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Women Are Some of the Strongest Supporters of Men’s Health

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date June 14, 2026

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Women Are Some of the Strongest Supporters of Men’s Health

June 15, 2026 — June is Men’s Health Month, and it’s a time to reflect on a disturbing paradox: Even though men die five years sooner than women, the federal government currently has seven offices of women’s health, and zero offices of men’s health.

In Congress, lawmakers are debating passage of the State of Men’s Health Act, H.R. 7602, that would create the first federal Office of Men’s Health (1). And state lawmakers are reviewing the recent American Medical Association resolution calling on public health departments to establish offices of men’s health (2).

But conspicuously absent from the debate is how ending premature male mortality will also benefit women and wives. Research shows that widowhood imposes a heavy emotional, financial, and health toll on women:

Emotional and psychological trauma from bereavement: The sudden or early loss of a husband triggers intense grief, depression, loneliness, and anxiety. The Stanford Center on Longevity research highlights that women experience higher rates of sadness and psychological distress that can last for years (3).

Increased burdens of daily living: Widows often assume sole responsibility for household management, finances, and decision-making previously shared with a partner. This shift compounds their physical and cognitive loads (4).
Higher out-of-pocket medical expenditures: Bereavement often causes increased healthcare needs for the surviving spouse. Studies show increases in medical spending, as widows oversee their own health declines (5).
22% decline in income: Widowhood substantially raises the likelihood of falling into poverty. The Social Security Administration reports that women frequently experience income drops (around 22% in early years) and wealth depletion, with many falling into poverty (6).
Three times greater risk of being admitted to a nursing home: Losing a spouse dramatically increases the risk of institutionalization. Finnish and U.S. studies document hazard ratios exceeding three in the first month after bereavement (7).
48% greater mortality risk: Becoming widowed is associated with a 48% increase in mortality risk, according to Health and Retirement Study analyses. The loss of social support, shared resources, and companionship contributes to higher death rates among widows (8).

Evie Magazine columnist Lisa Britton reveals, “Our fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers continue to die earlier, suffer more, and receive far less institutional concern about their health than women.” (9)

Women should have a major say in debates about the establishment of the Office of Men’s Health. We encourage every woman to contact Assistant Secretary of Health Brian Christine, and urge him to take prompt action to establish an Office of Men’s Health:

Telephone: 202-690-7694
Email:ASH@hhs.gov

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The Myth of Patriarchy and the Media Fixation with Andrew Tate

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date June 11, 2026

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The Myth of Patriarchy and the Media Fixation with Andrew Tate

June 15, 2026 — Vilified by the international media as the epitome of masculine power, Andrew Tate has been harshly criticized for his views of women (1). But Tate’s reputation as a “cultural influencer” of young men is now being challenged.

Early surveys found that Tate was viewed as a positive role model by only a minority of young men (2). And now, Tate’s limited influence is on the wane.

A 2025 study conducted in the UK found that teenagers described Tate as “dead” or “just a meme now.” (3) More recently, a survey of American men ages 19-29 found that Tate ranked dead last in his appeal to young men (4).

So how did the media become so fixated with Andrew Tate?

In 1970, feminist Kate Millett published Sexual Politics, which framed patriarchy as society’s most fundamental and pervasive concept of power. She claimed that “every avenue of power within the society, including the coercive force of the police, is entirely in male hands.”

But in singling out the “coercive force of the police,” Millett revealed her naiveté about the workings of the criminal system. Research from around the world shows when men and women commit the same crime, the man is more likely to be arrested, charged, and convicted (5). And the woman is let off with the proverbial “slap of the wrist.”

Now it’s time to ask the basic question, “Is there really such a thing as ‘patriarchy’ in Western societies?”

Scientific studies and government surveys reveal that around the world, men are lagging behind women in numerous ways (6):

Lifespan and mental health: Men die approximately five years earlier than women worldwide.
Education: Women now outpace men in college enrollments.
Workplace safety: Men account for 92–95% of workplace fatalities in major industrial economies.
Incarceration: Roughly 10.9 million men are imprisoned worldwide, while female prisoners number less than one million.
Child labor: Boys make up the majority of children engaged in hazardous child labor.
Homelessness: Men comprise an estimated 76% of the global homeless population.
Media framing: A 2006 analysis found that 69% of news coverage of men was unfavorable.

