I was telling a friend that this is this problem with letting men run things. Men will always go into groups with the sense that there is a hierarchy, and the highest-status man should be a leader, and that usually means the loudest man who insists he is right. https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/1285199442933682176

Men will always pick the narcissistic or bullying man in a group to lead them! This is how you get Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, and Donald Trump. Or the entire RNC. Or the entire DNC. Narcissist patriarchal loudmouth turtles all the way down.

We live in a system, globally, that says that traits of toxic masculinity are traits of leadership. https://hbr.org/2019/03/as-long-as-we-associate-leadership-with-masculinity-women-will-be-overlooked

Toxic masculinity is passed down from (straight, cis, male) leader to leader, so that patriarchal systems perpetuate themselves.

It is specifically designed to exclude all ethnicities and gender identities that don't fit into the pre-existing mold.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/toxic-masculinity-definition-what-is-boys-men-gillette-ad-behaviour-attitude-girls-women-a8729336.html

The #notallmen meninists have found this thread and all I can say is: You can try those shenanigans to your own 136 followers or whatever. I block and eliminate replies from trolls.