I thought your research topic was interesting and very relevant in todays times. I was wondering if there was a specific reason that you did not gather data in demographics on gender? Femininity and masculinity I feel can be seen in any gender so I do not think that the absence of this question had a strong effect on your results and the goal of your study but I was just curious about your reasoning for not adding it!

This is very interesting! I like that you chose the constructs of masculinity and femininity as predictors rather than gender (although I agree with Sammie that it would be interesting to see gender effects). It makes me wonder whether you see these same relationship in other cultures where you see some “machismo” culture or whether masks have gotten caught up in the constructs of masculinity here in a way that they have not in other countries. Great job!

Cool study! You read my mind! I definitely have been assuming that masculinity is one of the strongest predictors of mask wearing. So great research question! I had one question though…. were your levels of masculinity generally low or high in your sample. I see that you reported your mean and the “range” of the variables, but I wasn’t exactly sure exactly what those numbers represent. Typically ranges are reported as something like “1 to 5,” but you seemed to report them as a single number. I wasn’t quite sure how to interpret your means. But, I’d be curious to know whether your sample was generally high or low on your main construct and how that may impact your interpretation of your results.

This was an extremely interesting study and I had my own assumptions about the results. We are in a situation where the CDC protective guidelines of mask wearing and social distancing have become a political opinion for some reason. How do you think the politicization of mask wearing may have acted as a limitation on your results?

It didn’t surprise me at all that risk taking was associated with non-compliance, but I was kind of surprised by violence being the only other significant predictor. It makes it seem like people who don’t wear masks are actively trying to harm others rather than just taking a personal risk. Also, related to the comments above on studying gender, you did ask that variable in your study. Did you consider adding it to your analysis?

I really like the age range of the study! With men having more Covid related deaths do you think that there are a lot of out outside influences like politics making it seem less significant? I never knew that most men look at the pandemic as a war.

What a great study! I do wonder why you chose the particular subscales that you did. What were the ones you left out, and why?

This study is so interesting and so relevant to today’s world. For me at least, I associated more masculine, aggressive men with not wearing masks, social distancing, and thinking that COVID-19 is some sort of hoax. Now I know there is some truth behind that assumption. Of course not all masculine people are like that, but from your study there does seem to be a correlation.

I found this whole study to be interesting. Just from reading the title, I could predict what the results would be (masculinity tied to not following the CDC guidelines and femininity tied to following the CDC guidelines), but learning about the data that supported that claim and the psychology behind it was the most interesting part.

This group had a nice insight.

This survey was very intriguing! I always enjoy seeing the results, and my predictions about the results were right. I thought that men would be more likely to not ignore the CDC guidelines for COVID, because of their aggression. I saw violence and risk-taking were the two factors of this survey that were correlated, which made lots of sense.

I enjoyed learning and watching this study. I found it interesting how men have more deaths than women due to COVID. Women are more cautious by washing their hands, wearing masks, and social distancing. Although all men aren’t careless, I found it interesting how many more deaths they have than women.

I have seen more women than men not wearing masks, so this was really interesting to look at. I knew that wearing masks has become a political statement, and I wonder if your number would differ if you used political affiliation as a determining factor rather than gender.

Although looking at masculinity and femininity what was your target demographic? Was it primarily straight Members of society? There is a wide range of masculinity and femininity within the LGBTQIA+ community and a higher percentage of them willing to wear masks regardless if they’re masculinity or feminine.