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Fascism is resurgent around the globe; its atrocities seem to be erased from historic memory. In this article, the author probes the eroticized field that exists between fascism’s leaders and its followers. The article proposes that a subliminal erotic seduction is foundational to fascist structures. This phenomena is characterized by a veneer of purity and moralism, which ignites, and conceals a gendered web of perversion. The author argues that fascism writes erotic law and ignites transgressions of its own law. All of this sustains phallic mythologies of hyper-hetero-masculine supremacy and prowess. To maintain this fragile, collective masculine narcissism, fascism relies on a split off, externalized category of ‘deviance,’ which is persecuted. In exploring these arrangements, the article emphasizes the dread of, hatred for, and control of women. Finally, the author questions fascism’s construction of the gender fluid fascist woman whose support is vital to these movements.