The Neuter Case
If you ever needed a reason to start reading Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire, I give you this:
According to an interesting new study, men who voted for Sen. John McCain in last year’s presidential election experienced a drop in testosterone levels after Barack Obama was announced as the winner.
The testosterone levels of men who voted for Obama remained at the same levels throughout the evening.
The study’s conclusion: “The present results suggest that male, but not female, voters respond with testosterone changes to the outcome of presidential elections as if they had personally fought to ascend a social dominance hierarchy.”
To tell you the truth, I don’t know what to make of these findings. My intial response, though, was something along the lines of “Ha-ha.”
Thu., Oct. 22, 2009
Reader Comments (2)
This explains why I voted for Obama, and why Gretchen's preggo. I'm guessing this happens every election cycle though, ey? -- losers testosterone plummets?
New campaign slogan for 2012. "Each vote for Obama is a Republican testicle clipped from the nutsack and tossed down the garbage disposal. Huzzah!"