'Masculinity is on the ballot': Competing visions of being a man in America at center of Trump-Harris matchup

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Some feel male supporters of former President Trump are "stuck in the 1950s," while others say Vice President Harris attracts a bunch of "low-T betas" as polarizing views on masculinity take center stage in this year's campaign.

"Masculinity is on the ballot in November," author Ronald Levant told Fox News Digital.

CNN’s Dana Bash suggested Democratic National Convention honchos are working to win the support of men who prefer speakers such as Gov. Tim Walz and second gentleman Doug Emhoff to wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, who famously tore off his shirt to announce support for Trump at last month’s Republican National Convention.

"They are doing so in trying to put forward male figures, Tim Walz being one of them, Doug Emhoff last night, who can speak to men out there who might not be the sort of testosterone-laden, you know, gun-toting kind of guy who wants to listen to Hulk Hogan and the kind of players that came out at the RNC," Bash said Wednesday.

CNN'S DANA BASH ARGUES DNC APPEALS TO MEN WHO ARE NOT SO 'TESTOSTERONE-LADEN'

The CNN anchor added that Democrats want to win over men who "understand that it’s OK in 2024 to be a man comfortable in his own skin who supports a woman."

"That is something they are really trying to work on with male voters beyond the base," Bash said.

Bash’s comments quickly went viral, with many conservatives suggesting that the DNC