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Frank Sterle Jr's avatar

Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn-in as president in 2017, a survey of American women conducted not long after his abundant misogyny was exposed to the world revealed that a majority of respondents nonetheless found appealing his alpha-male-like great financial success and confidence. To me, it was revelatory of the often-unfortunate aspects of the human Id, notably that involving sexuality.

Perhaps alpha males' sexual aggression or ‘toxic masculinity’ in general is related to the same constraining societal idealization of the ‘real man’ (albeit perhaps more subtly than in the past): Stiff-upper-lip physically and emotionally strong, financially successful, confidently fights and wins, assertively solves problems, and exemplifies sexual prowess.

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GG's avatar

Women tend to lie; men tend to rape.

What makes the women lie so much?

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