"Men whose masculinity is fragile may be more prone to violence — they are more likely to interpret disagreement as disrespect, and to see disrespect as a challenge to their status."

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
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"Men who feel that their masculinity is being compromised are more likely to act out with physical aggression — and 'your masculinity has been compromised' was a major talking point during the Trump campaign. In its recruitment ads, ICE promises masculine restoration."

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
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"In other words, ICE is a force of men who have felt small and have now been empowered by an administration that tells them they’re manliest of men, hands them guns and tactical gear, gives them precious little training, explicitly tells them they will be held to virtually no legal or moral standards," (continued in /5)

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
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"and sets them loose on a public it has warned is full of not just criminal illegal immigrants, but un-American subhumans, among the worst of whom are AWFULs: Affluent White Female Urban Liberals."

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
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"It feels like nothing starts until President Trump arrives — until daddy's home, as so many people say."

~ Rachel Campos-Duffy, Fox News

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mediamatters.org/rachel-campos…

Fox host gushes over Trump's presence at Davos: "nothing starts until President Trump arrives — until daddy's home, as so many people say"

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