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This presidential race is the biggest dick contest in history. 'Your dick is indecisive!' 'Your dick started an unnecessary war!' 'Your dick didn't get injured enough in Vietnam!' 'Your dick didn't even go to Vietnam!' 'Your dick is soft on terrorism!' 'Your dick started terrorism!' 'Your dick blamed Vietnam vets for atrocities that made all vets unable to come home to a hero's welcome.' 'Your dick forged its way out of military service!' Has this kind of dick waggling happened before outside of a pro- wrestling context?

Margaret Cho#85

CriticismPoliticsMasculinity

About this quote

What does it mean?
Critiquing political campaigns as superficial contests of masculinity.
In plain terms
Politicians fight like wrestlers over who is more manly instead of discussing policies.
What can you take from it?
Campaigns focus too much on ego and masculinity.

Where it applies

  • evaluating campaigns
  • media consumption
  • political discourse

Putting it to work

  • look past ego
  • focus on policy
  • critique campaigns

Questions to consider

  • How do you judge a candidate?
  • What matters most in politics?

Another view

It simplifies complex political dynamics into gendered tropes.

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