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Zorro

(16,739 posts)
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 09:54 AM Jan 19

Mark Zuckerberg wants more 'masculine energy'? Sounds like somebody's insecure.

Picking on people isn't masculine behavior. It's weakness cloaked in a stunted idea of what it means to be a man.

With Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg crying for more “masculine energy” in the American workplace, we’ve officially entered the Golden Age of insecure, near-translucent twits who mistakenly think they’re cool.

The eternally awkward Elon Musk is a key player in the tech-bros-know-how-to-be-macho movement, as is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who now looks like he swallowed Vin Diesel and might as well carry a neon signs that reads, “Hey, look at me, I’m divorced!”

King of them all, of course, is President-elect Donald Trump and a sizable swath of his male MAGA followers, all of whom fancy themselves mega-alphas. Perhaps “mega MAGA alphas” or just “memalphas” is a better term. (It’s worth noting that on Friday, Trump announced that his Monday inauguration will be held indoors due to frigid temperatures. I’d think Zuckerberg might wonder where the hot masculine energy is in that decision.)

Speaking to podcaster and bro-in-chief Joe Rogan recently, Zuckerberg said: “I think a lot of the corporate world is like pretty culturally neutered. ... Masculine energy I think is good, and obviously, society has plenty of that, but I think corporate culture was really trying to get away from it. ... I think having a culture that celebrates the aggression a bit more has its own merits that are really positive.”

Yes, if there’s one thing a nation where nearly a third of women will be victims of abuse needs it’s a bit more masculine aggression, particularly in corporate workplaces in which, according to the McKinsey & Co. 2024 Women in the Workplace report, “men outnumber women at every level.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/19/trump-musk-zuckerberg-masculine-energy/77782511007/
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Mark Zuckerberg wants more 'masculine energy'? Sounds like somebody's insecure. (Original Post) Zorro Jan 19 OP
I guess size matter.................. Lovie777 Jan 19 #1
Another MAGA with a problem in the bedroom. Irish_Dem Jan 19 #2
I think he will say or do anything to protect himself and his wealth delisen Jan 19 #3
He's a very shallow person, no surprise he blows with the wind. eShirl Jan 19 #4
"Feminine energy" is a thing in social media and the Internet. Igel Jan 19 #5
its all corporate branding bs prodigitalson Jan 19 #6

delisen

(6,761 posts)
3. I think he will say or do anything to protect himself and his wealth
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 10:23 AM
Jan 19

He has no allegiance to the people in any country including ours.

Americans who cling to Meta are digging their own graves and unfortunately are willingly digging graves for the rest of us.

Igel

(36,515 posts)
5. "Feminine energy" is a thing in social media and the Internet.
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 11:39 AM
Jan 19

And it's been touted as a good thing, companies need more "feminine energy".

He's flipping the script.

Like the term "toxic femininity" I saw in the last few flips "toxic masculinity."

prodigitalson

(3,037 posts)
6. its all corporate branding bs
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 09:02 PM
Jan 19

the lot of it

feminine energy
masculine energy

that's just meaningless marketing talk

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