"Liz Cheney may not have been Never Trump, but she is clearly Never Again Tru...
deafguy55 February 8, 2021 in ASL 42 Subscribers Subscribe
Link , Link , Link , ["Right now, in order to save this country we are going to need people who see the light. We are going to have to welcome people who in fact are late to the table... What we ought to do is say welcome, welcome to the team" ], Link , [As the study’s authors Sarah H. DiMuccio and Eric D. Knowles say, scholars have observed overt displays of masculinity among men in politics for some time. It has been suggested that male political candidates often strive to appear masculine in order to attract voters, for example, by advocating for tough policies like harsh punishment for crime. Expressions of masculinity appear to be particularly prevalent among right-wing politicians and may be especially apparent when it comes to Donald Trump. “Perhaps more than any politician in recent history, Donald Trump has rooted his political persona in traditional notions of masculinity,” DiMuccio and Knowles say, noting that Trump has presented himself as “dominant, unyielding, and virile.”....The researchers suggest that the attraction to this type of uncompromising politics might be partly explained by a psychological concept called precarious manhood (PM). This concept posits that men are motivated to preserve their masculinity. When masculinity is threatened, men will engage in certain behaviors to reaffirm that they are “real men.” One way they might do this is by increasing their support for aggressive political policies. In three separate studies, the researchers tested this idea.]