If there really is such a thing as “patriarchy,” we must agree that the all-powerful patriarchs have done a rather poor job in their quest to advantage men.

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Five-Year Life Expectancy Gap Faces Hostility and Neglect

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date June 7, 2026

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Five-Year Life Expectancy Gap Faces Hostility and Neglect

June 8, 2026 — Men around the world die approximately five years earlier than women — a persistent human cost that receives far less attention than comparable disparities affecting other groups. This gap constitutes a profound public health and human rights failure that compromises the economic productivity of nations around the world (1).

Despite men’s significantly shorter lifespans, along with dramatically higher male suicide rates (typically 3–4 times those of women) and workplace deaths, health policy and cultural discourse remain heavily skewed. National and international initiatives overwhelmingly prioritize women’s health while male vulnerability is often minimized, pathologized, or ignored.

Radical feminist voices have contributed to this climate by framing men as a problem to be fixed or ignored. In her 1967 SCUM Manifesto, Valerie Solanas declared: “Retaining the male has not even the dubious purpose of reproduction.” Sally Miller Gearhart proposed in 1982 that “The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race.” In 1999, Mary Daly argued that planetary survival would require “a drastic reduction of the population of males.” (2)

These ideas echo in modern social media discussions. Following the 2024 U.S. election, TikTok creator melaninmaven97 welcomed the prospect of men “offing” or “deleting” themselves. Podcaster Brad Polumbo criticized the woman’s hateful remarks, concluding that TikTok has become a “dark and toxic place.” (3)

In discussions of male suicide on Instagram, comments such as “Rates not high enough” (over 6,800 likes) and “Please up the rates” (over 3,300 likes) have drawn significant approval. (4)

The phrase “Kill all men” appears regularly in the Femosphere, with estimates of low thousands to tens of thousands of Twitter posts in May 2026 alone — rhetoric that rarely triggers enforcement under X’s gender-neutral Hateful Conduct policy (5).

These cultural patterns give rise to striking policy imbalances:

According to the World Health Organization’s 2023 SRMNCAH survey, 92% of responding countries maintain national strategies addressing women’s sexual, reproductive, maternal, and adolescent health (6). By comparison, only a small number of countries (such as Australia, Ireland, and Brazil) have developed dedicated national men’s health strategies (7).
The United States maintains seven federal offices dedicated to women’s health — and zero for men’s health (8).

Andrzej Łobaczewski, the Polish psychiatrist who analyzed totalitarian psychology in Political Ponerology, warned how ideological systems can render the suffering of designated out-groups invisible (9). Certain strains of contemporary feminism have fostered a climate in which male suffering elicits indifference or even satisfaction from some voices.

A five-year life expectancy gap is not a minor statistical footnote — it is a human rights travesty affecting half the world’s population. Boys and men also face disadvantages in education, family courts, and mental health support.

June is Men’s Health Month. Policymakers and health organizations should promptly establish dedicated men’s health offices and strategies, enforce content policies on social media, and promote approaches that value the lives and well-being of men and women equally.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

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Democrats Hit With Double-Dose of Bad News About Male Voters

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date May 26, 2026

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Democrats Hit With Double-Dose of Bad News About Male Voters

WASHINGTON / May 27, 2026 – Last week was a spectacularly bad one for members of the Democratic party.

First, the Quinnipiac poll revealed on Wednesday that Congressional Democrats are garnering only a 16% job approval from American men (1).

Overall, the poll found that only 20% of registered voters approve of the way Democrats are handling their job in Congress. The male respondents likely were responding to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who has become famous for making laughable claims such as her recent gaffe that Venezuela lies “below the equator.”

Many of AOC’s inflammatory remarks have targeted men (2):

“Misogyny transcends political ideology: left, right, center. This grip of patriarchy affects all of us, not just women.”
“Men suffer from being under patriarchy. They don’t go to the doctor. They suffer from much higher rates of completed suicides.”
“‘Boys will be boys.’ Is that also the reason why you’ve chosen to block the Violence Against Women Act too, Mitch McConnell?”

