Are Men Ok Pt 2
Close to half (45%) of Gen Z men approve of Trump versus just 24% of Gen Z women, according to new research from NBC News. Gen Z women are far more likely to identify as Democrats (52%), while Gen Z men lean more Republican (38%), and twice as many young men as women say they are “extremely proud” to be American.
Benchwarmers and Workhorses
Despite helping Trump win in 2024, young men are quickly souring on him: 59% of 18–29-year-old men now disapprove of Trump, and 47% believe he’s hurting the economy, according to a new Harvard IOP poll. While economic anxiety and anti-Establishment sentiment drove their initial support, 56% of young men say they’re fearful about the future. They’re... See more
Benchwarmers and Workhorses
There’s just nowhere hospitable for them to go
IN GEN-Z GYM CULTURE, STEROIDS CAN OFTEN BE A GATEWAY DRUG TO THE ALT-RIGHT , dailybeast
Anabolic steroid use is rising among young gym-goers, fueled by hyper-muscular influencers and algorithm-driven fitness subcultures that often overlap with alt-right ideology. CUNY media professor Jamie Cohen calls bodybuilding “the first digital radicalizer of... See more
Anabolic steroid use is rising among young gym-goers, fueled by hyper-muscular influencers and algorithm-driven fitness subcultures that often overlap with alt-right ideology. CUNY media professor Jamie Cohen calls bodybuilding “the first digital radicalizer of... See more
Gym Bros and Snap Maps
control in chaotic times
But some men find their own liberation within their marriages, dropping the patriarch act. Elizabeth told me about one woman’s husband who now sports a floral trucker hat. He has learned he likes hiking and identifying plants. Bronson mentions another “very manly” man who has taken up gardening to make his own simple syrups for cocktails and the bo... See more
Sarah Stankorb • Inside TikTok’s Runaway Trad Wife Phenomenon
As one man put it, “Especially now when the worst forms of masculinity feel ascendant, there are a lot of types of man I don't want to be, but very few visions of positive masculinity that I see and want to emulate.
Ann Friedman • A More Expansive Masculinity
I started wondering, who's offering a compelling alternative ideal of masculinity? I texted my friend Thomas Page McBee, who has written two books about becoming a man. He pointed out (in the least ’splainy way possible!) that I was asking the wrong question. Feminism, he replied, has helped women divest from the idea that there is a monolithic way
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Young men are struggling, and we wanted to figure out just how badly and why.
Boys enter kindergarten lagging behind girls in both academic readiness and behavior. A majority of teenagers agree that boys are more disruptive. Large shares say girls get better grades, have more leadership roles and speak up more in class.
Note: Survey conducted Sept. 1... See more
Boys enter kindergarten lagging behind girls in both academic readiness and behavior. A majority of teenagers agree that boys are more disruptive. Large shares say girls get better grades, have more leadership roles and speak up more in class.
Note: Survey conducted Sept. 1... See more
The Morning: Tariff flip-flops
The way a man’s life, especially in the beginning, is often built around one question: How do I become worthy?
You don’t need to be told you’re not enough. The world says it in a thousand little ways. You just kind of know. Somewhere between being a boy and becoming a man, you look around and realise everything you want- respect, love, attention, p... See more
You don’t need to be told you’re not enough. The world says it in a thousand little ways. You just kind of know. Somewhere between being a boy and becoming a man, you look around and realise everything you want- respect, love, attention, p... See more
Gor • what women don't understand about men
He knows what he doesn’t know, and thereby leaves room for chats with unexpected tributaries. His naïveté is both honest and strategic, a carefully laid roadblock protecting Von and forcing everyone else to move at his unlikely rhythm. Through humor, he asserts a quiet dominance over the chats. And sometimes, he’s the butt of the joke. In almost ev... See more