"The Trump campaign knew that men were his ticket back to power, and it targeted them—pointedly young men, and men of color—with a sophisticated campaign of grievance and disinformation.

BronMason

Exactly! When trump brought up the size of a dead golfer’s penis, the men in the audience laughed, but it was the laugh of a shared belief in the superiority of having a penis (the bigger the better).
He sent the same message by fellating his microphone—I’m the candidate with a penis.
And trump’s seeming meanderings on wanting to protect women reinforced that only a man can protect the nation & a woman cannot—she needs a man’s protection whether or not she wants it.

Lolicanthe 😺

@wdlindsy
Hi!
Thanks for the share. Could anyone give me the full article please? Since I'm not a subscriber, I can't access the full text but I'd love to show to my French students.
I'd be forever grateful

Patrick

@wdlindsy For the entire country to wake up to the fact that a majority of the country elected a convicted serial rapist and more than likely Pedophile to the highest position of power in the world tells us something about ourselves as a society. 60% white males and 53% white females chose this option. Read my last crime fiction piece titled Circus Freak Nation out on Amazon to find out reasons why

William Lindsey :toad:

@Master_of_Reality Yes, I agree. Thanks for your pointer to your Amazon fiction.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Lolicanthe I'm sorry the gift link did not open for you — and it doesn't for me, either, when I click on it.

You can read the whole article at Webpage Archive:

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William Lindsey :toad:

@bronakins You're right. Their belief in their superiority is, astonishingly, based on belief that possessing a biological appendage makes them bigger, stronger, mightier, better.

William Lindsey :toad:

@i_gvf I haven't seen that figure, but a lot of folks who "should" have voted didn't do so. Voter suppression is a very effective tool, coupled with apathy and low educational standards.

William Lindsey :toad:

@i_gvf Well-noted and well-stated.

William Lindsey :toad:

@vfrmedia I really do think that the radicalization of younger men is increasingly a global phenomenon, and is being deliberately drive by right-wing actors.

William Lindsey :toad:

@ra6bit @Nonya_Bidniss I'm so sorry. Anyone with daughters right now has every reason to be concerned about their future and well-being.

William Lindsey :toad:

@yappari Sad, for sure, that this is happening.

William Lindsey :toad:

@HeliosPi Thank you for these links. I look forward to reading.

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@wdlindsy it is, and was always bubbling under the surface. When I was younger in the 1990s the only reason it wasn't as prevalent is young men were allowed a lot more hedonism (drugs, partying etc), the right wing also clamped down on this which had the effect they had a lot of bitter strung out lads they could recruit from..

William Lindsey :toad:

@vfrmedia Good historical perspective on how things are shifting in this area.

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@wdlindsy I was a rave organiser, pirate radio engineer and DJ during the "good times" and have literally seen it happen with people in my circle of friends. Even though the rave scene was very multicultural and LGBT+ inclusive, it still wasn't enough to stop the "bro" culture slowly taking over and a lot of men falling down the alt-right rabbithole as the drugs clampdowns started from mid 2000s onwards

William Lindsey :toad:

@vfrmedia Interesting — you're giving me a glimpse of a culture from which I've been totally separated, was totally separated during those years. Thanks for the glimpse.

BronMason

@wdlindsy

As a whole we are such a backwards country.

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@wdlindsy to be fair the rave scene took longer to reach some areas of the USA (even though parts of it originated from America) and was actively suppressed in many regions. From your toots elsewhere I can see that whilst the religious right was mostly a laughing stock in Britain by 1980s/90s, and Thatcho was concentrating more on short term neoliberal gains than social conservatism (so a lot got under the radar here!) the religious lot still had much more clout and power in America..

William Lindsey :toad:

@vfrmedia I myself was also really far from being in any cultural sphere where I'd have been influenced by that scene, so even if it was around (and I think it was in some big cities), it didn't touch on my life in any way. You're right about the different effects of religious ideology in the US, and that probably does account for a lot of my own isolation from these cultural currents.

William Lindsey :toad:

@bronakins We are, indeed. Our misogynistic attitudes place us on a par with fundamentalist Islamic countries and with Russia.