Waller Newell Lecture

What does it mean to be a man? According to Waller Newell, there is a crisis of manliness. It is apparent that men have to choose in our modern society between being a whimp or a beast. Newell's classical example comes from the movie, Fight Club. Men have become more and more tyrannical, which Newell notes that this "Macho" behavior has only turned into a recent phenomena. How can we relate these characteristics of men to politics? Well clearly male politicians are going to want to portray themselves as more "Macho" if this has become the new reformed modern culture. Not necessarily to the extreme of violence and aggression, but political candidates in particular by no means want to appear weak and appear subordinate to their position. Only tomorrow will we find out which candidates could hold this role to seek a win for their party.