[1]Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate

The following is an op-ed from Lucas Kunce and Congressman Jake
Auchincloss, written in response to the release of Senator Josh Hawley’s
new book “Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs.” Read an excerpt
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[ [link removed] ]Headline from an op-ed written by Lucas Kunce and Congressman Jake
Auchincloss: Josh Hawley Needs to Learn A Thing or Two About 'Manhood.' An
exerpt: Real leaders live real values, they don't write fantasy books
about them.

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In America today, there is no man more obsessed with “manhood” than Sen.
Josh Hawley (R-MO).

And while he’s never been to war, he spends most of his waking hours
cosplaying on the battlefields of a culture war. This includes accusing
men like us, two Marine veterans, of wanting to redefine things “like
courage, and independence, and assertiveness—as a danger to society.”

Thankfully for those of us who have been poorly instructed, Josh’s book,
Manhood, can show us the light. For just $29.99 we can learn the path to
achieving Hawley-level masculinity by recreating ourselves in his own
image.

While we haven’t read the book, we certainly hope there’s a chapter on the
manliness of skittering away from mobs you’ve incited outside the U.S.
Capitol.

But however cringe-worthy Hawley’s solutions might be, the problem is
real. The data is clear: Working-class men in America are disconnected
from the economy, and it hurts.

As two male Democrats, we have not just the opportunity but the
responsibility to go on the offensive here and actually engage with the
issues Hawley is misrepresenting. The senator is not here to work on the
issues in good faith, he’s here to advance a culture war that serves his
own ambition.

He wants men to think that by subscribing to his politics, or quitting
video games, or buying his book, their problems will suddenly go away. But
a culture war isn’t going to help these men who have fallen behind regain
their footing in the economy, in education, in their local community.
Instead, it’s just going to divide us further.

Real family values are about providing a healthy alternative to the toxic
masculinity Hawley is offering. The disconnect between men and the economy
or society isn’t happening because men are failing to achieve some weird
idea of what it means to be a man. The core of this crisis is the fact
that men without a college degree have seen their relative earnings fall
by 30 percent since 1980.

Why? Because Josh Hawley and others like him have blocked advancements for
working class Americans at every turn...

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