Anecdotally, we probably all have the impression that the most virulent left-wing commissars are women. But here we see that observation confirmed in startling fashion: “Male students show more tolerance for political enemies than females show for their own allies.”
It may be reasonable to assume someone with a similar ideology would be more tolerant of your views, but new data by FIRE suggests that’s not the case. Amazingly, it turns out men are often more tolerant of the opposite side than women are of their own side.
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In other words, it’s not that liberals are more tolerant than conservatives, or vice versa. Liberal and conservative men are more or less equally tolerant, as are liberal and conservative women. It’s being a man, liberal or conservative, that makes the difference.
This chart tells the story:
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