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DATE: October 9, 2026 at 03:07AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

TITLE: People High in SDO Tend to Have Less Empathy-Related Gray Matter

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Source: PsyPost

Attitudes toward group-based inequality and social hierarchies may be linked to brain structure and a personality trait tied to reward seeking. According to a new study published in Current Psychology, adults high in social dominance orientation tend to have less gray matter in a brain area involved in empathy and emotional processing. The results suggest that sociopolitical worldviews may be partly a function of basic motivational and emotional...

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I think we autistics might know all this in our bones. In our hearts. Somewhere, anyway… but usually on an instinctive level.

Even if we’re not aware of our reasons or motivations, and instead struggle with shame and self-doubt (just as we’re encouraged and socialized to do).

But… clarity is the enemy of oppression!

It replaces confusion with transparency. It throws light on the landscape 🔦

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#PowerDynamics #SocialHierarchies #EpistemicInjustice

https://archive.org/details/landed-obligation

Landed Obligation: The Practice of Power in Buganda by Holly Elisabeth Hanson

Topics
#EastAfrica, #Buganda, #Africanhistory, #Africa, #Baganda, #BugandaKingdom, #KingdomofBuganda, #Mailo, #landtenure, #monarchies, #monarchy, #colonialism, #britishcolonialism, #britishimperialism, #Uganda, #Kabaka, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #slavetrade, #slaveraids, #slaveraiding, #arabslavetrade, #war, #land, #socialhierarchy, #socialhierarchies

Series: Social History of Africa
Publisher: Heinemann (Reed Elsevier)
ISBNs: 0325070377 (cloth), 0325070369 (paper)
ISSN: 1099-8098