
Real men like their vehicles to function even if * gasp * the internet is not available!
Also mechanical door latches that don’t also require the internet to function so you don’t get locked in the vehicle, like in case of a fire. Power windows are bad enough.
I am also a big fan of analog gauges. And stick shift transmissions.
No. We won’t buy them because we can do basic math and they don’t add up.
manly men tend to have common sense
and
are allergic to virtue signaling
FREEDOM? Bwahahahahaha...As did Russia, China and much of the rest of the world, we are acquiring our CHAINS the old-fashioned way: WE EARNED THEM! Electric vehicles plagued by logistical issues, but few mention the elephant in the room by Bob Kingsley 09/01/ https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/electric_vehicles_plagued_by_logistical_issues_but_few_mention_the_elephants_in_the_room.html
Not brave enough for that whole randomly catch fire thing.
For God’s sake. Move!
Even a bicycle makes a sound when in use!
That used to be a very popular thing to do: set baseball cards around the spokes of your bicycle wheels to get that purring motorbike effect! The Paperboys in my neighborhood often did that. You could hear them before dawn.
Just another brainless. leftist academic pushing BS
They don’t want a $80,00 Albatros to deal with.
Men don’t want to spend twice the money for half the performance unlike their liberal wives who want to virtue signal in the Starbucks line.
Don’t have the money to move.
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Nothing like mandating shtt that is half as reliable and more polluting for twice as much.
They have a bunch of new money-making schemes waiting for you to get your Guv-mandated EV. Wait til they hit.
Are you telling me a bunch of diploma waving “man bun” types got a grant to do a study of “manly men and their muscle machines”? These fairies need a good swift kick in the ass.
Sorry, that won’t work for my family.
We roadtrip. It is not uncommon that we travel 600 miles in a day at the start of our adventures.
That “straight blast through” becomes 2 days with an EV.
And no, I can’t warm to the idea of getting stuck in Monument Valley because we couldn’t find a charging station in time.
I’ll keep my gas guzzler...and I’m a woman!
If my husband brought home an EV, I would check the trash for his body. A pod-person or doppelganger obviously took his place.
A few things real men don’t do: get manicures, shave their chests, purchase electric cars.
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