Re:Partisan attachment: How politics is changing dating and ...
by neverywhere on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @09:50AM
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> assuming that people are genetically predestined to be conservative (or liberal) is both silly and incompatible
But there is evidence of that. I linked to some of these papers in my previous comments.
Re:Partisan attachment: How politics is changing dating and ...
by woodruffw on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @10:04AM
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> But there is evidence of that. I linked to some of these papers in my previous comments.
The IFS is not a credible source. Their previous claim to fame was publishing bogus research on same-sex parenting, presumably because it doesn't align with their values[1].
The other link is a meta-analysis that shows a correlation between family political alignments (quelle surprise!). It doesn't support the more ridiculous claim that the arc of human reproduction bends towards conservativism.
[1]: https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Institute_for_Family_S...
But more seriously: the furthest left people I know are the ones who grew up around conservatives, particularly in privation (usually one of the strongest signals for high birth rates). These things have a tendency to balance each other by nurture; assuming that people are genetically predestined to be conservative (or liberal) is both silly and incompatible with our observed history as communal animals.