Recruiting for the Future - Masculinity, Testasteron Strength

The intersection of extremism and fitness leans into a shared obsession with the male body training. Physical fitness training, especially in combat sports, appeals to the far right for many reasons. Recruits are encouraged to link individual moral virtues, such as will power, decisiveness and courage with desired collective traits such as virility and manliness. This also works in reverse, with white supremicists encouraging potential recruits or activists to stay in good shape as a way of managing self presentation to the public.

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