Paglia: “Charisma is the numinous aura around a narcissistic personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure and controlled vitality. There is gracious accommodation, yet commanding impersonality. Charisma is the radiance produced by the interaction of male and female elements in a gifted personality. The charismatic woman has a masculine force and severity. The charismatic man has an entrancing female beauty. Both are hot and cold, glowing with presexual self love.” Clearly, Paglia is off the rails about the basis of charisma, “the male and female elements in a gifted personality” but… there’s no denying the personal magnetism, the charisma of Donald John Trump.
How good is Paglia: She wrote: “Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist rhetoric, which portrays men as oppressive and callous exploiters.” She must be a genius because she gets this human stuff rather well.
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