Misleading article title: "Men, Conservative Party supporters and Brexit-backers more likely to support use of nuclear weapons". Yet the research shows men " more likely to want to retain UK's nuclear deterrent." There's a vast difference between wanting to retain nukes, and wanting to use them.

Deadlocked02 · 2021-08-17T14:37:06+00:00

Dr. Thomson said: "We have found the recurring 'gender gap' found on state use of conventional military force extends to Britain's nuclear force capabilities, with men more in favour of retaining the nuclear deterrent than women.

Yeah, that tends to happen when you know your gender will be the meat shield in the absence of such deterrents.

coffeeinvenice · 2021-08-17T13:38:52+00:00

From the story:

Men, Conservative Party supporters and those who wanted Britain to leave the EU, are more likely to want to retain Britain's nuclear deterrent, a study shows...Those who voted 'remain' in the EU referendum are less likely to support keeping nuclear weapons relative to those who voted to leave the EU. Supporters of Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, UKIP, the Green Party, and Plaid Cymru are less likely to support keeping nuclear weapons... The study, published in the European Journal of International Security, was carried out by Ben Clements, from the University of Leicester, and Catarina Thomson, from the University of Exeter.

Article title is extremely misleading. There is a vast difference between wanting to have a nuclear deterrent, and actually wanting to use nuclear weapons in a conflict. No one in their right mind - male or female - would choose nuclear weapons as their first weapon of choice in a military conflict.

IndividualRanger5379 · 2021-08-19T10:38:59+00:00

Seriously click bait titles on online news article should stop. That might have worked before but not many people read the news anymore, including online. Doing this is just spreading misinformation.

Mahameghabahana · 2021-08-19T15:56:42+00:00

Do you know why china and india have no gun policy at their borders? Certainly not because of both countries don't have nukes.

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