The second dose of bad news arrived the very next day. The Democratic National Committee released the autopsy of its failed 2024 presidential campaign (3), in which Donald Trump won a majority of all votes cast and handily carried all seven swing states.

The 192-page DNC document – replete with typos, missing footnotes, and non-sequiturs — admitted that the “national campaign had a specific problem with male voters….Harris saw dramatic drops in support among young Latino men and young Black men compared to Biden’s 2020 performance.” (4)

The document concluded that male voters “require direct engagement. The gender gap can be narrowed. Deploy male messengers, address economic concerns, and don’t assume identity politics will hold male voters of color.”

Inexplicably, the DNC report made no mention of the hot-button issues that are likely to engage male voters, such as inflation, gas prices, or religion. In fact, the entire report refused to even mention the words, “white men.”

Recent data show men hold stronger pro-family values than women. Compared to women, men are more likely to view marriage positively (38% vs. 22%), aspire to parenthood (57% vs. 45%), and prefer larger families (48% vs. 37%). Men also exhibit lower rates of marital infidelity and divorce initiation. (5)

If Democrats seriously aspire to reconnect with male voters, above all they need to reconsider their long-standing embrace of feminist ideology.

Negative views of feminism are on the upswing. Last month, Evie Magazine published an article titled, “Hating Men Isn’t Improving Your Life.” Commentator Lisa Britton declared bluntly, “Female-led misandry is mainstream, and it’s in our schools, our media, our Hollywood blockbusters, and our university lecture halls. Podcasts hosted by women casually trash men as toxic, incompetent, sexist or irredeemable…The hatred isn’t just on the fringes. It’s everywhere.” (6)

Democrats need to make major changes, or brace for yet another round of stunning losses this coming November.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

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Jennifer Newsom Just Lost the Male Vote for Democrats

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date April 15, 2026

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Jennifer Newsom Just Lost the Male Vote for Democrats

WASHINGTON / April 16, 2026 – For months, liberal operatives have been urging Democratic candidates to stop saying nasty things about male voters. In particular, Democratic strategist James Carville has been sharply critical of Democrats who indulge in “future is female” and #MeToo sloganeering (1).

And he seemed to be making progress…until last week.

That’s when a slew of media articles appeared that recounted over-the-top statements made by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California governor Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom is the leading Democratic candidate to run for president in 2028.

Below are some of Jennifer’s head-scratching statements about gender relations in America:

Professional Victim: Jennifer Newsom, who lives in a palatial $9 million estate, had no qualms in making the bizarre claim that, “The gender hierarchy is the oldest form of oppression. It’s the roots of oppression and it’s the template for all other oppression.” (2)

Female Chauvinist: “Every problem that we have in society right now will be fixed” when “more women are in the rooms making decisions, changing the status quo, and transforming not just our just culture but our society and our economy.” (3)

Patriarchy vs. Matriarchy: In her The Mask You Live In documentary, Newsom critiques “toxic masculinity” and “patriarchal” structures (4). But many persons dispute the notion that “patriarchal” structures exist, and argue the real concern is the emergence of powerful matriarchies, often referred to as the “Great Feminization.” (5)

Alt-Right Boogeyman: The California First Partner insists that boys are being influenced by an “alt-right socialization” that she believes are “very, very dangerous.” (6) Mrs. Newsom admitted that “I’ve given our boys dolls, even if they tear the head off.” The woman doesn’t seem to realize that decapitating dolls’ heads reveals the utter disgust of boys who are being coerced into incompatible gender roles.

