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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, weve officially entered the Golden Age of insecure, near-translucent twits who mistakenly think theyre 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, Im 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. (Its worth noting that on Friday, Trump announced that his Monday inauguration will be held indoors due to frigid temperatures. Id 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 theres one thing a nation where nearly a third of women will be victims of abuse needs its 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
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Lovie777
(16,216 posts)1. I guess size matter..................
Irish_Dem
(63,019 posts)2. Another MAGA with a problem in the bedroom.
delisen
(6,761 posts)3. I think he will say or do anything to protect himself and his wealth
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.
eShirl
(18,990 posts)4. He's a very shallow person, no surprise he blows with the wind.
Igel
(36,515 posts)5. "Feminine energy" is a thing in social media and the Internet.
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
the lot of it
feminine energy
masculine energy
that's just meaningless marketing talk