‘A fatal miscalculation’: masculinity researcher Richard Reeves on why Democrats lost young men

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'In the months leading up to election day, pollsters were fixated on one demographic: young men. This group, often elusive in political data, was showing signs of a notable swing toward Donald Trump and away from the progressive viewpoints of young women.

Traditionally a policy wonk, Richard Reeves became an unlikely media mainstay this election cycle, sought after by those trying to decode the concerns and motivations of these gen Z male voters. Reeves is president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, which he started in 2023 to create research-based approaches to bettering the education, mental health, and work and family life of men. Many of the institute’s policy proposals were outlined in Reeves’s 2022 book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It.'

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Illinois judge found dead outside of home, wife charged with murder in his fatal shooting

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'The wife of an Illinois judge was arrested and charged with fatally shooting her husband, according to Illinois State Police.

Megan Valentine, 44 of Albion, was arrested Tuesday after the body of Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine was found outside of a home, per a news release from police.

She was charged with first degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated domestic battery, according to court documents filed in Edwards County Thursday.

The Edwards County Sheriff's Office responded to a home in Albion Tuesday at around 12:14 p.m.

"Upon arrival, an ECSO deputy observed the body of Michael Valentine laying outside the residence," police said, adding Megan Valentine was then taken into custody.'

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Psycho Says She's Purchasing a Glock and Shooting Every White Man She Sees

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'Libs of TikTok has found a white woman who most definitely didn't vote for Trump and is also pro-gun because she says she's going to buy a Glock and shoot white men in the street. Only at nighttime, though. But your skin has to be really white and you have to be a man.'

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Inside the hidden world of male victims

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'Matt feared his wife was going to kill him. He had seen violent streaks before. Once, when he accused her of infidelities, Matt said she pulled a knife and “put it (at) my throat.”

Fleeing wasn’t an option because they had young children. He felt stuck without a safe refuge where he could take them. “As long as I had my kids, that’s all I cared about,” Matt said.

He expected the police wouldn’t take him seriously: a six-foot-tall Caribbean man scared of his wife. “If anything happens and she calls the cops, they’re going to come straight at me,” he told the National Post, requesting anonymity to protect his children.'

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Kamala’s Anti-Male Sexism Drove Men from the Democratic Fold

Press release here. Excerpt:

'November 7, 2024 – Men have long been a decisive force in presidential contests (1). Exit polls from Tuesday’s election showed race, ethnicity, and marital status were particularly important factors (2):

  • Race: 60% of White males voted for Trump, compared to only 37% supporting Harris.
  • Ethnicity: Hispanic men favored Trump over Harris, by a 55% to 43% margin.
  • Marital Status: Among married men, 60% supported Trump and 38% favored Harris.

Contributing to these numbers were five major missteps by the Harris campaign:

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Dem Strategist Sends Disgusting Tweet About White Men After Trump's Victory

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'Democrat strategist Ally Sammarco sent an appalling tweet in reaction to Donald Trump winning the election.

Ally Sammarco had a different take away:

White men are responsible.

She took to X on election night to tweet, "White men without college degrees are going to ruin this country."'

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Triggered AOC blames sexism for Trump win as she warns it will be a ‘scary’ time in US

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'The freakout on the left continued Thursday with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blaming sexism for Kamala Harris’ presidential election loss — as she warned it will be a “scary” time in America under “the fascist” Donald Trump.

“This is going to be a very, very, very, challenging difficult time … for millions of people in this country. This is going to be a very scary time,” AOC said in an extended, funereal Instagram video from the kitchen of her home.

“I’m not here to sugarcoat what we are about to experience.”'

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Germany to enforce national service in drastic plan as 'stupid' Scholz prepares for WW3

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'Germany's government has given the green light to a draft law that paves the way for the return of national service.

The legislation will allow Berlin to gauge the willingness of the country's 18-year-olds to serve in Germany's army, the Bundeswehr.
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Under the model proposed by the German government, all men turning 18 – which is estimated to be about 300,000 in 2025 – will have to fill out a digital survey on their interest in joining the army.

Young women will also be sent the survey but are not obliged to fill out the form.'

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Liberal women going on sex strike over Trump win

Article here. Not like the typical man was getting much from liberal women anyway. Reminds me of a vegan going on an animal products strike. I mean... why bother? The vegan already doesn't abide animal products in his life anyway! Excerpt:

'Liberal women have sworn to go on sex strike over Donald Trump’s election win.

