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Odysseus’s Emasculation Anxieties

By Robin Bates | Published: January 29, 2020

“The Odyssey” is obsessed with a fear of emasculation.

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Freikorps Fantasies and Trump’s Policies

By Robin Bates | Published: March 30, 2017

David Brooks of “The New York Times” wonders whether Donald Trump’s policy preferences all come down to a preference for masculine hard over feminine soft. Klaus Theweleit’s study of fascist fantasies in the 1920’s describes such tendencies.

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