Since the election of President Donald Trump, talk of what qualifies as a “real man” has dominated the media. Trump displays a type of masculinity, most clearly visible in his “grab them by the pussy”-comment, that many on the political denounce as sexist, misogynist and homophobic. However, his opponents have used the same sexualized language, engaging Trump and his supporters in a contest of masculinity. C. J. Pascoe (Associate Professor of Sociology and the David M. and Nancy L. Petrone Faculty Scholar at the University of Oregon) exposes this contest in her lecture at the Amsterdam Research Centre, titled ‘The Gender of Trumpism: Masculinity, Politics and the American Presidency’.