This puts the “toxic” in “toxic masculinity.”
It is scientifically proven that men are bad for the planet — or so a certain group of researchers says.
An international group of researchers has found that men are the superior sex when it comes to their impact on society and nature, per a politically skewed study in the International Journal for Masculinity Studies.
“There is now plenty of research that shows clear negative impacts of some men’s behavior on the environment and climate,” said Professor Jeff Hearn, a professor of sociology at the University of Huddersfield in the UK, Phys.org reported. “What is astonishing is how this aspect does not figure in most debate and policy in a more sustainable world.”
To determine this seemingly sexist revelation, the team drew on new studies by 22 researchers spanning 13 countries.
They found that, on average, men have a larger impact due to their patterns of “consumption, especially travel, transportation, tourism and meat eating,” per the study.
“Men consume more meat than women and are leaders of the animal–industrial complex,” the researchers write. “Meat consumption remains part of hegemonic masculinity across many contexts.”
This comes following a new study that found that an animal protein-heavy diet may help stave off dementia in a select group of people with a genetic risk factor tied to Alzheimer’s disease.
Guys are more likely to be involved in non-green activities, researchers claim.
Per the study, these so-called masculine pastimes include “owning, managing, controlling heavy, chemical, carbon–based, industrialized agriculture, high environmental impact and extractive industries, and of course militarism, with its own devastating environmental effects.”
And while the scientists don’t single out any particular subset of men, they claim that the “destructive ecological and social processes” are largely driven by “privileged eurowestern countries, particularly elite white men.”
These processes, per the study, include “colonialism, extractivism and capitalism.”
Study authors also noted the five countries with the world’s highest carbon emissions: China placed first in this regard, followed by the United States, then India, with Russia and Japan rounding out the top five, according to a report by Worldmeter.
Researchers went on to call men out for their lack of involvement in green politics, particularly as compared to women.
“Among vocal and influential masculinities, especially far–right political elites, climate denialism often combines with misogyny,” the researchers write.
The study comes as the climate change lobby faces increasing scrutiny over the alarmist global warming narrative.
In October, renowned climate change doom-monger Bill Gates declared that worldwide temperatures increase “will not lead to humanity’s demise” — a stunning reversal from his prior claims.
Thankfully, per the researchers, not all men are to blame for their ozone-destroying tendencies.
“Some men are working urgently and energetically to change these tendencies,” wrote the researchers.
