Shapiro Pins Masculinity Crisis on Abandonment of Traditional Male Duties and Roles

What was said

"When you rob men of their initiative, when you rob men of their roles, and you rob them of their duties, they end up cosplaying manhood. Masculinity is about fulfilling the duties of men. Men ought to get married to a woman, protect that woman, protect the children they have, and do their duty in the community."

Ben Shapiro argued that both the political left and reactionary right have reduced masculinity to stereotypes and aesthetics rather than traditional duties. He criticized Democratic candidates like James Talarico and Graham Plattner as embodying false masculine stereotypes, while also condemning the right's embrace of figures like Andrew Tate who he characterized as performing masculine aesthetics without fulfilling traditional male responsibilities of marriage, fatherhood, and community building.