Posted on 11/17/2024 7:13:35 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
In a post-election jeremiad at Slate, Jill Filipovic opined that President-elect Donald Trump rode to victory on a “particular kind of masculine identity” that “imperils men and women alike.”
Ms. Filipovic is right about the first point and wrong about the second. Men have risen: young men and old men, as well as men of all races. Women also voted for Mr. Trump in unexpected numbers, but commentators on the left and right seem to agree that men — especially young men — are the ones who propelled Mr. Trump into the White House, and his allies into Senate and House majorities.
Consider these trends among male Gen Z voters: Young men broke for Mr. Trump by 2%; young women broke for Ms. Harris by 24%. Men are increasing in church attendance even as their female peers are leaving. Men’s religious identification is noticeably increasing—far fewer Gen Z men identify as “nones” than women.
Young men returning to church is not a portent of fascism or misogyny. It is a natural impulse of a generation of young men who feel underrated, lonely, and aimless, and who are finding that God is the answer.
Of course, masculinity alone will not positively shape American culture. It must be a godly masculinity, the kind that serves as a protector rather than a predator, that seeks justice rather than justifying bad behavior. Faith is known by its works.
When men are godly, society has a big view of God. When men are not godly, society has a small view of God. We should celebrate — not condemn — the rise of men.
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It would be nice if Hollywood were to pick up on this trend and give us solid, responsible, adult men. No more pretty boys overcoming emotional struggles.
Telling young men that they have to “do right” by young women, while the same young women are shrill, hostile, unattractive feminists is not a winning argument.
I know anecdotally, my Gen Z son and nephews - and all of their friends, it seems - are rabid Trump fans.
I think they’re sick and tired of being put down and dissed - all through high school and college - put down for “mansplaining” and “manspreading” and “wanting to maintain the male-based patriarchy.” Harris embodied this attitude and they did not want to see her as POTUS.
Trump spoke to them - imagine Harris at a UFC match.
Exactly.
Hopefully many of these young men go to a trade school or opt for an AA degree at their local JC in order to enter the workforce early. Getting started on a career and earning money is a way to become independent.
We need less Harry Styles and Billy Eichner and more Charlton Heston and Clint Eastwood.
Legos have made us into men again! Not just a bunch of misogynist pigs swilling beer and laying around watching guys playing basketball in their underwear. We’re starting to build and create things with Legos again!
I like his concept of “godly masculinity.” reminds of the veteran special ops guy who taught me tactical defense and handgun use. He said his goal was to help people keep themselves safe. He saw himself as “a sheepdog, not an attack dog.”
Beyond that, thank God for Trump, who has given the nation back its voice.
My nephew and his friends are certainly Trump fans, so is his younger sister. (She was just a bit too young to vote)
Warms my heart. His older female cousins, my nieces, on the other hand...sigh
Nephew opted to go into plumbing. He certainly could have received scholarships to colleges, but opted out.
ironic that a plumbers can make as much or more CLEANING UP a college graduates qwap AND never have to find a job they have the wrong degree to qualify for. Q: what do you call a DEI college graduate? A: HEY WAITER!
The 26 percent difference means 26 percent of young women will likely become cat ladies in the future. (It will be men’s fault, of course)
BTTT
I don’t know what effect the Gillette thing had but I’m sure that the Bud Light fiasco changed America.
Men didn’t ban together to boycott a product in a national campaign, they just turned on a favorite beer and dismissed it from their lives, they moved on to other beers, and the best selling beer in America died, a product too big to lose became bottom tier stuff and now occupies a lowly place in the market and on store shelves.
What happened to Bud Light was covered and the public knew about it, and men learned that they still existed and that what they liked DID matter.
People in business and in politics, media and Hollywood, and in military recruiting and sports have gotten a severe wake up call, men can lose interest in your brand.
Spencer Davis - I’m a Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POCUgBSVENQ
Yes. But it'll sort itself out. The next generation will have more Mormons, Amish, Muslims, etc in it.
One grouping of women who voted for Trump is women who don't like him. However, they also haven't appreciated being bullied into silence if they had an opinion counter to what the left wants them to have. Once they got into the voting booth, they made a "revenge vote" against the left. But if someone asked them how they voted after the left the booth they would not admit they voted for Trump.
Women were vastly unimpressed with the endorsements of Harris by celebrities. These celebrities represent a culture that Harris embraces, but the people in this culture disgust women.
I can sum up what happened and it isn't being clearly understood yet. Women have finally understood what conservatives have been pointing out. There is a war on women and it is the Democrats who are waging that war. Women understood who the enemy is and made their choice.
Yep your first paragraph describes my sis, who hated trump in 2016 but wasn’t buying the Harris crap.
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