India Today: Putin would not have embarked on Ukraine war if he were a woman: British PM Boris Johnson.
Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have embarked on a “crazy, macho war” against Ukraine if he were a woman, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
In an interview with the German media at the end of the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau this week, Johnson pointed to Putin’s machismo as a contributory factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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“If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn’t, if he were, I really don’t think he would have embarked on a crazy, macho war of invasion and violence in the way that he has,” Johnson told broadcaster ZDF.
In an interview with the German media at the end of the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau this week, Johnson pointed to Putin’s machismo as a contributory factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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“If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn’t, if he were, I really don’t think he would have embarked on a crazy, macho war of invasion and violence in the way that he has,” Johnson told broadcaster ZDF.
"Boris is assigning gender identity based on appearance! REEEEE! What he said is typical of the patriarchal sexist heteronormative gender-intolerance! REEEEE! He's saying women can't wage war! REEEEE!"
“If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn’t..." - Brilliant observation Cap'N Obvious.