NGO Profiteer: Jennifer Newsom runs the Representation Project, a charity that claims to be fighting “intersectional gender stereotypes.” According to a Daily Mail article, “The organization brings in between $1 million and $1.7 million a year in grants and donations, with roughly $300,000 of it going straight to her and her company in recent years, according to financial records.” (7)

Matt Walsh offered these cogent remarks about Jennifer Siebel Newsom:

“She’s the perfect feminist. Not only because she’s constantly out babbling about how men are evil, but also because her husband is trying to achieve something great (becoming president), and she is determined to put herself at the center of the story and absolutely destroy his dream in the process….A very instructive cautionary tale for young men. Never marry a feminist. She will ruin your life. Guaranteed.” (8)

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Epidemic of Female Teachers Who Rape Their Male Students

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date April 8, 2026

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Epidemic of Female Teachers Who Rape Their Male Students

WASHINGTON / April 9, 2026 – The sordid accounts of female teachers who engage in sexual misconduct their male students are appearing with increasing regularity in the media. These four incidents were reported in just the last 10 days:

Haley Beck, Peoria, AZ – Over a six-week period, Beck exchanged more than 4,000 text messages about sexual and illegal activity with a male student at Centennial High School (1).
Marie Donaldson, San Simon, AZ – The woman had her teaching license revoked after she was accused on 10 counts of inappropriate sexual contact with a male high school student (2).
Ashley Fisler, Washington, NJ – Charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a preteen boy, Judge William Ziegler denied the middle school teacher’s request to be released from jail until her trial took place (3).
Tera Johnson-Swartz, Douglas County, CO – The woman was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being charged on two criminal counts — the first following a grand jury investigation into her relationship with the teen, and the second for continuing to contact the boy, despite court orders not to (4).

One nation-wide analysis conducted in 2022 identified 262 school personnel in nearly every state in the country who had been arrested on child sex crimes. The offenders included 290 teachers, 26 substitute teachers, 25 teachers’ aides, five principals, and three assistant principals (5).

Sexual misconduct by teachers has become so widespread that a “Teacher Accountability System” has now been established (6). The online database currently lists over 17,000 cases in all 50 states. The free resource is updated on an ongoing basis, and allows searches on a broad range of variables.

In her contacts with imprisoned female sex offenders, psychotherapist Stacy Kaiser has made these observations (7):

The most common profile of a female sex predator is a white woman in her 30s.
Many of the teacher sex predators used social media to connect with their victims outside the classroom setting.
Some female sex predators don’t think they committed any kind of crime.

Media accounts often downplay the severity of the allegation, relying on headlines that avoid the word, “rape,” and instead refer to the assault as “having sex.” (8)

Research reveals a broad range of harmful effects on male students who are victims of sexual misconduct. These include psychological and mental health harms, intimacy issues, substance abuse and suicide risks, and academic impacts (9).

Americans should take seriously the harmful impact of female-perpetrated sexual violence on young men.

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Historic Breakthroughs as Men Notch Advances Across the Nation

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date March 31, 2026

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Historic Breakthroughs as Men Notch Advances Across the Nation

WASHINGTON / April 1, 2026 – This past week witnessed a series of historic advances for men and boys at the state and federal levels:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom convened state leaders in Sacramento to review progress in implementing his whole-of-government Executive Order that he issued last year. Newsom noted, “Today’s convening underscored what’s possible when we come together to support the next generation.” (1)
The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Boys and Men was launched to create a permanent body to help men and boys. (2)
The Institute for Family Studies issued a landmark, 74-page report on the challenges faced by young men. (3)
The Coalition for an Office on Men’s Health, sponsored by SAVE, was launched consisting of 10 member organizations. The Coalition is working to establish the first-ever office on men’s health in the Department of Health and Human Services. (4)
Representatives from the National Council for Equal Shared Parenting met with federal lawmakers in Washington, DC to discuss the importance of equal shared parenting for fathers. (5)

To date, three bills designed to support men and boys have been introduced in Congress (6):

White House Council on Fathers and Sons Act, H.R. 7800
Dads Matter Act, H.R. 5828 and S. 2131
State of Men’s Health Act, H.R. 7602

In Virginia, SB447 would create an Advisory Commission for Boys and Men. The bill was overwhelmingly approved in the House and Senate, and now awaits final approval by Gov. Abigail Spanberger. (7)

