Liberals a third as likely to describe themselves as highly masculine than Conservatives : Study

Republicans think they’re manlier men than Democrats.That’s according to a new poll from Pew Research, which found views on masculinity vary widely by party ideology and by generation.The poll found that more than half (60%) of conservative men describe themselves as ‘highly masculine’ compared to less than a third (20%) of liberal men. Differences were even starker when the question was split by generation.While 53% of those over 50 said they were highly masculine, just a quarter (25%) of men under 30 said the same.No wonder young boys aren’t embracing their masculinity, after growing up under the weight of the left’s war on what it calls “toxic masculinity”.

And no wonder men with a healthy sense of their manhood are shifting right as a result, too.Richard Reeves, president of The American Institute for Boys and Men, says he’s unsurprised to see self-perceived masculinity correlates with conservatism.“There’s been something of a fusion of the idea of being more conservative with the idea of being comfortable in your masculinity,” he told The Post.“One of the markers of being on the right now is to actually just be unapologetic about being a guy and being masculine and not having to apologize for mansplaining and ‘toxic masculinity’ and manspreading and all of that.”Pew surveyed 6,204 American men in September and found that, while a quarter of Americans believe masculine men are looked upon negatively by society, one group feels this most acutely: Republican men.45% of them said so, compared with just 20% of Democratic men.

That’s perhaps a reaction to the left’s perception of masculinity and the way it talks about it. “The progressive left sometimes thinks or talks about masculinity in this kind of toxic way, which I think creates an opportunity for the right to actually say, no, masculinity is a good thing,” Reeves said. Indeed, messaging to men has been massively disparate in the last election cycle.While Donald Trum...