Masculinity and Politics: Exploring the Connection Between Gender Ideals and Voting Trends

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Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

There has been a growing shift of young male voters towards right-wing politics, driven by feelings of alienation from progressive narratives that often overlook and dismiss their struggles. The right has capitalized on this by promoting hyper-masculine ideals that resonate with this demographic. This week, I welcome back Ruth Whippman, author of the book Boy Mom, to discuss how to foster emotional connections, have open dialogue and reimagine boyhood to help boys develop healthier and more inclusive identities. She joins me to discuss: The noticeable shift of young male voters towards right-wing politics How the left has struggled to effectively communicate a positive and inclusive narrative for boys and men That messages celebrating hyper-masculinity have resonated with young men, filling in a gap left by progressive movements To connect with Ruth Whippman follow her on Instagram @ruthwhippman, check out all her resources at http://www.ruthwhippman.com/, join her Substack: I Blame Society and purchase her book Boy Mom. We’d like to know who is listening! Please fill out our Listener Survey to help us improve the show and learn about you! Our podcasts are also now on YouTube. If you prefer a video podcast with closed captioning, check us out there and subscribe to PedsDocTalk. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:26.2	So I think that the left in general has done a really poor job of articulating a positive story for boys and men and in many ways i think boys um you know
1:31.0	this particular generation of boys feels quite shut down by the progressive left um so what this was the
1:40.1	generation really that i was studying in boy mom i I interviewed many, many boys of, you know,
1:45.6	from about, you know, 16, 17 through to, you know, mid-20s. And this is the sort of microgeneration,
1:54.2	I'll call them, that were going through puberty around the time when the Me Too movement was
1:59.0	really kicking off online.
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