Democrats are in a tough spot this election. A party influenced for decades by second-wave feminist activism is struggling with how to reach male voters. This was a recurring theme at the recent Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where CNN and MSNBC broadcast the program. attention The party strives to appeal to men, whom one journalist described as “full of testosterone.”
The Washington Post also joined this progressive reform movement. Announce Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, is a “sex symbol” and a paragon of modern masculinity, whose decision to put his career on the back burner for his wife's ambitions is appealing to some liberal women.
Progressives have a problem with men that's so obvious even Stevie Wonder can see it.
This is very interesting. Democrats have a broad coalition of voters who dislike traditional expressions of masculinity. This includes liberal and radical feminists, LGBT activists who want to completely redefine what it means to be male and female, and masochistic An ally to men who feel an obligation to publicly reject toxic masculinity.
Men who have fallen for this attempted rebranding need to have their heads examined. Let's never let man-haters redefine masculinity. The left has no interest in talking about men as breadwinners, home protectors, and community leaders. Their feeble attempts to reach out to men are all about political power.
Progressives ignore men's college attendance rates, economic prospects, and deaths of despair. They see it as progress toward “equality” when a tech company fires a male computer programmer to hire a woman for marketing, in an industry where sexism allegedly keeps women from reaching the C-suite. They don't care if the man supports his wife and four kids, because to progressive policymakers, men, especially white men, are too privileged to have their problems taken seriously.
This doesn't mean Democrats care about black men. They barely hide their contempt for black men who don't enthusiastically support the candidates in Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
One of the popular influencers who participated in last month's event Posts He launched into an insulting tirade against straight black men who don't support Harris. He dismissed these “alpha males” as bad examples for their sons and daughters. Inform No man wants to be lectured about manhood by a man who offered to give President Biden “booty” in exchange for funding historically black colleges and universities, they told him.
Democrats have structural problems reaching men that new candidates can't solve: The party is focused on abortion and pride politics rather than working-class issues like blue-collar wages, public safety and education.
A prime example of this shift in priorities was the uproar caused by progressive politicians, pundits, and celebrities when Florida passed a law banning teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity with young children. The “don't say gay” controversy spilled over into the sports world, with ESPN interrupting a women's basketball game to voice its opposition to the bill. The “world leaders of sports” apparently thought it was more important for children to learn that “men” can have children before they could read.
Unfortunately for the Democratic Party, having more male candidates doesn't help it appeal to men, mainly because men who want a future in the party have to kiss the rainbow halo. That's what New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. Drag Queen In the classroom, Maryland Governor Wes Moore is by far vocal about “transgender visibility” rather than the importance of the nuclear family.
Progressives have a problem with men, and it's obvious enough that even Stevie Wonder can see it. It will get even worse if Kamala Harris loses in November and is accused of sexism and misogyny preventing America from “making history.” Maybe a public forum on “toxic masculinity” by angry feminists and their submissive allies will finally help Democrats connect with potential male voters. After all, nagging must be every man's way of showing affection.
