Word of the Day: Brotastic
Bro + fantastic = brotastic.
Etymology
From bro + -tastic.
Pronunciation
/bɹəʊˈtæstɪk/
Adjective
brotastic (comparative more brotastic, superlative most brotastic)
(slang, sometimes derogatory) Extremely characteristic of the culture of bros.
I am telling you, even for me—and I voted for Donald Trump last week—it was too bro-tastic. | Megyn Kelly
Connect the dots — the snide insults and the brotastic podcasts and the attack on reproductive rights and the emphasis on natalism — and you get a world in which women are told to drop out of the labor force and attend to domestic matters, making themselves sexually available (but only to their husbands), producing children and supporting their husband’s career, regardless of the effect on their work, time and happiness.
Some observers faulted Ms. Harris for not doing enough to accommodate a regressive view of masculinity, suggesting that she could have picked up some votes by, say, proposing military service as a cure for male alienation, or by avoiding reasonable critiques of sexism because they might make some men feel like they’re being attacked. But prescriptions like these only reinforce hegemonic masculinity, and that is incompatible with a vision for America where the needs and interests of women and minorities are not valued less than those of white men.
It is not the responsibility of women to convince men of our humanity, abilities and potential. But the view of masculinity that Mr. Trump appeals to harms men, too, offering appealingly simple answers that ultimately leave their adherents that much more isolated.
| Elizabeth Spiers, How Trump Upended the Gender Dynamics of American Politics