LONDON – What is to blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? In part, the “toxic masculinity” of Russian President Vladimir Putin – according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson – in statements that provoked a dose of sarcasm from the Kremlin and apparent approval from other world leaders. “If Putin were a woman, which obviously is not, but if he were, I really do not think he would have started a crazy, macho war of invasion and violence the way he is,” Johnson said. The German radio and television station ZDF on Tuesday, adding that “if you want a perfect example of toxic masculinity, this is [Putin] does in Ukraine “. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “perfect example of toxic masculinity” in an interview on June 28. (Video: Reuters) Russia responded on Wednesday by saying: “Old Freud would have dreamed of such an object for research while he was alive.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov told Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency. He referred to the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, who founded psychoanalysis and had several controversial theories about manhood. Johnson commented in a German television interview a few days after the war entered its fifth month, a catastrophic conflict that has devastated cities, displaced millions and killed thousands of civilians. Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, when asked about Johnson’s comments on the British television show Good Morning Britain, said he “unusually agreed” with his comments about women in politics. Sturgeon, who leads him The pro-independence Scottish National Party, which has often clashed with the Johnson’s government in London, called Putin a “war criminal” and said “the world would be better off if there were more women in leadership positions”. “I think it’s important not to generalize,” he said. Women make mistakes just like men. But I think women tend to bring more common sense and emotional intelligence and a rational approach. “ In the terror in the bombed theater of Mariupol: “I kept hearing screams” On social media, others argued that “toxic masculinity” was not Putin’s worst quality. “Rogue, psychopathic, murderous and despotic – toxic masculinity is Putin’s least troubling trait,” behavioral psychologist Jo Hemmings wrote on Twitter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday called on world leaders at the United Nations to take further steps to punish Russia following the escalation of rocket attacks and airstrikes on civilian targets – including a commercial city. week that killed at least 18 people and injured dozens more. Despite his criticism of Putin, Johnson has been accused of sexism in the past, sparking controversy over his comments about women. “Voting for the Tories will make your wife have bigger breasts and increase your chances of getting a BMW M3,” the Conservative leader said in 2005, according to British media. Johnson and Trinto joke that they are left without a T-shirt to threaten Putin with “our faces” Johnson’s comments came days after he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trindade joked that they were left without T-shirts to threaten Putin with “our comments” at the start of the G7 summit in Germany on Sunday. “Jackets? Jacket out? Should we take off our clothes? ” Johnson thought as the G-7 leaders, who had just announced a ban on new imports of Russian gold, prepared to pose for a photo. “We all have to show that we are tougher than Putin,” he said ironically. The image of Putin’s tough guy, experts say, has been central to building Russia’s reputation on the world stage as strong and authoritarian. “You have to create an image of power,” said political general Gleb Pavlovsky, who once played a key role in shaping Putin’s public figure in the Washington Post in 2018. From the early days of Putin’s presidency, the Russian leader was photographed often in a series of imposing poses. Putin without a shirt rides a horse, Putin without a shirt catches fish, and Putin swims on vacation are just some of the images released by the Kremlin in recent years, along with others showing him taking part in martial arts training and arms .
