A Rutgers University study conducted alongside the Hudson Institute and the Network Contagion Research Institute found that authoritarianism and violence are associated with gender ideology.
It does fall in line with the violence we see coming from the American Left.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released a commissioned study that found individuals who believed in radical gender ideology were more likely to hold left-wing authoritarian beliefs and believe political violence is justified.
The same study found individuals who held left-wing authoritarian views were more likely to justify political violence.
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The preregistered survey of 1,208 U.S. adults found that stronger endorsement of so-called “gender-affirming” clinical positions was substantially associated with higher levels of left-wing authoritarianism, including after accounting for political identity and age.
Both measures were also associated with greater justification of political violence across six scenarios.
“This study raises important questions about what happens when ideology is given the authority of medicine,” said Admiral Brian Christine.
“The association between sex-rejecting clinical beliefs, authoritarian attitudes, and the justification of political violence warrants serious scientific scrutiny. HHS will continue to pursue rigorous research that examines these relationships and gives the American people the evidence they deserve.”
“The authors propose that sex-rejecting beliefs may function as an ideological framework through which left-wing authoritarian tendencies become focused on specific perceived threats, outgroups, and forms of institutional action. They further propose that clinical and professional institutions may lend authority to a framework that identifies victims, sources of harm, and responses to that harm, potentially providing people already disposed toward authoritarianism with moral justification for coercive or punitive action.”
“This study does not determine whether belief in radical gender ideology contributes to authoritarian attitudes or vice versa, nor whether an outside factor may contribute to both predispositions. The authors call for experimental research to test the proposed relationship.”