In addition, numerous media reports during the past week highlighted the problem of men as victims of domestic violence. One widely circulated video depicted Taylor Frankie Paul of The Bachelorette and Secret Lives of Mormon Wives hurling a chair at her boyfriend in 2023. (8) Subsequent incidents of alleged abuse by the woman have been reported, as well. (9, 10)

Following the Taylor Frankie Paul episodes, at least two full-length articles have been published about male victims of female-perpetrated abuse:

Lisa Britton, Evie Magazine: “The Side of Domestic Violence Nobody Will Say Out Loud” (11)
Emma Johnson, Best Interest: “Now Mainstream: Women are Violent, Too” (12)

The November mid-term elections are approaching in seven months. In anticipation, SAVE has prepared a PowerPoint program on How to Engage with the Male Voter to Assure Election Victory. (13)

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Young Men are Not ‘Lost.’ Rather, They Are Under Assault.

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date March 25, 2026

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Young Men are Not ‘Lost.’ Rather, They Are Under Assault.

WASHINGTON / March 26, 2026 – No one disputes the fact that men are disengaging from romantic relationships with members of the female sex. The question is, Why? A recent survey by the Institute for Family Studies sheds light on this cultural divide.

The survey queried 2,000 unmarried men ages 18-29 about their dating efforts. One question found that 52% of the men strongly or somewhat agreed with this statement: “I’ve tried to find someone to go out with me, but it has been difficult.” (1)

And 58% of the young men agreed with the statement that “I am reluctant to ask someone out because I fear being rejected.”

In other words, a majority of young men have tried to connect romantically with women, but find themselves confronting a seemingly endless series of dilemmas, such as:

Should he pay for dinner, or split the cost 50-50?
Is he looking for a career woman, even if she wants a “tradwife” relationship?
If he is confident and decisive, will she deride him for being too “macho”?

When men set out in search of a romantic relationship, they also encounter a cultural narrative that ridicules and demeans men. Last year the New York Times published an opinion piece by Jean Garnett with the title, “The Trouble with Wanting Men.”

The commentary opens with this sweeping accusation: “Women are so fed up with dating men that the phenomenon even has a name: heterofatalism.” (2) These are just a few of the article’s make-believe stereotypes:

“men are what is rotten in the state of straightness.”
“Where were the men who could handle hard stuff? Like leaving the house for sex?”
“I experience desire in terms of a struggle that someone must lose.”

In response, Rikki Schlott of the New York Post charged Garnett’s article is “part of a genre of man-hating thought pieces that turn hetero love and dating into an all-out gender war — and totally absolve women of any agency or responsibility in their relationships.” (3)

Schlott trenchantly concludes, “outlets like the Times seem hellbent on amplifying the voices of the most bitter and dysfunctional women who bring their misery upon themselves and distract from the actual issues at hand.”

Recent data show men often hold stronger pro-family values than women. Compared to women, men are more likely to view marriage positively (38% vs. 22%), aspire to parenthood (57% vs. 45%), prefer larger families (48% vs. 37%), and identify as pro-life (47% vs. 44%). Men also exhibit lower rates of marital infidelity and divorce initiation. (4)

So the New York Times needs to reconsider its anti-male crusade, and men need to speak out assertively in the face of such editorial drivel.

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Half of All Men Say They Are Targets of Sex Discrimination

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date March 6, 2026

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Half of All Men Say They Are Targets of Sex Discrimination

WASHINGTON / March 11, 2026 – Across the nation, Target stores are selling sweaters emblazoned with the demeaning words, “Dump Him.” Evie magazine writer Lisa Britton commented, “I stood there, staring, feeling a mix of disbelief and frustration. Can you imagine if, in the men’s department, a similar sweater screamed ‘Dump Her’? The backlash would be immediate and deafening.” (1)

Now, American men are beginning to take note of these slights.

The Survey Center on American Life reports men increasingly believe they have been targets of sex discrimination. Since 2019, the percentage of young men who believe there is “some” or “a lot” of discrimination against men has ballooned to 51%, up from only 32% in 2019. (2)

Some may seek to discount these findings, claiming that “patriarchy” still runs rampant in American society. But these partisans ignore the fact that in numerous areas, men are lagging behind women:

Education: 47% of U.S. women ages 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree, compared with only 37% of men (3).
Health: Men die more than five years earlier than women (4).
Shared Parenting: Only one-third of divorced fathers share physical custody of their child with the mother (5).

