General Discussion

I certainly agree that there's going to be a strong correlation between toxic masculinity and sexual abuse.

But more than that, Donnie is building and expanding a criminal organization, and not only does sexual abuse help to establish credentials as a toxic male (a plus in their worldview), it also serves as proof that they can be controlled and kept.

Think of the tom cruise movie "the firm" -- they find ways to blackmail their own people to keep them in line. This is the whole Epstein/power class interaction. We'll never know the full extent of who was controlling whom with that info, though my guess is Donnie was on both sides of that equation.

Anyway, I think Donnie goes out of his way to select weak and evil people so they can be blackmailed and controlled.