Oh, my. Just as long as we don't conflate closeted with sadistic and paranoid! But who didn't think he was a little nervous about his masculine identity way back when the bare torso on horseback photo blanketed media around the world! But the old "Napoleon Complex" meme about a short guy didn't necessarily imply gay. My guess is more of …
Oh, my. Just as long as we don't conflate closeted with sadistic and paranoid! But who didn't think he was a little nervous about his masculine identity way back when the bare torso on horseback photo blanketed media around the world! But the old "Napoleon Complex" meme about a short guy didn't necessarily imply gay. My guess is more of identifying self with country: internalized jingoism? So the greatness of Russia is the greatness of him. (I can't resist going off a bit on symbolism of missing parts of Russia subconsciously feeling like parts of Putin missing. Paging Joseph Campbell Re: seeking that last bit of Osiris....)
Oh, my. Just as long as we don't conflate closeted with sadistic and paranoid! But who didn't think he was a little nervous about his masculine identity way back when the bare torso on horseback photo blanketed media around the world! But the old "Napoleon Complex" meme about a short guy didn't necessarily imply gay. My guess is more of identifying self with country: internalized jingoism? So the greatness of Russia is the greatness of him. (I can't resist going off a bit on symbolism of missing parts of Russia subconsciously feeling like parts of Putin missing. Paging Joseph Campbell Re: seeking that last bit of Osiris....)
Legendary homophobe, maybe. Conflating those things never crossed MY mind.
Combine fear and envy and you have a recipe for persecution.
Curiously, Campbell wrote "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and Masha wrote "The Man Without a Face".