Similar disparities are seen in 12 areas including homelessness, workplace deaths, and many more (6).

But ironically, advocates of “gender equality” only focus on issues that affect women. And feminists are becoming increasingly nervous over the fact that lawmakers are paying greater attention to the concerns of men (7).

Last month, federal lawmakers introduced the State of Men’s Health Act, H.R. 7602, to establish an Office of Men’s Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (8). Currently, DHHS has seven offices of women’s health — and no offices of men’s health. Feminist proponents of “patriarchy” theory have yet to explain the Department’s long-standing neglect of men’s health.

But feminists are pushing back, claiming a resurgence of the dreaded “manosphere.” Within a few days, Netflix – the well-known bastion of gender extremism — will be releasing Inside the Manosphere. The program dismisses the manosphere as a “grim coalition of supercar-worshipping, antifeminist influencers.”

In a recent gushy interview, producer Louis Theroux does not cite a single research study or objective source to back up his flamboyant claims (9). It’s all a mélange of clichés, ideological projection, and over-worked stereotypes. Needless to say, Theroux does not bother to mention the 12 areas of male disadvantage.

Of course, the Netflix video never highlights the growing numbers of women are now speaking out in opposition to the divisive feminist movement – women such as Carrie Gress, Hannah Pearl Davis, Riley Gaines, Shannen Michaela, and many others.

One day, Americans will accept — without hesitation or doubt — the notion that “gender equality” applies equally to men.

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USA Hockey Victory Heralds Renaissance of Men and Masculinity

Post author By Edward Bartlett
Post date March 3, 2026

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USA Hockey Victory Heralds Renaissance of Men and Masculinity

WASHINGTON / March 4, 2026 – For the last 50 years, American men have been subjected to a wave of criticism and vilification, routinely accused of being abusers, deadbeats, “patriarchal oppressors,” and more. But now men are pushing back, citing research that shows women are equally likely to be domestic abusers (1), and saying there is no such thing as “patriarchy.”

Amidst this toxic cultural narrative, 2,900 athletes, male and female, from 92 countries gathered in Milan, Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics. On the last day of the 17-day sports extravaganza, the American and Canadian men’s hockey teams met for their long-anticipated championship game.

Just 1:41 into overtime, Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal, securing the United States’ first Olympic gold in men’s hockey since 1980. The team’s thrilling 2-1 overtime victory stands as a symbol of resilience and determination (2).

In response, feminists became critical of the men, although the exact reasons remain unclear. Some of the backlash may have stemmed from a post-game telephone call from President Donald Trump, who congratulated the players and invited them to visit the White House. Trump jokingly remarked that he had to invite the U.S. women’s team, as well, or else “face impeachment.” (3)

This off-handed comment was perceived by some as dismissive of the women’s accomplishments, leading to criticism on social media. But others wondered if supporters of the women’s team simply were jealous of the attention being afforded to the men.

The controversy escalated when soccer icon Megan Rapinoe weighed in, calling the men’s team “clowns” for allowing themselves to be “co-opted” by Trump (4).

And Jack Hughes faced calls to apologize for his team’s reaction. But Hughes refused to proffer an apology, noting that many of the male and female players had trained together (5).

Over the course of the week, a growing wave of persons rallied in support of the male players:

Characterizing the triumph as “another big, brash win for American men,” writer Glenn Reynolds noted that “masculinity’s comeback makes America thrive.” (6)
Commentator Clay Travis highlighted the men’s unapologetic patriotism, and criticized the media reaction as “woke BS.” (7)
Noting that the male players had attended the women’s game, hockey player Megan Keller commented, “I’ve never been more proud to pull on the USA jersey.” (8)

These plaudits underscore a broader cultural shift.

The USA men’s Olympic hockey victory affirms athletic excellence, and also refutes long-standing, false gender stereotypes.

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