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HEATHER MAC DONALD: President Trump?s handling of his coronavirus diagnosis models positive mascu?

By Glenn Reynolds

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HEATHER MAC DONALD: President Trump?s handling of his coronavirus diagnosis models positive masculinity?rational and unbowed. “Under today?s safetyism mentality, sacrifice and risk-taking become unthinkable. The martial virtues of courage and stoicism have been sidelined and pathologized. When Trump briefly left Walter Reed on Sunday in a motorcade to greet supporters, a doctor at the hospital complained that the Secret Service agents in Trump?s limousine ‘might get sick. They may die.’ These are the same Secret Service agents who are expected to take a bullet for a president. They were behind a plexiglass barrier in the car; all occupants were masked. Under our feminized ethos, showing resoluteness during a crisis, reassuring the public about one?s well-being, are no longer positive traits in a leader; they are violations of maximal risk aversion.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 07, 2020 (boomark / email).