How Trump’s compulsion to dominate sabotages dealmaking, undermines democracy and threatens global stability

>> Toxic masculinity is a version of masculinity that discourages empathy, expresses strength through dominance, normalizes violence against women and associates leadership with white patriarchy. It devalues behaviors considered to be “feminine” and suggests that the way to earn others’ respect is to accrue power and status.<<

From a communication scholar who studies gender and politics and has written about Trump’s displays of toxic masculinity and authoritarian tendencies in a variety of situations, during and after his first presidential term.

https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-compulsion-to-dominate-sabotages-dealmaking-undermines-democracy-and-threatens-global-stability-251210?utm_content=buffer8e42c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

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