Masculine fragility among Gen-Z men may have helped Trump

Researchers found that boys in late puberty would respond aggressively when their masculinity was challenged.

For the past few years, right-wing media have argued that the U.S. is plagued by a masculinity crisis, whether it’s former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson warning of collapsing testosterone levels in his 2022 documentary The End of Men or Sen. Josh Hawley decrying what he called the left’s project to “deconstruct” men and “define traditional masculinity as toxic.”