"To them, Trump embodies the characteristics of an Old Testament God: angry, vengeful, and demanding unquestioning loyalty. Follow the rules without exception or face some serious smiting. These are the characteristics that many men have chosen to shape their parenting, some to the point of emotional abuse."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says he ponders why people are so obsessed with Trump that their loyalty is more a compulsive fetish than a healthy choice. His answer"
"There are many answers to that question, and I’ve explored them all. But one of the main ones is the pathological need for a judgmental father figure."
#Trump #tariffs #ToxicMasculinity #destruction
/5
https://kareem.substack.com/p/trump-tariffs-tank-economy-and-4
"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt mused that 'boys will be boys!' when asked about the increasingly ugly feud between Elon Musk and Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro at Tuesday’s briefing. …
'These are obviously two individuals who have very different views on trade, and on tariffs. Boys will be boys!'"
~ Isaac Schorr
"'and imported millions and millions of illegals to work in construction, manufacturing, landscaping, janitorial services – jobs that used to give men access to the American dream.'”
"Batya Ungar-Sargon reckons Trump’s economic policy is going to fix the 'crisis of masculinity'. On Sunday, Ungar-Sargon told Fox News that the US had 'shipped jobs that gave men who work with their hands for a living, and rely on brawn and physicality, off to other countries'" …
~ Arwa Mahdawi
#Trump #tariffs #ToxicMasculinity #destruction
/2
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/08/trump-tariffs-masculinity-family-fox-news
A number of commentators today are noting the attempt of the Trump regime and its epigones to spin the tariff madness (and destruction) as boys being boys, a favorite theme of Republicans, since one can hardly blame boys for behaving like boys. Bless their hearts, behaving badly is just what men do after all, Republicans love to inform us.
On this topic, see Media Matters on Fox News' spin of the tariffs as "manly."
#Trump #tariffs #ToxicMasculinity #destruction
/1
https://www.mediamatters.org/five/fox-news-chyron-trumps-manly-tariffs
Rising from the Ashes: A Love Letter to Self-Respect (4of4)
He wasn’t just unprepared for a relationship; he was fundamentally incapable, yet he allowed me to believe otherwise, leading me down a path paved with false hope.
The past now feels like a raw wound, a landscape scarred with the sharp edges of what could have been. But the dawn has finally broken, casting a harsh light on the truth. The lesson, etched in the deepest part of me, is this: never again will I dim my own vibrant light for someone who prefers the cold, artificial glow of a screen to the warmth of my touch. Never again will I offer my heart to someone who cannot be fully present, unequivocally honest, and wholly mine.
Lesson: Don’t date dismissive avoidants. They’re not worth the emotional toll.
As Evan Hurst notes, Vera Papisova spent a year dating alt-right men to find out what makes them tick (this is so difficult to figure out?) and ended up comculding that on the whole they're “erratic, violent and incapable of managing their emotions." But, get this, "we" are somehow responsible that they're that way, since "we" have pushed them into isolation.
Himpathy much?
#MAGA #Trump #AltRight #masculinity #himpathy #ToxicMasculinity
https://www.wonkette.com/p/overrun-by-feral-cats-tabs-monday
Toxic Masculinity Snowflakes
https://youtu.be/sP2Kr5frFiU
"Protecting girls" from trans people:
"Hall “screamed and shouted” at the player “you’re a fucking boy and shouldn’t be playing in a girls side...”.
"After the abused player left the field in tears, her father approached Hall informing him he could not speak that way to his daughter, to which Hall reaffirmed his belief that the abused player was a boy and should not be playing in a girls team."
Actual "grooming" threat: Far-Right Manfluencers Grooming Lost Boys
https://www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/how-far-right-manfluencers-are-grooming
* Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate
* rise in domestic abuse/physical violence/terrorism
#TransLivesMatter #TransRights #WomensRights
#HegmonicMasculinity #misogyny #manfluencers #JoeRogan #AndrewTate #NickFuentes #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #GOP #ToxicMasculinity #paternalism #incel #IMVE
#Trump #fascism #Christofascism #transgenocide
CAVE: collaborate/advocate/vote/educate
Transgenocide: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
"Tätermachung vs Objektivierung – Die ausgebliebene Emanzipation des Mannes"
Ein philosophischer Artikel über Vorurteile zwischen den Geschlechtern. Darin beschreibe ich die Folgen typischer Verhalten, die Benzin ins Feuer des Patriarchats kippen. Und wie man dem entgehen kann.
https://blog.dominik-dammer.de/tatermachung-vs-objektivierung-die-emanzipation-des-mannes
Eeeewwwwww, #Trump’s comment saying, “We’re gonna have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too” has such creepy dick in a box vibes.
British Culture...
" two RAF engineers out on a bender in Berkshire."
This is why we can't have nice things, belligerent drunken men. But don't anybody try to change that culture, don't anybody appear woke, for the 'boys will be boys' must be maintained, how dare anyone stop the boys doing what they want!
Talking about toxic masculinity.
As a trans guy I DREAM of having a beard.
But I also know that my masculinity has nothing to do with it, the same way it has nothing to do with what is -or isn't- between my legs.
Cis guys could learn a thing or two from us in that matter.
Coleman Spilde is right. Essential tv for all: "I’d go as far as to say that "Adolescence" should be required viewing for all teenagers, & certainly a condition of having a phone. If a teen wants to be tapped into the digital echo chamber, they have to know what it can do to them. Goodwill & hope that parents will raise their children correctly aren’t enough when the worlds inside of their phones can undo all of that learning."
Coleman Spilde is right. Essential tv for all: "I’d go as far as to say that "Adolescence" should be required viewing for all teenagers, & certainly a condition of having a phone. If a teen wants to be tapped into the digital echo chamber, they have to know what it can do to them. Goodwill & hope that parents will raise their children correctly aren’t enough when the worlds inside of their phones can undo all of that learning."
You can deal with this problem, or you can attack 'woke', you can't have both.
