She is a professor of history at Calvin College. I'm your host, George Mason and I'm delighted to welcome to the program today, Dr. National Public Radio.Welcome to Good God, conversations that matter about faith and public life. This Historian Disagrees.” Morning Edition. Josh Hawley Claims Masculinity is Under Attack. “And I think that white men actually have a really critical role to play in that respect.” “There can be ways to find common ground here rather than pitting half of America against the other half,” she said. There are many ways in which liberals are actually working to strengthen fathers, she added, pointing to things like paid paternity leave and broader family leave policies.

“But there are a lot of assumptions that Hawley’s making that the problems are caused by some sort of destruction of manhood or destruction of masculinity, when we could look at: What are the expectations of masculinity that might be inappropriate, that might be outmoded, that are perhaps exacerbating this crisis?” “I think there are many challenges that the younger generation is facing right now, women and men,” Du Mez said. Others disagree - like Kristin Kobes Du Mez, a gender studies professor at Calvin University and author of the book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. “American men are working less, they are getting married in fewer numbers, they’re fathering fewer children, they’re suffering more anxiety and depression, they’re engaging in more substance abuse.” “This is an effort that the left has been at for years now and they have had alarming success,” he said. In a keynote speech at the National Conservatism Conference last month, Hawley accused the political left of seeking to redefine traditional masculinity as toxic, and called for a “revival of strong and healthy manhood in America.” Now he has a new focus: defending the men of America. Josh Hawley was the first lawmaker to publicly vow to challenge the 2020 presidential election results, and memorably raised his fist in solidarity with protesters outside the Capitol on Jan.

Josh Hawley claims without evidence that liberals are attacking masculinity : NPR Excerpts: For a complete transcript and to listen to the interview, visit Sen. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to history professor Kristin Kobes Du Mez about her new Josh Hawley’s claim that masculinity is under attack.

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