An op-ed in the New York Times attributed President-elect Donald Trump’s success in the 2024 election to resentment. young men and their creation of a “manosphere,” which, according to the writer, “reinforces the male breadwinner norm.”
The play, written by playwright Sarah Bernstein, argued: “Our cultural narratives still reflect the idea that a woman’s status can be increased by marrying a more successful man – and a man’s can be diminished by mating with a more successful woman.”
The opinion piece titled“How Our Messed Up Dating Culture Is Leading to Loneliness, Anger, and Donald Trump,” noted that the fortunes of men and women were moving in opposite directions. After Trump was declared the winner over Harris, many attributed his victory to him sexism, misogyny and racism.
‘Now that women are leading the way, the fairy tale has become increasingly unattainable. This development causes both men and women to fall back into old gender stereotypes and creates a hostile division between them that fuels the exploding manosphere. In our collective love lives, it is no wonder that Americans are experiencing increasing loneliness, declining birth rates and – as evidenced by Donald Trump’s popularity among young men – a cascade of resentment that threatens to reshape our democracy,” argued Bernstein.
Newly elected US President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting of the House Republicans Conference at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC (Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images)
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Bernstein argued that modern romantic comedies promote the idea that women should have a successful career “and also a husband who does just a little bit better than them.”
The “male breadwinner norm,” she wrote, paved the way for the creation of the manosphere, which, according to Bernstein, “is a space occupied by new media podcasters and their favorite politicians who win eyeballs, votes and dollars through a retrograde product to sell’. version of masculinity as a solution to men’s problems.”
Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on several popular podcasts ahead of the 2024 election. The president-elect joined the Nelk Boys, Joe Rogan, Theo Von and more, in an effort to appeal to young male voters.
“While so-called female gold diggers are a manosphere obsession, much of its content reinforces the male breadwinner norm: linking money to masculinity and women’s preference for breadwinners to biology,” Bernstein wrote.
Former President Trump appeared on The “Joe Rogan Experience” for a three-hour interview. (Getty Images)
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Harris has appeared on podcasts including the “Call her Daddy” podcast, Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” and more. The Harris campaign tried to get the vice president on Rogan’s podcast, but was ultimately unsuccessful.
Figures indicate a shift among Generation Z as a whole. Democrats have historically relied on at least 60% of the youth vote, but early exit polls suggested Harris secured only 54% of youth support. NPR reported.
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“This zero-sum paradigm has always been a hallmark of Trumpism, which is about keeping the resources with the right kind of people. But if we are willing to reject the manosphere’s narrow ideas about masculinity, we will discover that it is possible for both. men and women to thrive at the same time – in work and in love. This future is ours to create. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s a fairy tale,” Bernstein concluded.
Fox News Digital’s Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
