Putin, Manhood, and Mad Coward Disease

"Mad Coward disease, a condition primarily found in men, characterized by acute insecurity, anger interfering with the ability to access vulnerability, and an aortic defect that presents as extreme cold-heartedness.

Putin has likely long suffered from the condition, probably from childhood, where he was the youngest of three boys (both older brothers died young), and including his days preening bare chested on horseback. The condition is now acute: witness this “man’s man” sitting alone at one end of a 50-foot long table.

For decades, Putin has been the world’s true poster boy for “toxic masculinity”, (a dismissive term that falls short of capturing the complexity of male socialization.)"

read article by Rob Okun​

Putin, Manhood, and Mad Coward Disease - CounterPunch.org