#1657 Modeling Positive Masculinity: Between Tim Walz and the Manosphere, boys are looking for guidance

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Air Date 9/24/2024

The positive dad vibes of Tim Walz came onto the national scene in the middle of an ongoing crisis of masculinity that stretches from the youngest generations to the oldest. Both positive and negative aspects of masculinity tie in with the general election, basically divided right down the partisan line, and the next generation of voters (not to mention humans) are often feeling stuck between the two with insufficient guidance from the men in their lives.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Tim Walz is The Perfect Model of Masculinity Which Contrasts Weird, Blowhard JD Vance - Hysteria - Air Date 8-15-24

KP 2: Are Men Okay – SOME MORE NEWS - Air Date 5-22-24

KP 3: Dating Amid Gender Differences in Politics - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 7-30-24

KP 4: “BoyMom” Author Looks at Raising Sons in an Age of “Impossible Masculinity” - Amanpour and Company - Air Date 7-9-24

KP 5: We Love Some BDE Part 2 - Big Dad Energy - Dear Old Dads - Air Date 8-23-24

KP 6: Rethinking Boyhood What Moms Should Know (with Guest Ruth Whippman) - What Fresh Hell Podcast - Air Date 6-17-24

KP 7: That's My Gus Walz - Dear Old Dads - Air Date 8-30-24

KP 8: “BoyMom” Author Looks at Raising Sons in an Age of “Impossible Masculinity” Part 2 - Amanpour and Company - Air Date 7-9-24

(54:39) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the 3 top takeaways on and for boys and men

Article: CONSIDER THE BOOR

DEEPER DIVES

(1:00:56) SECTION A: TIM WALZ

(1:17:49) SECTION B: JD VANCE BRANDED MASCULINITY

(1:41:18) SECTION C: THE FALL OUT OF STOICISM

(1:46:43) SECTION D: DATING LIFE

(2:07:48) SECTION E: SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Description: Image of a man in a flannel shirt in free fall against a gray cloud background.

Credit: “man-fall” by Pexels | License: Pixabay

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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