Feminists are more Masculinized Compared to Average Women

A (vintage but interesting) 2014 study, looking to explain the feminist paradox (wherein the majority of women in the modern Western world support gender equality but only a small minority identify with the feminist movement, which purports to pursue gender equality) showed that feminist activists “exhibit both physiological and psychological characteristics associated with heightened masculinization, which may predispose women for heightened competitiveness, sex-atypical behaviors, and belief in the interchangeability of sex roles.”

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