For men, bicep size may predict your politics

A new study in Psychological Science reports that bicep size and preferences for wealth redistribution correlate. If you’re rich and have big guns you’re against redistribution. On the other hand, if you’re poor and muscle bound, you favor redistribution. The idea is that more upper body strength rouses a man (the effect was not found in women) to defend his self-interests, e.g, protect what you have if you’re rich and try to grab more, if you’re poor. In contrast, the rich 98-pound weaklings were less interested in preventing redistribution and the poor shrimps were less concerned about trying take from the rich.