Mr Trump swept to victory in Tuesday’s presidential race that Democrats cast as a referendum on abortion rights and protections for women.

Some women are now threatening to punish men for voting for Trump, taking inspiration from a Korean feminist movement that vows to withhold sex from men in order to redefine the gender power balance.'

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Woman (actually) jailed for sexually assaulting girl

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'A woman who abducted and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl has been jailed for breaching a court order.

Phoebe Pearce, 25, from Newport, groomed the schoolgirl, who was aged 14 at the time, after meeting her through Facebook two years ago.

She was warned off by the teenager's mum but Pearce lured the girl away from her home to have sexual activity with her while she was on police bail.

A court heard Pearce texted a friend saying the girl was "youngish but I don't care".

In September 2022, Pearce admitted grooming, abduction and sexual activity with a child at a Cardiff Crown Court hearing.

Judge Jeremy Jenkins said the relationship "quickly turned into a sexual one".'

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Stephen A. Smith Blames Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama for ‘Alienating’ Voters

Article here. Excerpt:

'The commentator next took aim at the hateful claims Michelle Obama made as she stumped for Harris when Obama told blacks that if they didn’t vote for Harris, they were essentially race traitors.

“If we don’t agree with you, we’re against you?” the exasperated Smith asked. “How do you think the men felt about that? So we have to do what you tell us to do; otherwise, we’re anti-you? You thought that worked? Do y’all know anything about most men? You think that’s going to work?”'

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Prominent law professor blames Harris loss on ‘toxic masculinity’ and ‘white supremacy’

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'Jed Handelsman Shugerman, a prominent law professor at Boston University, argued Wednesday that the reason Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential race is due to “toxic masculinity” and “white supremacy.”

“Anyone blaming Harris or Walz today has utterly lost the plot & missed the point. This is fundamentally about America, toxic masculinity, & white supremacy. Blaming Harris would be part of that problem, not the solution,” the professor posted on X early Wednesday morning. “She deserves our thanks. Thank you, @vp @KamalaHarris.”

In a follow-up post, he argued Harris “ran a solid, energetic, inspiring, strategic, & disciplined campaign in less time than anyone in modern US history. You made us proud to be on the right side of history and the humane side of humanity.”'

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Anne-Marie Duff explains why she doesn’t like the term ‘toxic masculinity’

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'Anne-Marie Duff has discussed her experience of raising a son, and said she does not like the term “toxic masculinity”.

The Bad Sisters actor, 54, parents a teenage son, Brendan, with her ex-husband James McAvoy, who she met on the set of the British comedy-drama Shameless.

Speaking about bringing up a boy and the discourse around young men, she told The Observer Magazine: “I think the rhetoric around it is frustrating sometimes. Like, I don’t love the expression ‘toxic masculinity’, because masculinity is a describing noun, isn’t it? Is all masculinity toxic? It’s like saying, ‘pathetic femininity’.”

She added: “My worry is that there are a lot of young boys who think it’s innate.”

Duff then pointed to “a very sad story” a friend had recently told her about a 13-year-old boy they knew who was having counselling because he thought there was an inevitability about him becoming a rapist.

“We have to be so careful with our young people,” she said.'

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It's No Surprise Young Men Are Abandoning the Democratic Party

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'You have probably heard that the Democratic party is falling out of favor with men. All the evidence shows this to be true, especially with young men in the 18-29 age group who have been migrating en masse to the Republican party in recent election cycles. From the 2016 Trump-Clinton race to now, the percentage of these voters that identify or lean Democrat has taken a nosedive from 51 percent to 39 percent. The reasons for this shift are many and I am positive that the experience boys are having in school is a contributing factor.
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Imagine that girls (and even some teachers!) wear t-shirts to school that say “the future is female” or “girls rule, boys drool.” On the one hand, this is hardly a big deal. On the other hand, boys would never be allowed to wear anything that claimed the opposite. The message of derision and contempt is kind of baked in and that takes a toll after a while.

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Why Aren’t Men’s Issues Being Taken Seriously? - George TheTinMen

Video here. George from TheTinMen is a content creator, pro-men’s advocate and a researcher.

Why is it so hard to advocate for the problems of boys and men? If truly we care about half of the population flourishing and living lives they enjoy, why is it so unpopular to talk about the challenges they're facing?

Expect to learn what George thinks the current world of advocacy for men looks like, why the press struggles to define what “healthy masculinity” is, the lessons we can learn from the rise of the Manosphere, the hidden effects of bullying on boys' mental health, whether White Guys For Harris actually helped men and much more.

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