America Has a Masculinity Crisis
5/29/202640 min
Young men are in crisis. While the left tells men to stay in their lane, members of the manosphere and the far right are welcoming them with open arms. In a conversation about masculinity in a post-#MeToo world, the Opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman talks to the authors Ruth Whippman and Frederick Joseph about what a healthier version of manhood could look like — and how we can get there.
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This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Vishakha Darbha. It was edited by Kaari Pitkin and Jasmine Romero. Mixing by Daniel Ramirez. Video editing by Steph Khoury. The postproduction manager is Mike Puretz. Original music by Pat McCusker, Isaac Jones and Aman Sahota. Fact-checking by Mary Marge Locker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta and Kristina Samulewski. The director of Opinion Video is Jonah M. Kessel. The deputy director of Opinion Shows is Alison Bruzek. The director of Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser.
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Speaker 20:28
[upbeat music] This is The Opinions, a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times Opinion. You've heard the news. Here's what to make of it.
Nadja Spiegelman· Host0:43
[upbeat music] I'm Nadja Spiegelman, and I'm a culture editor for New York Times Opinion. If this is feminism- Call men stupid in every possible way that you can So my retainer gives me the weirdest lisp.
Solana Pyne1:06
It's so funny. Listen to me try to say the word trash with my retainer. Men.
Nadja Spiegelman· Host1:11
Men are trash. Oh, let's go and get the men. Then where does that leave men? I wanted to have a conversation about masculinity in a post-Me Too world. So today I'm talking to Ruth Whitman, author of Boy Mom, a book about raising young men, and Frederick Joseph, author of Patriarchy