RVonse
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The meaning of this post eludes me. Just what is it you think Democrats should be doing?Interesting article. I see the Democrats are determined to lose even more support from young men going forward. What are they shooting for the next election? 10%? Someone needs to take that shovel away...From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm — How the Right Redefined Masculinity as Control, by Thom Hartmann.
Underneath the memes, podcasts, and tradwife fantasies lies a dangerous agenda: train young men to reject equality, fear women’s power, and embrace authoritarianism disguised as masculinity . . .
Rape culture isn’t just at the top; it’s everywhere, especially in the digital spaces young men inhabit.
This isn’t just a parental issue, it’s a cultural emergency. This content is shaping how an entire generation understands sex, power, and consent.
And Trump’s “best friend” Epstein was an avatar of that twisted worldview.
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White women are expected to go “back to the kitchen and bedroom,” producing more white babies in a panic about the “browning” of America.
This fixation on race and reproduction mirrors the same “Great Replacement Theory” rhetoric promoted on Fox “News” and other rightwing outlets that fed the Charlottesville rally and inspired mass murderers in Las Vegas, Buffalo, and El Paso.
From Trump saying, “If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?” to telling Esquire Magazine that “arm candy” is essential for a successful businessman (“You know, it doesn’t really matter what [the media] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass”) to sarcastically calling Kamala Harris “a beautiful woman,” our president has long made clear his thoughts on the role of women. . . .
And what's the status on the $20 million Democrats are spending to see what makes men tick? Have they come to any conclusions so far? Maybe they could hire Jane Goodall?

Obama on the male malaise: 8 takeaways
Why he thinks it is time to focus more on boys and men

It is still harder than it should be to advocate for boys and men in center-left spaces and institutions. The idea that being pro-male means being anti-female is a hard one to overcome. I get it; but also, people have to get over it. Obama (in what follows I mean Barack unless otherwise stated) offered an unflinching diagnosis:
Obama quote:
The messaging here is absolutely spot-on. Obama’s willingness to scold his own side, and indeed himself, for the mistakes in how they talk about male issues is an important moment. We have got to get past the deficit-based framing on this issue, abandon terms like “toxic masculinity” (which does not appear once in the episode, I’m happy to report), and approach boys and men with empathy and compassion, not blame and shame."What we're learning is that when we don't think about boys and just assume they're going to be OK because they've been running the world and they've got all the advantages relative to the girls - and all of which has historically been true in all kinds of ways. But precisely because of that, if you're not thinking about what's happening to boys and how are they being raised, then that can actually hurt women… And I will say, as ‘ progressives’, Democrats, progressive parents, enlightened ones, we've made that mistake sometimes in terms of our rhetoric. Where it's like we're constantly talking about what's wrong with the boys, instead of what's right with them."