DMT Beauty Transformation: Certain Eco-Friendly Behaviors Can Make You Seem Gay
Christina Majaski featured

Certain Eco-Friendly Behaviors Can Make You Seem Gay

August 06, 2019DMT.NEWS

#DMTBeautySpot #beauty



Pro-Environment Behavior Linked to Gender Stereotypes, Says Study

Saving the environment may be a noble and chivalrous goal, but it can also make you seem slightly less heterosexual to your peers — if you happen to be a man.

New research published in academic journal Sex Roles seems to indicate that certain behaviors associated with the green movement, such as carrying a reusable bag for your purchases, putting your freshly washed laundry out on the clothesline to dry and recycling as a whole, are perceived to be firmly within the feminine domain.

RELATED: AskMen deTOX: Masculinity & Feminism

Both men and women seemed to adhere somewhat strictly to this belief system, with researchers (led by Dr. Janet Swim of Pennsylvania State University) creating one male and one female to consider. David and Diane arose from this brainstorming session, and a study group of 170 participants was asked to grade both of these fictional people based on their eco-friendly activities, ranging from feminine to something more traditionally masculine such as caulking windows or donating to a sportsman hunting group.

Both David and Diane were widely thought to have more positive feminine attributes than masculine ones, suggesting that environmentalism as a whole is likely to be perceived as more ladylike. While the study group did not outright assume that David was gay, they were admittedly “uncertain of his heterosexual identity,” which might imply a great deal without saying it explicitly.

This type of bias goes both ways, as well. A related study of 303 respondents showed that when women were perceived to be “gender-bending” in terms of their eco-friendly habits — say, more likely to pick up a caulking gun or donate to Ducks Unlimited rather than to carry a linen tote to the grocery store — they necessarily drove heterosexual men away from socializing with them. According to the researchers, "Gender-bending women were socially avoided by men.” Men showed strong "discomfort engaging with a woman who is not clearly heterosexual."

The broader social implications of this reality aside, Swim and her colleagues are more interested in solutions in the aftermath of their own recent research. Suggesting that environmentalist and conservationist groups diversify their messaging (and activities) to turn away any implication that their volunteerism and activism are gendered may be the first step toward creating more diverse and effective grassroots organizations in the green movement.

“Activists, policymakers, and practitioners working to engage in, and promote, pro-environmental behaviors may wish to take into account pressures to conform to gender roles,” Swim's team writes.

The bottom line? Whether or not people see you as less manly for it — recycling, reducing, and reusing remains the best way to help save the planet. It’s best for everyone to cast off the shackles of social stigma, pick up that brightly colored reusable shopping bag, sling it over your shoulder, and head to the organic food section with authority.

After all, you never know who you might meet in the health-food aisle.

You Might Also Dig:

Climate Change Makes People Less Likely to Have Sex Study Reveals the Long-Term Effect of Toxic Masculinity Masculinity and Grooming

DMTBeautySpot

via https://www.DMTBeautySpot.com

Christina Majaski, Khareem Sudlow

You Might Also Like

0 comments

DMT BarberShop

DMT BarberShop
Come get the professional touch you deserve!

YouTube Channel

Contact Form