#115 - Why Conservatives Are Obsessed with Trans People

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In this episode we look at one of the most revealing psychological patterns in modern politics. The conservative obsession with trans people.

In 1996 psychologist Henry Adams at the University of Georgia conducted a study measuring the physical responses of men who scored high on homophobia scales while watching different types of adult content. The results were extraordinary. Over half the men who scored highest on homophobia showed a measurable physical response to gay content. Less than a quarter of non-homophobic men did the same.

Psychologists call this reaction formation. When people feel shame about something inside themselves they don't confront it. They attack it in others. The louder the outrage the deeper the shame.

This episode explains why the most anti-gay politicians keep getting caught in airport bathrooms. Why Grindr crashes every time the Republican convention comes to town. And why the men screaming loudest about trans people cannot stop thinking about trans people.

They are not protecting their values. They are terrified you will see their search history.