"They’re being called to save the country": Jackson Katz on how MAGA masculinity sells men purpose

Jackson Katz , Ph.D. , is an educator, author and scholar-activist who has long been a major figure in the growing global movement of men working to promote gender equity and prevent gender-based violence.

Katz shares his concerns about the 2024 election and how too many men are willing to destroy democracy by supporting Trump and the neofascist MAGA movement.

In many ways, Trumpism and the American neofascist movement reflect a crisis in white masculinity, says Harris .

Trump ’s hypermasculine posturing and bullying behavior is merely an exaggerated version of a dynamic that was there all along, he says.

Harris : We should criticize the racism and misogyny at the heart of Trumpism, but it is much easier to criticize men on the right and MAGA .

In the last few years , there has been much talk about a so-called crisis among men and boys, says Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer: The old definitions of “manhood” no longer work — if they ever did.

He says it's important to see MAGA as more than a political phenomenon, but it's also a social movement that gives people a sense of meaning and purpose and a powerful feeling of camaraderie.