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“Because he's rich, confident, belligerent and "grabs them by the pussy." That's been the working definition of "strong man" in Western society for thousands of
by techpineapple 1y ago
“Because he's rich, confident, belligerent and "grabs them by the pussy." That's been the working definition of "strong man" in Western society for thousands of years.“
Is this true? I mean loosely speaking yes, but I feel like Trump, at least in demeanor is quite a change from the short spoken western men of the past ala John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, and certainly I think lacks the optimistic patriotism of a Reagan.
I may not wholeheartedly agree with that sort of traditional masculinity, but I get it. Trump is the opposite of old school hold your emotions close, protect the weak masculinity.
- krapp 1y agoThat's fair, the parameters for masculinity do seem to have drifted somewhat. I'd still argue his appeal is that he conforms to that archetype for a lot of Americans.