“I felt like, being in conservative politics, there would be more, like, masculine men in the conservative movement,” Housley says, “and I find that a lot of them aren’t as masculine as I would have hoped.”

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    The “masculinity” she’s looking for is actually just confidence. Confidence to be yourself in a world that can accept or reject you, and the balls not to give a shit what it decides.

    Confident men don’t need a blowhard sycophant to be confident for them. Scared little boys do though.

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      Confidence to do what is right and stand up to bullies is not something they’re gonna find in conservative circles. Also, compassion and empathy are much more attractive than bigotry and anger, but these alpha male types think it shows weakness.

      “Woman who filters search by red flags only is unhappy with search results.” Shocking