Hahvad shrinks Vlad

Too masculine

This can be quite fun. Pick some leader like Biden and shrink the Hahvad way. Say Trudeau and Macron plumbed for what makes them appeal to their masculine audience.

Putin’s Other War: Domestic Violence, Traditional Values, and Masculinity in Modern Russia
Harvard International Review | 8/3/22 | HIR

Putin’s Masculinity Agenda

Because traditional values emphasize clear gender roles for men and women, perhaps the more subtle way in which Putin’s emphasis on traditional values has enabled the rise in domestic violence is through his use of masculinity. Putin’s use of masculinity, a subset of these traditional values, models a dangerous and violent type of masculinity to a receptive Russian male audience.

As Putin rose to power, he capitalized on this emasculation of the country and adopted a more masculine, physical, and even sexual public persona. Much like how the downfall of Russian masculinity mirrored the fall of the Soviet Union, Putin’s masculinity became emblematic of the resurgence of Russian power. At political rallies, he played songs like “A Man Like Putin,” in which a young pop band sings about how they want to date a man like Putin. He has also insulted the masculinity of his opponents by comparing them to women and commissioned shirtless pictures of himself riding horses and fishing in the Russian taiga.