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. 

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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 appealed to "low-T soy boys" and other remarks of that nature. One response was, "I like my testosterone high and my guns long, so I'll pass." Others were irked that she suggested it was mutually exclusive to be a wrestling fan who liked to hunt and also be a loving, supportive husband.

While Trump supporters rushed to tease liberals, others have different views on how the Trump-Harris race will affect the modern debate over being a man in America, and whether traditional masculine values are welcomed or have a place now. 

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While Bash and others have suggested Democrats want to appeal to men who are in touch with their feminine side, the Harris-Walz campaign has billed the Minnesota governor as a flannel-wearing former football coach. The campaign has also pushed camouflage hats that would historically be seen on the type of gun-toting men that Bash feels the RNC appealed to. 

Levant, who has written multiple books on the psychology of men and masculinity, family and gender psychology, including "The Problem with Men" and "Masculinity Reconstructed," said a lot has changed since men ruled households in the 1950s. 

He feels that Walz’s son Gus, who shed tears as he stood up and applauded his father during Wednesday’s DNC speech, is proof that the Minnesota governor is as manly as he needs to be. 

"I think that tells you the kind of man Tim Walz is… he cares for his son. He cares for his daughter. So, I think there is a new model of being a man," Levant said.

Psychotherapist and author Jonathan Alpert feels the "media is doing their part to further divide the electorate" with remarks like the ones made by Bash. 

"Truth be told, testosterone levels are not influenced by political affiliation. Sure, some activities might be more in line with adrenaline junkie thrill seekers, but I know many of those types of people who vote Democratic," Alpert told Fox News Digital. "Similarly, I know many people who lean right that aren't into activities traditionally associated with masculinity."

Alpert said Trump "typically emphasizes more traditional ideas of masculinity," such as "assertiveness, toughness and dominance" and recently his display of defiance when he was shot in Pennsylvania by a would-be assassin.

"Surviving the recent assassination attempt and rising up with a bloody face epitomizes the role of masculinity often only seen portrayed in Hollywood," Alpert said, noting that "Harris' view challenges more traditional stereotypes with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion and adjusting for the ever-changing face of masculinity."

Branding expert Doug Zarkin, author of "Moving Your Brand Out Of The Friend Zone," said Bash’s take oversimplifies the issue by focusing on gender dynamics. 

"What’s really at play, especially with leaders like Tim Walz, is a commentary on leadership that goes beyond gender. Walz shows us that strength isn’t just about projecting power or fitting an overly stereotypical masculine mold. It’s about substance—connecting with people on a genuine level and leading with empathy," Zarkin told Fox News Digital. 

"Walz is every bit as masculine as someone like Hulk Hogan, but his strength doesn’t come from bravado or testosterone. It comes from who he is as a person and a leader. It’s about how he engages with people, the authenticity he brings, and the substance behind his words," Zarkin continued. "So, this isn’t about gender. It’s about the kind of strength we need today."

White Dudes for Harris founder Mike Nellis feels men who were mocked online as "beta males" following Bash’s comments are actually inspiring figures. 

"Dana is absolutely right—there are tens of millions of men who reject the outdated, hyper-masculine image championed by figures like Hulk Hogan and their Republican counterparts. Hogan represents a relic of a bygone era, where ‘real men’ were defined by archaic notions of toughness and bravado," Nellis told Fox News Digital. 

"But true masculinity is about caring for others and building strong communities, not clinging to hollow machismo. Men today are tired of that toxic narrative; we want to lead with love and hope," Nellis continued. "Leaders like Gov. Tim Walz, who once taught high school and led the Gay-Straight Alliance, and Doug Emhoff, who proudly supports his wife, embody the kind of masculinity worth aspiring to."

At the RNC in July, Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, tore off the "Real American" shirt he was wearing to reveal a Trump-Vance 2024 shirt – in classic pro wrestling fashion.

"Enough was enough, and I said, let Trump-a-mania run wild, brother. Let Trump-a-mania rule again. Let Trump-a-mania make America great again," he shouted.

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Ted Jenkin, the CEO and co-founder of Oxygen Financial and president of Exit Stage Left Advisors who typically comments on business topics, doesn’t appreciate being told how to identify. 

"Why are we constantly told how we should identify as men in America? It is possible to like watching Hulk-A-Mania run wild and the next day watching a Hallmark movie. We should be voting on policy over personality and certainly I’ll take capitalism and being an entrepreneur like Hulk Hogan every day over having big government telling me how I should act and what I should be doing," Jenkin told Fox News Digital. 

Dr. Alexa Chilcutt, PhD., a professor at Johns Hopkins University who leads the school’s Academy for Women and Leadership, understands why some feel Democrats are appealing to "men who support women and are still OK with their masculinity," but said this is more of a generational and cultural issue.

"We have created the ‘dad bod’ or ‘softer male’ as something to hold up as a contemporary man -- one who embraces cultural norms and vaguery. They are not competing with the men who are attracted to the conservative party. These men see themselves as Constitutionally value-driven, and maybe gun toting, but this does not unilaterally exclude them from being supportive of women," Chilcutt told Fox News Digital. 

