Jerry Seinfeld And Conservatives Want To Make America Masculine Again

Recently, comedian Jerry Seinfeld publicly mourned the societal loss of “dominant masculinity” during an appearance on the “Honestly With Bari Weiss” podcast.

“I miss dominant masculinity,” the actor said, referring to the days of yesteryear when “an agreed-upon hierarchy” reigned supreme, helmed by “real men” like John F. Kennedy Jr., Muhammad Ali, Sean Connery and Howard Cosell.

“Yeah, I get the toxic [masculinity], but still, I like a real man,” Seinfield added.

The comedian’s remarks are hardly original — in fact, lamenting the so-called extinction of the virile dude brah bro man is a conservative staple. In his final address on the U.S. House floor, Madison Cawthorn — who lost his reelection bid in the 2022 after a slew of controversies — begged young men to “reclaim your masculinity,” saying that in the United States “young men are taught that weakness is strength, that delicacy is desirable and that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than training the mind, body and soul.”

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson ran a special titled “The End of Men.”Republican Sen. Rick Scott issued “An 11 Point Plan to Rescue America” that included “men are men, women are women.” Hell, insurrectionist supporter and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley wrote an entire book on the subject, aptly titled “Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs.” In it, the Missouri lawmaker argued that being a “real man” means being equal parts husband, father, warrior, builder, priest and king.

Um, OK.

Hawley’s Mad Libs-like definition of masculinity notwithstanding, rarely are the men pining for a resurgence of red-blooded machismo able to adequately articulate what a “real man” actually is, or more importantly why they think their version of