Dr Sharon Mazer is the author of Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle, and the only woman in the Netflix documentary Mr. McMahon, argues that Donald Trump’s political career and persona are direct outgrowths of his appearances in Wrestlemania and other professional wrestling programs, and that the structure and format of wrestling has “escaped the arena” and warped American culture.
We drill down on "incels" — involuntarily celibate men, and other men who hate women — as a consumer group and a voting block in today's America, and how they were cultivated by mass media, wrestling first and foremost.
The docuseries, directed by Chris Smith, has many fascinating and important threads, and even a heartwarming story about Vince McMahon’s relationship with his son, Shane.
But Professor Mazer and I focus on violence against women depicted in professional wrestling, and allegedly inflicted on employees of Vince McMahon over many decades.
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