"A New Study Shows Just How Dangerous Masculinity Standards Really Are"

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'Thanks to the feminist movement, society has devoted much thought, scholarship and attention to the ways female gender roles restrict women. But in recent years, a growing chorus is pointing to just how detrimental rigid masculinity standards can be too — not only for individual men, but other people in their lives. Now a new study confirms just that.

A University of Washington study recently published in Social Psychology found that men exaggerate stereotypical masculine traits and behaviors and reject feminine ones when their masculinity is threatened. When men received average scores on a strength test, the study revealed, they did not attempt to highlight their other "masculine" traits, such as height, number of romantic partners or athletic prowess. But when male participants were given falsely low results on the same strength test, they actually exaggerated these same qualities.'