'Manly' men make better DADS: Masculine traits including competitiveness and adventurousness are linked to stronger parenting skills, study claims'Manly' men make better DADS: Masculine traits including competitiveness and adventurousness are linked to stronger parenting skills, study claims
'Manly' men with typically masculine traits may be better fathers, a new study has claimed.
Researchers from the Ohio State University found that characteristics such as competitiveness and adventurousness were linked to being better fathers to infants.
While these traits are often seen as old-fashioned male stereotypes, the researchers say that they can result in more positive parenting behaviours.
Professor Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, who led the study, said: 'If fathers can preserve the best of these stereotypically masculine characteristics, without the negatives like hostile sexism, that would be good for families.'
Og i dagen who-woulda-thunk-it viser det sig at maskuline mænd er bedre fædre - bedre end beta-simp-mænd antageligvis. De maskuline træk som er forbundet med bedre fædre er listet som:
* Competitive
* Daring
* Adventurous
* Dominant
* Aggressive
* Courageous
* Standing up to pressure
Måske et godt råd til fædre, at opdyrke sådanne maskuline dyder. Fremfor at lade sig forfalde til den tåbelige ide om "giftig maskulinitet".