I think it's both depressing and telling how many Americans (including many members of the elite media) view "masculinity" basically in terms of being an abuser and are excited and thrilled to sign up themselves and others for more abuse.
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Max Kennerly
Repeating myself, but the idea of Trump & Musk as "masculine" remains bizarre. They're just the toxic and immature parts with none of the traditional "masculine" virtues. They're whiny, entitled, unreliable, dishonest, self-absorbed, never take responsibility, never put duty over self-interest, etc.
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Or the rapists buddies saying he’s really a good guy.
America rewards toxic masculinity.
like...we've had some pretty good anti-toxic-masculinity media but it's not been sufficiently front and center??
The shining armor trope is just a story to justify giving the armed violent dude whatever he wants.
The former is said often to outsiders as if it's a threat of corporal punishment.
Movement conservatives understand and embrace this. You can see it in the way they reflexively lash out at concepts like gentle parenting
I was taught to be fearful of god, to be chivalrous towards women, to be a hard worker, to take responsibility, and to not whine and moan.
Modern day Republicans could never
This is just too neat and clean theory to "blame it on".
Courage, strength, support, focus, achievement.
But rather the worst aspects of boyhood: entitlement, greed, recklessness, and crudeness.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of liberal and leftist men who aren't open to understanding this.
Masculinity is just the collective sum of how men behave. If we see a societal form of masculinity that we don't like, we can change it just by changing our behavior.
What the right promotes are twisted and bastardized versions that reinforce an unequal power dynamic which only hurts men and women alike.
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Those at the top always hope that those at the bottom will revere them. They expect the peasants to thank them for the exploitation.
*dry heaves*
Wears foundation
Spends hours daily on his hair
Wears lifts (male equivalent of heels?)
Tell me he isn’t failed excuse for a glorious drag queen.