Republican masculinity shows itself to actually be arrested development. Republican men remind me of the boys in my 6th grade class back in the 50's. Boastful, trash talking, GI Joe loving, girlie magazine consuming boys putting on their training wheels to become men. Some never got off the training wheels and took that ride right into adulthood. From bird man Josh Hawley to the Proud "Boys" to the 30 yr olds in their mom's basement sending death threats...these men aren't powerful in fact they are the exact opposite, deeply insecure in their own manliness. Their manliness requires accessories, guns, tactical gear, flags and foul mouthed t shirts. They are weak and fearful no matter how tough they talk or look. Some hide behind God, other hide behind keyboards but they are all cheap imitations of what a real man is.
That's what fascinates me the most, Republican women. I live in Trump country and all the women here are helpmates to their husbands by choice. They are also weak by design. They vote they way their husbands and fathers do because whatever benefits the man will benefit their women. The only sisterhood they know is among those who think like them. They have no compassion or empathy for women beyond the group. In many ways I find them more irritating. I expect boorish behavior from men. I still wince at boorish women.
Republican masculinity shows itself to actually be arrested development. Republican men remind me of the boys in my 6th grade class back in the 50's. Boastful, trash talking, GI Joe loving, girlie magazine consuming boys putting on their training wheels to become men. Some never got off the training wheels and took that ride right into adulthood. From bird man Josh Hawley to the Proud "Boys" to the 30 yr olds in their mom's basement sending death threats...these men aren't powerful in fact they are the exact opposite, deeply insecure in their own manliness. Their manliness requires accessories, guns, tactical gear, flags and foul mouthed t shirts. They are weak and fearful no matter how tough they talk or look. Some hide behind God, other hide behind keyboards but they are all cheap imitations of what a real man is.
That's what fascinates me the most, Republican women. I live in Trump country and all the women here are helpmates to their husbands by choice. They are also weak by design. They vote they way their husbands and fathers do because whatever benefits the man will benefit their women. The only sisterhood they know is among those who think like them. They have no compassion or empathy for women beyond the group. In many ways I find them more irritating. I expect boorish behavior from men. I still wince at boorish women.