Here's mine.
Particularly relevant to this community is the fact that Trump did very well with young men. If you were paying attention to the news early on, they were keen to harp on this fact: Harris did not overperform with women, but Trump did with men. I believe the former is due to the fact that the pandering to women rhetoric is starting to become less effective with women, but I want to focus on the latter.
Why did Trump do so well with young men? Young people are traditionally liberal. It was always like this, until this election. Why is that?
If the mainstream media were any indication, you would believe that men hate abortion and they buy into the hypermasculinity that Trump supposedly campaigned on. Considering that 56% of men support abortions, the former is unlikely to explain this, but the media always overlooks this fact. The latter is likely the only explanation to the fact that the right simply did not have a good message for men. Admittedly, they didn't. They never needed to...
Because the left was doing all of the campaigning for them. This is not the first time analysts have talked about the left not having the right messaging with men. And what is the response amongst feminist/leftist spaces?
"We don't need men!"
"Why do we care what our oppressors think?"
"Feminism isn't about men!"
Why should the right put any real effort into addressing men's issues? When the left is already telling men that they don't want them?
Then it should be no surprise, if you feminists didn't want men, that men voted right.
As a leftist, I am saddened that we elected Donald Trump as our president. But as a man, I am hopeful that this could be the opportunity for us men to make our voices heard. For too long, society has treated men as an afterthought, whether that be from the right, who put unrealistic burdens on men's shoulder through the patriarchy, or the left, who only ever seem to want to address women's issues, and not men's issues. Now, both sides can see the potential we have as a political demographic, and if we start really pushing for issues like fair divorce laws, justice for male victims, and other measures that would promote true gender equality, both legally and culturally, we can force one or both sides of the spectrum to EARN our vote.
As for feminists, the last bit I address to you. If you wanted us in our movement, it's time to start truly supporting our issues. And don't just support the aspects that benefit women. Don't claim that you hate toxic masculinity and then only talk about how it affects women. Start talking about how it negatively affects men. And mean it. Realize that feminism tore down our old ideas of masculinity without replacing it with a viable new model. The few leftist discussions that do try to implement a new view on masculinity seems to take all of the parts that really benefit women. Realize that is not enough anymore. Masculinity should play as crucial role in society as femininity, and men should benefit from masculinity as much as women. If you want us to support feminism, it's time you support men's rights.
And if you think you don't want men, that's fine. Keep being a misandrist. Keep driving men out of the left. And men will keep voting right. The left will keep losing, and losing, and losing until eventually the left realize that we cannot win on exclusivity. That campaigning on hate will only power the opposition. That men are still a massive demographic, and we will not be ignored.
Bottom line: If you want us to care about you, then show that you care about us.
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