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MrBaptist on scored.co
1 year ago35 points(+0/-0/+35Score on mirror)2 children
[Body odour disgust sensitivity is associated with xenophobia: evidence from nine countries across five continents](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221407)
> Disease avoidance is thought to involve (i) detection of cues of disease that (ii) activate appropriate affective (e.g. disgust) and cognitive (e.g. thoughts of contamination) responses, that in turn (iii) trigger the relevant avoidance behaviour [...] Disease avoidance might shape social and ideological attitudes
We know your body has incredibly advanced, fully automated subsystems to warn you against sources of infection... however, that's racist!
> Disease avoidance is thought to involve (i) detection of cues of disease that (ii) activate appropriate affective (e.g. disgust) and cognitive (e.g. thoughts of contamination) responses, that in turn (iii) trigger the relevant avoidance behaviour [...] Disease avoidance might shape social and ideological attitudes
We know your body has incredibly advanced, fully automated subsystems to warn you against sources of infection... however, that's racist!
Like some humanoids being the color of feces?