How do masculine understandings of power shape the public personas of male leaders?

How do they cultivate masculine energy traits, repressing feminine energy expressions internally but seeking them externally in the forms of bodies, territories, nations or States? 

How nuanced are the concepts of “strength” and “weakness” in human relations, particularly in leadership and decision-making within domestic and foreign affairs?

A gender lens film review of The Apprentice (2024).

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