The Intolerance Attractor
transphobia, intolerance
The more time we spend examining the psychology of intolerant Americans in modern times, the more I think a common profile emerges. Transphobes, homophobes, misogynists, racists, xenophobes, white supremacists, hyper-nationalists, Fascists…these are not wildly different people. Their personality profiles appear to cluster around some sort of über-trait attractor, and someone who is intolerant in one way is very likely to be intolerant in other ways as well.
https://thesciencebit.net/2022/06/26/why-are-transphobes-so-transphobic/
Why are transphobes so transphobic?
I can’t quite put my finger on it yet, but it has something to do with an underdeveloped sense of empathy, a longing for a stable social hierarchy, and an aversion to ambiguity.
As we study these psychological profiles, I hope we can begin to nail down what conditions form and feed these harmful traits, in the hopes of perhaps some day addressing them and allowing society to grow more tolerant.