I say all that because I want to at least try to steelman the conservative point of view here, and you’re better positioned to do that since you’re a conservative. But there are excesses and blind spots and yes, toxicities, and it’s not anti-male to explore them honestly. I grew up in a culture of traditional masculinity, and for all the excesses and blind spots, I do think there’s something good and useful there, and we can get into some of that later.
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As always, there’s much more in the full podcast, so subscribe to Vox Conversations on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. We discussed how Trump became the model of masculinity for Republicans, what exactly the right thinks the left is doing to the American man, and how the anger and response to that have helped pave the way for eruptions of political violence like the assault on the Capitol last January.īelow is an excerpt from our conversation, edited for length and clarity. French tracks conservative politics as closely as anyone, and recently wrote about what he calls “the cult of toughness” on the American right. I reached out to David French, a senior editor at The Dispatch - a center-right publication that’s been critical of the Trumpist turn in conservatism - and now a contributing writer for the Atlantic, for the latest episode of Vox Conversations. That’s quite a statement, and whether you agree with it or not, it’s crucial to grapple with its appeal and how it’s shaping our politics. In a recent speech at the National Conservatism Conference, for example, Hawley argued that the progressive left is trying to “deconstruct” the American man. Republicans like Josh Hawley, a senator from Missouri and a star of the New Right, have made masculinity a signature issue.
If you follow conservative politics, you know that the state of masculinity in America has been a hot topic this past year.
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