Their own egos, like Trump's, are so fragile, their own sense of masculinity so threatened, that they engage in acts of domination to be big again.
For instance, symbolic violence is manifested in how gender roles are discussed, portrayed or rewarded and reinforces gender expectations, legitimizing acts of domination towards women.
What ensues is a truly bizarre one-man show — an act of alternating domination and humility, braggadocio and brand-building.
What ensues is a truly bizarre one-man show an act of alternating domination and humility, braggadocio and brand-building.
Then, last week, I heard about an act of financial domination so exorbitant that it almost warranted its own genre of kink.
It is as though Mr. Wilson wants to draw a private, personal parallel to the organized breakdown of civilized behavior represented by the Nazis, the idea that mass murder engineered by a mad ideology has its microcosmic counterpart in individual acts of sexual domination and cruelty.
For another thing, his antiauthoritarianism, antimilitarism, and borderless humanitarianism cause him to find the acts of political domination, war, and empire which make up the vast bulk of these "great" deeds and events not morally edifying but morally repugnant.
Beyond the visual thrill, the sexual frisson between a male client and a female lap dancer seems to be based on a complex, and perilous balancing act of deceit and domination.
Beyond our overt acts of intrusion and domination, we are a constant presence behind the curtains of repression and state-sponsored violence.
