There is fertile ground for a pro-male agenda
I have a longish piece up in Politico setting out a manifesto for boys and men that is compatible with ongoing efforts for girls and women. I encourage you to read the whole thing but here’s a flavor:
With the election just a few weeks away, the contest for the votes of men is heating up. Young women’s support is effectively locked up for the Democrats, but young men still seem up for grabs and the Trump-Vance ticket is making inroads, with some polls showing a double-digit advantage.
Ironically, an election that was supposed to be about women because of the issue of abortion rights may in the end be decided by the votes of young men.
I go on:
The failure to engage with men’s issues is proving to be a costly mistake, particularly in our politics and culture. The challenges facing many men, especially working-class men and men of color, are not the confections of the online “manosphere.”They are real. But they have not been sufficiently addressed, or sometimes even acknowledged. This has left a vacuum, which has been filled, in many cases, by more reactionary voices from the manosphere.
When problems are neglected, they metastasize into grievances. And grievances can be weaponized in service of reactionary goals. The solution, then, is almost comically simple: Don’t neglect the problems.
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It is not too late to set out an explicit policy agenda for boys and men, in the key areas of health, education and family life. Whoever did so would send a powerful signal to male voters: We see you. We acknowledge your challenges, and we have positive ideas about how to help.
And I conclude:
Can either party show that it cares equally about the flourishing of men and women, girls and boys? There is still time.
Do check out the article and as always, let me know what you think!
Kemala dont even mention men in her programme, while she mentions women 10 times.
The problem with Democrats IS that they need to be punished hard to stop hating men.
Liberals like Reeves are NOT concerned for males and boys, but for males voting for Trump. They just want our votes.
And none of the proposal changes the structural reasons behing men frustration. I do not see "stop supporttint women", stop misandry, put affirmative action for males at Universities... Because that would entail the recognition that we are in a matriarchy and not in a patriarhy. Period