"The hallmarks of contemporary ornamental masculinity—being valued as the object of the gaze, playing the perpetual child, pedestal-perching and mirror-gazing—are the very ones that women have, for half a century, struggled to dismantle as belittling, misogynist characterizations of femininity. The preoccupation with popularity, glamour, celebrity, appearance—what are these qualities but the old consumer face of the Girl? If Mr. Trump is reclaiming a traditional stereotypical sex role, it's one that long belonged to women."
Susan Faludi at The New York Times criticizes Donald Trump's view of masculinity.
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