The Fragile Masculinity of Pete Hegseth (ft. June Sternbach aka junlper)
Pete Hegseth’s résumé maps the trajectory of a man who failed upward from Fox News host to Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense. As Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearings proved, sexual assault allegations are rarely a roadblock to a powerful job in the Trump administration. In fact, Donald Trump has consistently rewarded Hegseth for years of documented bad behavior—from financial mismanagement of veterans organizations to the relentless promotion of toxic masculinity.
Hegseth presents himself as the prototypical "man’s man," seemingly more invested in a pull-up challenge with a shirtless…
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