"This quote about Putin's machismo from Angela Merkel is just devastating"

azazelcrowley · 2015-04-21T18:19:01+00:00

Sounds about right frankly. Not too sure it's down to masculinity rather than just being a belligerent asshole, but it would seem to fit the themes like his riding bareshirt thing.

It also has interesting implications in the west if you take the "acting like an uber tough alpha male is a sign of insecurity and feeling powerless" line of thought and then try and mesh that with feminist thought.

It would seem to endorse the myth of male power perspective as opposed to the marxist bullshit that gets peddled about patriarchy. Putin isn't acting this way to oppress all the wimminz his country because of patriarchal shitlordism. He's doing it because he feels powerless and insecure. Which would seem to indicate that maybe the problem has roots elsewhere, like, Oh I dunno, males not having enough power over their own lives.

But that would just be crazy. (Ignoring that, in this case, Putin is doing it as a politician and not as a person, and he's doing it to assuage Russian fears instead of his own ones. By having Uber-Dude as president, they get to feel less like the paper tiger they are.)

emperorhirohito · 2015-04-21T21:38:34+00:00

No. This has nothing to do with gender. You are the leaders of two rival powers.

Omega_Effect · 2015-04-21T19:47:50+00:00

Huh? What?

blueoak9 · 2015-04-21T21:48:54+00:00

""I understand why he has to do this — to prove he's a man," Merkel said. "

She's probably right. Although I wouldn't immediately exclude the temptation to torture an available German.

Title	"This quote about Putin's machismo from Angela Merkel is just devastating"
Author	jamminnummeruno
Upvotes	11
Comments	4
Date	April 21, 2015 6:07 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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