The redefinition of masculinity is playing out in the fight between Zelenskyy and Putin

A few days ago, he was just a comedian-turned-president. Now he is the western world’s new hero. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has risen as the symbol of his country’s resistance to a Russian invasion, the embodiment of the defiant bravery of a people who would rather take up arms and risk their lives than passively succumb to Russia’s aggression.