Melania IS basically an old-fashioned Movie Star, with ALL The class that is missing from Contemporary Stars.
"As a woman, all I could do was take in her stunning beauty and poise."
That is a major threat to Beta Males. Melania may not be the dictionary definition of an "Alpha Female", she is strong, beautiful, confidante, poised.
Things that men USED to look for in a Woman.
"You and I have discussed this over the years since Palin came on the scene."
What Strikes me with Both Melania and especially Sarah Palin, is that they are everything The Women's Rights People want.
Sarah was the Governor of the Largest State in the Union and Threw Corrupt Patriarchs in Jail.
But no, she is the Most Hated Conservative in the Past 50 years.
Jealousy maybe? Fear of Powerful Women? I don't know what is wrong with Modern Men.
You actually answered your own question. "Modern Men" have been cowered into "Beta Males" from all the brow-beating of feminists and PC males. There was a time in the early 70's that I agreed with feminist efforts, mainly because I've always believed in the strength of the female mind and will. Then I woke up and saw the hypocritical agenda of NOW and no longer believe that women are oppressed. Just read recently about women not being equally represented in chess games. WTF?
I wish just one reporter would ask Hillary where she stands on women's rights in Muslim countries that treat women as chattel. Where is Hillary? Where is NOW?...when muslim men mutilate, rape, honor kill, deny education, deny driving, etc? Where the hell are these feminists???
Modern men are Charles Murray men - they marry their equals in stature, power...and looks (which means dowdy in the Hillary mold). Melania married UP in a financial sense although she was probably quite wealthy through her own career. But a billionaire she was not.
Men today seem to have no interest in physical beauty, I think. A generalization, I realize, but I believe it.