It remains to be seen whether Acosta’s news conference performance will save his job. For him, this is about how men perform denial. In the mind of the misogynist, a man’s word is the weightiest thing in society, even when he’s lying. One’s test of survival and prosperity isn’t what you say, but how you say it. It isn’t what you do, but how you defend or deny it.

Source: New York Times July 11, 2019 01:37 UTC