One of the definitions of machismo is an "exhilarating sense of power or strength."[1]
Religious people tend to be more conservative.[2] In addition, religious people have more mental toughness (See: Atheism and mental toughness).
Question: Do conservatives have more machismo? According to the journal article about the brain differences between political conservatives, liberals and moderates entitled Functional connectivity signatures of political ideology which was published in PNAS Nexus, "conservatives tend to be more resilient and have better self-control".[3]
Ergo, religious conservatives have more machismo!
The machismo tests: What is your level of machismo?
See also: Does Richard Dawkins have machismo?
Physical machismo
According to the article Find Out How Fit You Really Are in Only Three Minutes at Military.com:
| “ | Physical fitness isn't just about lifting. It's about how strong you are relative to your body weight, said Martin Rooney, author of "Ultimate Warrior Workouts." That's why he has his athletes-in-training do body-weight tests. If they struggle, they need to either gain strength or lose weight. Test yourself the same way with his push-up challenge.
The test Do as many push-ups as you can in three minutes. Rules: 1. Rest whenever you want, but keep the clock running the whole time. 2. For a rep to count, you must maintain perfect form: elbows locked at the top, chest two inches above the floor at the bottom, hips not sagging and knees not touching the floor. 3. Pace yourself however you'd like, but it's best not to rush, Rooney said. Take a 15-second break once you slow down after your first burst. Then take longer breaks as you become more tired, he said. Never push yourself to total fatigue. Tire out too quickly? How you did: Below average: < 55 push-ups Average: 55-74 push-ups Good: 75-99 push-ups Excellent: 100-110 push-ups Extraordinary: 111 or more[4] |
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Mental machismo
Question: How well have you mastered accelerated learning and memory improvement techniques?
If you don't know what accelerated learning and memory improvement techniques are, then you definitely lack mental machismo! See: Learning faster
World memory champion statistics
Articles:
Findings:
- The top participants of the annual World Memory Championships regularly demonstrate the ability to memorize hundreds of words, digits, or other abstract information units within minutes.
- Of the 23 athletes, 17 participated in a word learning task under fMRI conditions where they demonstrated their superior memory abilities compared to controls (70.8 ± 0.6 versus 39.9 ± 3.6 of 72 words correctly recalled 20 min after encoding; median, 72 versus 41; Wilcoxon signed-rank test, p < 0.001, r = 0.62).
- Brain changes: "Memory skills strongly differ across the general population; however, little is known about the brain characteristics supporting superior memory performance. Here we assess functional brain network organization of 23 of the world’s most successful memory athletes and matched controls with fMRI during both task-free resting state baseline and active memory encoding. We demonstrate that, in a group of naive controls, functional connectivity changes induced by 6 weeks of mnemonic training were correlated with the network organization that distinguishes athletes from controls."
- True to their name, the memory champions missed only two words on average when recalling the list 20 minutes later, whereas their controls missed nearly half.
Stroop color word test
Take an online Stroop color word test: Online Stroop Color Word Test
God Almighty is omniscient and has an exceedingly high intellect. For example, He is able to take a billion Stroop Color Word Tests simultaneously without it being mentally taxing in the least.
The mental toughness test
The MTQ48 instrument, by AQR International, is a unique and innovative psychometric tool that measures and reports a person’s mental toughness.
Question: Are you man enough to take AQR International's mental toughness test? See: AQR International's mental toughness test
Why IQ tests are for pansies
IQ tests are for pansies who want to prove to themselves how smart they are so they can join pretentious IQ societies. Individuals who have mental machismo know they are smart and do not seek validation!
A tragic case of an atheist who lacks mental machismo
The history of machismo
Historically, machismo is a part of Latino culture.
What is the future of machismo in the 21st century
However, the United Nations 2019 article Latin America and the Caribbean to Reach Maximum Population Levels by 2058 reports:
| “ | Starting in 2059, diminishing population is projected for the region, mainly due to falling fertility and negative migration balances.
The slowdown in population growth, mainly due to the falling fertility rate and negative migration balances will lead Latin America and the Caribbean to reach maximum population by around 2058, with a total of 767.5 million people, according to an analysis of recent population trends in the region, carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). As of 2059, diminishing population growth is therefore predicted for the region, in contrast to the outlook at the global level, where, although the population will decline, negative growth is not foreseen in the next 80 years.[9] |
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The Evangelical/Pentecostal Christian population of Latin America is growing rapidly due to religious conversion and their higher fertility rate. See also: Atheism and fertility rates
How much can a subpopulation grow due to its higher fertility rate?
