Patriarchy's loss of assured authority is felt and infinitely angers a new generation of right wing men. Petulant figures like Trump are not betraying traditional masculinity, but revealing its underlying truth: pure infantile entitlement.
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Patriarchal power remains, but its pathetic nature has been revealed, easy authority replaced by whining and bullying. Patriarchal wrath is immensely dangerous, but never forget they're reacting to being weakened. This is a source of hope.
Underneath his skin, every Zeus is a Peter Pan. Avoiding growing up, denying the reality principle and the burdens of psychological and social development that it implies.
Most men suffer the same loss that leads some to the far right. Other masculinities exist. Our task, as I see it, is to transform self-pity into self-care, and to empower ourselves to love and care & fight the patriarchal masculinity that hurts men by alienating us from ourselves & those we love.
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