Wednesday, 28 February 2018

The Whiff of Authoritarianism?


A study suggests that, having pronounced distaste for body odours and/or the smell of urine, is likely to indicate they also support  right wing views (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/28/hate-body-odour-youre-more-likely-to-have-rightwing-views). It is, of course, likely that such an odour aversion suggests that the individual will dislike humans in general but will particularly find the poor and the old not to their taste. It would be interesting to know what is their attitude to sport.

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