Eric Kaufmann wrote in his academic paper Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
| “ | Today, values play a more important role in fertility behaviour, throwing the contrast between religious pronatalism and secular low-fertility individualism into relief. Over several generations, this process can lead to significant social and political changes. Early Christianity’s exponential rise during its gestation period from 30 to 300 A.D. has been traced to its superior demography (fertility, mortality and female sex ratio), which maintained a rate of growth similar to contemporary Mormonism: 40 percent per decade. For Christians, this led to a jump from 40 converts to 6 million inside three centuries. (Stark 1996) Christianity became the religion of an empire and a continent. In the United States, conservative sects increased their share of white Protestantism from roughly a third to two-thirds during the twentieth century – largely on the back of higher fertility. On the other hand, sects like the Shakers and Cathars, which permitted entry only through conversion, rapidly faded from the scene. Demographic religious revival is a medium and long-term phenomenon, but awareness of shifting population composition can lead to political soul-searching and instability well before the full impact of demographic change takes place. This is clear in ethnically-tense societies like Israel, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Lebanon, Cote D’Ivoire or Assam.[10] | ” |
Steve Turley wrote:
| “ | According to a recent a demographic study by University of London Professor Eric Kaufmann, there is a significant demographic deficit between secularists and conservative religionists. For example, in the U.S., while self-identified secular women averaged only 1.5 children per couple in 2002, conservative evangelical women averaged 2 to 3 children per couple, which amounts to a 28 percent fertility advantage. Now Kaufmann notices that this demographic deficit has dramatic effects over time. In a population evenly divided, these numbers indicate that conservative evangelicals would increase from 50 to 62.5 percent of the population in a single generation. In two generations, their number would increase to 73.5 percent, and over the course of 200 years, they would represent 99.4 percent.
Kaufmann noticed further that the more religiously conservative, the more children. For example, the Amish double in population every twenty years, and are projected to number over a million in the U.S. and Canada in just a few decades. We're seeing a similar trend among Mormons, who have averaged a 40 percent growth per decade, which means that by the end of the century, there will be as many as 300 million Mormons in the world, or six percent of the world's population. And note: Mormons vote overwhelmingly Republican. Now in stark contrast to all of this, Kaufmann's data projects that secularists consistently exemplify a low fertility rate of around 1.5 percent per couple, which is significantly below the replacement level of 2.1 percent. And so he sees a steady decline of secular populations after 2030 or 2050 to potentially no more than a mere 14 to 15 percent of the American population. He notices that similar projections apply to Europe as well.[11] |
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In 2021, Politics Today reported: "Evangelical communities are booming across Latin America. Where only 4% of Latin Americans identified as evangelicals in the 1970s, today that number is closer to 20%."[12]
Now we know that atheists and the agnostic/New Atheist Richard Dawkins lack machismo. See: Does Richard Dawkins have machismo? and Atheism and cowardice
Given that many Evangelicals/Pentecostals are Bible believers, what does the Bible teach as far as women and men?
Please read the passages below:
“But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” - The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 11:3
"For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor." - The Apostle Paul, 1 Timothy 2: 13-14
So the Latin Evangelical/Pentecostal Latin American men have mucho machismo! Olé! Olé! Olé!
No doubt that is one of the reasons why the Latin American Evangelical/Pentecostal populations are growing so rapido! They fearlessly evangelize and their family sizes are larger than the average Latin American family sizes. Olé! Olé! Olé!
The moose hunting Evangelical/Pentecostal Sarah Palin certainly has more machismo than effete, liberal men who are bossed around by their feminist wives/girlfriends with butch haircuts!
Question: Who had more machismo? The Roman pagans or the Roman Christians?
