Iraq War - Overcompensating For Something?

From Simianbrain:

A Cornell study suggests that if you threaten a man's masculinity, he'll "display more homophobic attitudes, support the Iraq War more and would be more willing to purchase an SUV over another type of vehicle."

Willer administered a gender identity survey to a sample of male and female Cornell undergraduates in the fall of 2004. Participants were randomly assigned to receive feedback that their responses indicated either a masculine or a feminine identity. While women's responses were unchanged regardless of the feedback they received, men's reactions "were strongly affected by this feedback," Willer said.

"Masculinity-threatened men also reported feeling more ashamed, guilty, upset and hostile than did masculinity-confirmed men," states Willer's report, "Overdoing Gender: Testing the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis."


As Sha at Simianbrain says, that explains a lot.

I would like suggestions for a bumper sticker/button/T-shirt slogan.

Maybe: "Anti-War, no SUV, I don't hate gays and I don't vote Republican- but I'm hung like a donkey!"

You get the idea.