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Donald Trump's election to the US presidency, and his behaviour before and after, have prompted considerable discussion about masculinity, gender, and violence against women. Here, we have collected some valuable examples of this commentary.
Please see below. Further suggestions are welcome.
- Adams and Frauenheim, Manhood on the ballot: Trump's self-absorbed bullying vs. Biden's compassion and humility, 2020
- Anderson, Tweets reveal Trump’s and Biden’s competing views of masculinity, Nov 13 2020;
- Ashwin and Utrata, Masculinity Restored? Putin’s Russia and Trump’s America, 2020;
- Barclay, Trump is man in a man’s world. The RNC underscored that; July 19 2024;
- Brownstein, Why Outspoken Women Scare Trump, May 18 2023;
- Buni and Chemaly, The Science That Explains Trump’s Grip on White Males, Jan. 7 2021;
- Collinson, Trump v Biden - a duel of contrasting masculinities, Oct 23 2020;
- Du Mez, What makes Donald Trump and John Wayne heroes of the Christian Right, August 26 2020;
- Finchelstein, It's Already Happening Here: The similarities between Trump and strongmen from Mussolini to Bolsonaro are impossible to ignore, Nov 3 2020;
- Fossett, The Best Way to Find Out If Someone Is a Trump Voter? Ask Them What They Think About Manhood, July 14 2023
- Frauenheim, Trump's Version of Masculinity is Poisoning our Democracy, Nov 23 2020;
- Gilbert, Four More Years of Unchecked Misogyny: In a second Trump term, women would once again be targets, Dec. 2023;
- Katz, Harris Just Made Gender Visible in the 2024 Election—But It Was There All Along, July 23 2024;
- Collinson and Hearn, Trump v Biden - a duel of contrasting masculinities, 2020
- Donegan, Trump symbolized powerful men’s impunity for sexual abuse – until now, May 11 2023;
- Doyle, Trump Is Leaving, but the Revenge of Men Continues, Jan. 7 2021;
- Faludi, Trump’s Thoroughly Modern Masculinity, 2020;
- Frauenheim and Adams, Trump's Version of Masculinity is Poisoning our Democracy, Nov. 23 2020;
- Gray and Peck, The End Of The Pussy-Grabbing President, Jan. 14 2021;
- Jones, Evangelicals Hate Stormy Daniels But Love Trump. Here’s Why, May 7 2024;
- Katz, What Donald Trump Understands about American Men, 2020;
- Katz, White Masculinity and the January 6 Insurrection, January 5 2022;
- Katz, Harris Just Made Gender Visible in the 2024 Election—But It Was There All Along, July 23 2024;
- Kobes Du Mez, What makes Donald Trump and John Wayne heroes of the Christian Right? The Conversation, August 26, 2020;
- Kurtzleben, Trump Has Weaponized Masculinity As President. Here's Why It Matters, 2020;
- Manderson, On being a man - Andrew Tate and Donald Trump are the worst possible examples, Oct 29 2023;
- Marcottte, Trump's GOP is no country for MAGA women, July 20 2024
- Masciotra, Whose alpha male is this? Donald Trump and Americas sad failed model of masculinity, August 22 2020
- Miller and Gupta, What Makes a Man Manly? Trump and Biden Offer Competing Answers, 2020;
- Nichols, Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President, May 25 2020;
- Norris, Trump's Presidency has been Defined by the Male Violence Seen at the Capitol, Jan. 8 2021;
- North, Trump, Biden, and the war over American masculinity, Aug 28 2020;
- Packer, A Political Obituary for Donald Trump, 2021;
- Pattilo, Why a specific view of masculinity gave rise to Trump - study, Jan. 5 2021;
- Prose, Trump's macho bravado is an embarrassment Yet it puts us all in danger, Oct 16 2020;
- Salon, Trump’s church of white masculinity. Raw Story, 2020;
- Solnit, Feminism taught me all I need to know about men like Trump and Putin, Feb 25 2023
Pre-2020 pieces
- Adams, Trump, Trudeau and the patriarchy, May 27 2017;
- Cameron, On banter, bonding and Donald Trump, Oct 9 2016;
- Carian, E. K., & Sobotka, T. C. (2018). Playing the Trump Card: Masculinity Threat and the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election. Socius, 4, 2378023117740699
- Chadwick, Predator In Chief President Trump And The Glorification Of Sexual Violence, Nov 30 2016;
- Chira, Trump's Vision of Manhood, 2016;
- Conroy, "The Emperor Has No Balls": Virility, Masculinity, and the American Presidency, Sept 5 2016
- Dignam and Rohlinger, Misogynistic Men Online - How the Red Pill Helped Elect Trump, 2019;
- Filipovic, What Donald Trump Thinks It Takes to Be a Man, Nov 2 2017;
- Harper, Many men talk like Donald Trump in private And only other men can stop them, Oct 8 2016;
- Johnston, Donald Trump and the Normalization of Rape, October 15 2016;
- Katz, Why the president's "manhood" matters, Oct 18 2016;
- Kimmel, Angry white men the sociologist who studied Trump's base before Trump, February 27 2016;
- Knowles and DiMuccio, How Donald Trump appeals to men secretly insecure about their manhood, Nov 29 2016;
- Marche, What are men to do in the age of Trump, Feb 3 2017;
- Messerschmidt and Bridges, Trump and the Politics of Fluid Masculinities, 2017;
- Moore, Patriarchy is the sea in which Trump and his sharks gather, Jan 26 2017;
- Okun, Donald Trump may be vile but at least hes forced men to talk about masculinity for once, October 13 2016
- Orenstein, How to Be a Man in the Age of Trump, Oct 15 2016;
- Pascoe, C.J. (2017). Who is a Real Man? The Gender of Trumpism. Masculinities and Social Change, 6(2),119-141. doi: 10.17583/MCS.2017.2745;
- Rosewarne, Debate reveals Trump’s dated, dangerous masculinity – and how he just doesn’t get it, 2016
- Penny, Are you a Trump man or a decent man? Time to choose, April 11 2017;
- Saletan, The More Trump Hates, the More America Rejects His Hatred, Jan 26 2017;
- Signorile, Donald Trump Is Not Homosexual, But He Is Definitely Homosocial, July 19 2018;
- Smith, Presidential Elections Are Always a Referendum on American Masculinity, Dec. 2 2016;
- Toure, Donald Trump Is the Personification of Toxic Masculinity, 2017;
- Wade, The Big Picture: Confronting Manhood after Trump, Oct. 26 2017
Also see this bibliography of academic writing on men, masculinities, and politics.