Men have been in the midst of a masculinity crisis, one not entirely of their own making. This is something men on both sides of the political aisle agree on. For years, they have been fed a steady barrage of disparaging slurs flung at them by the feminist and Marxist Left.

Feminism has [taken over the male narrative]((https://patriotpost.us/articles/97406-manliness-in-modernity-2023-05-18) by either scolding them into oblivion or, paradoxically, trying to be them. Ultimately, the message men receive is that women think they are better. Oh, and men are nuisances, not to mention unnecessary.

Whenever an ideology devolves into dehumanizing a particular group of people, that’s when you know the ideological adherents have gone off the rails.

As former family and marriage therapist Adam Lane Smith explained in a Fox News interview, “I think modern feminism is built on the lie that no man is ever going to be reliable or ever wants to care about his family.” He later added, “I don’t know how many times I heard that masculinity is a social construct, we need to deconstruct it. No, we don’t. We don’t need to reconstruct it. We need to rebuild it.”

Thankfully, building is something that men do best. Here is the narrative the men need to hear: Men were designed to protect, provide, empower, defend, procreate, and lead. All of these traits, when married with discipline and self-control, build a strong foundation for their own lives and for society at large.

Where do men need to go to learn how to be men? Finding community with other men who have the qualities and values that you aspire to is a great start. They can also look to churches to find virtuous mentors.

Even left-leaning former podcaster Scott Galloway emphasizes the importance of male role models in the lives of young men, stating, “When a boy comes off the tracks and develops problems later in life, it’s the moment he loses a male role model through death, divorce or abandonment.”

How do men reclaim the narrative that the feminists and Marxists have intercepted? By proving again and again that men and women are not the same. Vive la différence.

Gender is not a construct; it’s biological. Here is an interesting video that exposes and illustrates that very fact. YouTuber Jesse James West challenged tall female bodybuilders to compete against the world’s strongest men with dwarfism in feats of strength. In almost every challenge, the women were soundly beaten.

YouTuber Jesse James West held a competition to see who’s stronger between tall, strong bodybuilder women and strong dwarf men.

> Dwarf men easily crushed them
> Women were very egoistic, serious, and competitive
> While men were just having fun

Why is gender equality forced… pic.twitter.com/MXiOqXaDid

— ︎ ︎venom (@venom1s) January 19, 2026

The leftist worldview sees masculinity as the problem and seeks to feminize men. But the feminization of men only leads to weak men. As political pundit Allie Beth Stuckey put it, “In a world of wickedness, weak men are nothing more than enablers of wicked men.”

Weak men are hooked on porn and video games, are self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, and are even working out to fight against their overwhelming anxiety or depression. Bad men are raping, killing, dominating, preying on children, stealing, and gaining as much political power as possible, and they are being permitted to advance their evilness because our culture has convinced weak men that it’s “compassionate” or “speaking for the oppressed.”

Masculinity isn’t the problem; the problem is our moral shaping and the output of aggression, violence, and ambition.

Men need to resist the propaganda of this age, start leading, cling to virtue (self-control, kindness, common sense), and stop keeping score with how women treat them. Wise women will follow where good men lead. Perhaps then the masculinity crisis will abate, and we can learn to like one another once again.