One of biggest drivers for the original study’s conclusion was the relatively high death toll for Hurricane Sandy, and the fact that on a masculine-feminine 1-11 (11 being most feminine) scale, their study participants rated Sandy as a 9.
I don’t know who those study participants were but they clearly don’t watch baseball. Seriously, lots and lots of dudes named Sandy. Among the many other ways to play with the data that makes the effect disappear, I’d bet that properly ranking Sandy as a more gender-neutral name would also do the trick.
