The problem with MAGA’s definition of manhood

Article here. Excerpt:

'Zuckerberg also reportedly “blamed his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for an inclusivity initiative at Facebook that encouraged employees’ self-expression in the workplace.”

I mean, at one level, it’s actually a perfect example of masculine energy to not own your decisions and instead blame them on a woman who was your subordinate. But it’s a kind of masculine energy — if you want to call it that — that’s pretty damn pathetic.

That’s the other weird thing about all these “manly men” and how they perform masculinity. Not only does it involve a ton of whining and blame-shifting, but it also involves abject levels of, dare I say, emasculating subservience.

All these “manly men” are so eager to submit to the awesome will of Trump while simultaneously bragging about their superhuman feats. Whether it’s all the pushups you can allegedly do, in Hegseth’s case, or claiming you are one of the best video gamers in the universe, as Elon Musk has recently done.'

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... people of a political bent will realize that attacking masculinity in and of itself is working against their own causes and interests? Being that ppl can be very myopic, I predict never.

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Chris Hayes is a life-long democrat academic who conflates masculinity with negative social values. So its an easy reach for him to associate masculinity with Trump, and an associatation that no doubt elicits much nodding and agreement from his democrat siblings.

But its the very ideologically entrenched anti male prejudice that just pushed Trump into the Whitehouse.

Keep on pushing chris!

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It doesn't mention the Left's tendency to insult these Tech Bros b/c they are men, but it's nonetheless a good article. Lesson: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

https://reason.com/2025/01/20/the-tech-bros-love-trump-because-the-democrats-pushed-them-away/

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