Consider Dave Willcocks essay And the winner is... which states:
| “ | In his remarkable book The Rise of Christianity, the American sociologist of religion Rodney Stark explains how an obscure sect with just 40 converts in the year 30AD became the official religion of the Roman empire by 300. The standard answer to this question is that the emperor Constantine had a vision which led to his conversion and an embrace of Christianity. Stark demonstrates the flaws in this “great man” portrait of history. Christianity, he says, expanded at the dramatic rate of 40 per cent a decade for over two centuries, and this upsurge was only partly the result of its appeal to the wider population of Hellenistic pagans. Christian demography was just as important. Unlike the pagans, Christians cared for their sick during plagues rather than abandoning them, which sharply lowered mortality. In contrast to the “macho” ethos of pagans, Christians emphasised male fidelity and marriage, which attracted a higher percentage of female converts, who in turn raised more Christian children. Moreover, adds Stark, Christians had a higher fertility rate than pagans, yielding even greater demographic advantage” – Eric Kauffman, “Breeding For God”.[14] | ” |
See also: Christianity and hospitals and Christianity and social stability and Atheism and loneliness vs. Christian love, fellowship and joy
As you can clearly see, the Roman Christians had true machismo because they had power and wisdom from on high. As you may recall, one of the definitions of machismo is an "exhilarating sense of power or strength."[15]
Given that Evangelical/Pentecostal Christianity in Latin America is rapidly expanding – by all indications, the future of machismo is very bright.
Feminists, as much as I hate to say it, on behalf of all Bible believers with machismo, I declare total victory! Olé! Olé! Olé!
In the United States, Hispanic women are infrequent visitors to Señor Dawkins' website. It is because he lacks machismo.
"The lack of lady presence is so visible that Conservapedia commented on it by noting that Dawkins’ website overwhelmingly attracts male visitors." - Monica Shores, Ms. Magazine[17]
For more information, please see: Does Richard Dawkins have machismo?
Machismo and weight loss. Most bullfighters are thin
See also: Machismo and weight loss. Most bullfighters are thin and Mental toughness and weight loss and Mental toughness and Will (psychology) and Self-control
Steve Siebold, author of the book Die Fat or Get Tough: 101 Differences in Thinking Between Fat People and Fit People notes:
| “ | Make no mistake: Many diets work very well and have been scientifically proven to do so. Because an individual lacks the mental toughness to stick to a diet doesn’t make the diet any less effective. People have a difficult time accepting their own behavior so they blame their diet. That’s no different than a college graduate begging for money on the street and then blaming the school for his failure to succeed.
People battling weight have failed on so many diets they begin to believe there’s something mysteriously complex about getting thin and healthy. It’s a psychological phenomenon that holds people back from building the body they desire and deserve. Fit people know weight loss is as simple and straightforward as making a commitment to change and being mentally tough enough to stick to their commitment. The configuration of the diets themselves can be very complex, but adhering to a diet is as elementary as having the willpower to keep your word to yourself.[18] |
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Pictures of thin bullfighters
Masculine women, feminine men
"Masculine women, feminine men, which is the rooster which is the hen? It's hard to tell 'em apart today." - Edgar Leslie's and James V. Monaco's 1920s song Masculine women, feminine men
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References
- ↑ Machismo
- ↑ FACTCHECKED: RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE, WORLDWIDE, Eternity News website, 2020
- ↑ Functional connectivity signatures of political ideology by Seo Eun Yang, James D Wilson, Zhong-Lin Lu, Skyler Cranmer, PNAS Nexus, Volume 1, Issue 3, July 2022, pgac066, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac066, Published: 23 May 2022
- ↑ Find Out How Fit You Really Are in Only Three Minutes, Military.com
- ↑ The Human Body: God's Masterpiece
- ↑ The Enigmatic Human Brain by Wallace G. Smith
- ↑ The Most Complex Structure, Creation Moments
- ↑ Assessment of Selective Attention With CSCWT (Computerized Stroop Color-Word Test) Among Children and Adults
- ↑ Latin America and the Caribbean to Reach Maximum Population Levels by 2058
- ↑ Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann, Belfer Center, Harvard University/Birkbeck College, University of London (PDF)
- ↑ Feminist Futility: Why the Women's March Promises a Conservative Future by Steve Turley, Christian Post
- ↑ The Rise of Evangelicals in Latin America: What Would Jesus Do?
- ↑ The Triumph of the Gospel of Love by Monk Themistocles (Adamopoulo)
- ↑ And the Winnner Is… by Dave Willcock
- ↑ Machismo
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- ↑ Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women by Monica Shores, Ms. Magazine
- ↑ Steve Siebold: AMA wrong to call obesity a disease by Steve Siebold, Cap Times