"This also doesn't exclude them from being highly educated," Chilcutt continued. 

"I know many others and am married to a man such as this. There is also a base of women who are attracted to men who are Alpha males and also hold women in high esteem. They garner a certain measure of respect."

The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

The Trump campaign agrees with Bash that the DNC is the polar opposite of the RNC. 

"The DNC is definitely low energy and low impact, with Democrats screaming and yelling with no message other than disgusting personal attacks and outright lies. Contrast that with the RNC and President Trump who has offered a positive vision for America," Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital. 

Did the Democratic National Convention intentionally spread rumors of a surprise Beyonce performance at their gathering on Thursday night to fill the auditorium? If so, it was a cheap trick, and says a lot about their confidence in Kamala Harris’ star power. But that is no surprise; after all, this is the same crew that won’t let their candidate speak off-script, for fear she’ll say something idiotic.

That cannot last. From this star-studded night forward, the Democratic nominee will be pressed to fill in the blanks. Consequently, we have likely just witnessed the high water mark of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.  

Harris accepted her party’s nomination to run for the Oval Office with a well-delivered speech that was met with great enthusiasm (even without Beyonce) but answered few questions about how she might actually govern our country.  

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This is purposeful. When the V.P. came forward in recent days with proposals to slap price controls on groceries and to hand out tens of thousands of dollars to first-time homebuyers, her policies were widely panned. Her approval ratings, on the rise since her improbable and vote-free nomination, immediately hooked down.

Since then, and certainly in her speech Thursday night, she delivered platitudes and fluff. To be fair, she did it quite well.

Her campaign is in many ways a reprise of Barack Obama’s "hope and change" run in 2008 – all feel-good generalizations with little meat on the bones. But Obama campaigned after eight years of Republican George W. Bush occupying the Oval Office; voters were tired of the Iraq War, divisive politics and keen for a new direction. 

Kamala Harris is talking about forging a "new path forward," but she has been in the White House for the past 3 and a half years digging the very potholes she now promises to fill. When Harris rails about the price of bread or beef being up 50% and housing being unaffordable -- that’s on her watch.  

For four days, Democrats have made it sound like Harris is running against an incumbent; in reality, she is the incumbent.

In her acceptance speech, Harris, like other speakers who preceded her, defended against presumed Democrat vulnerabilities. She spoke of her love of country and her pride in the values that make the U.S. exceptional – like freedom, opportunity, and fairness. 

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There have never before been so many American flags fluttering in a Democratic convention center; never before has the assembled crowd so frequently struggled to remember the words to our national anthem or so happily chanted USA, USA! Clearly, Harris and the DNC wanted voters – and especially those who live in patriotic Midwestern swing states – to ignore how progressive Left Democrats routinely bash the U.S. as a cauldron of racism and sexism, castigate capitalism as the root of heinous inequality and protest our evil alliance with Israel. 

Harris also went out of her way to applaud our law enforcement agencies, eager to erase memories of Democrats’ "defund the police" movement or support for bail "reform" changes which have made our cities more dangerous and cops more vulnerable. She talked up her background as a tough-on-crime prosecutor, hoping people will forget her support of the thugs who burned down much of Minneapolis in 2020. She also emphasized supporting and honoring veterans, perhaps to defuse fury among our nation’s soldiers that her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has exaggerated his military rank.

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Maybe Harris has learned a thing or two from Gov. Walz, who was for many years a defensive coordinator for a high school football team. After all, many say a good defense is the best offense. For example, Harris promised that, as president, she would sign into law the bipartisan border bill that she accuses former President Trump of sabotaging for political purposes. That charge helps counter critics who accuse Harris, Joe Biden’s border czar, of doing exactly nothing to stem the flood of migrants entering our country illegally. 

Harris spoke appealingly about her background as the daughter of a determined Indian mother who taught her that anything was possible, and about growing up in a middle-class community. For a woman who has had trouble keeping staff and who has been described as difficult, Harris likely burnished her image and likeability. 

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But the glow soon faded as she launched into over-the-top and dishonest attacks on former president Donald Trump. She railed about the protests on January 6, when she accused Trump of trying "to throw away your vote." Of course, Democrats did just that in nominating Harris, ignoring the 31 million people who voted for Joe Biden.

She warned that Trump would "jail journalists," deploy the military against our own citizens and ban abortions nationwide. She invoked, as many others have done, the boogeyman of Project 2025, though even liberal news organizations have confirmed that the conservative policy document has nothing to do with the Trump campaign. 

Like President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris lies continually about former President Donald Trump; if he really is as terrible as they claim, surely, they can use actual facts to prove their case.

There is another essential falsehood that has run throughout the Democratic convention. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and nearly everyone in between has talked about how they would unite the country and how hate, to quote the president, must have no "safe harbor" in our nation. Yet the vitriol expressed towards Trump, and by implication towards the tens of millions who support him, reveal the hypocrisy of such sentiments.

Harris’ speech was catnip to Democrats who are indeed joyful that Joe Biden is no longer their candidate, but her work has just begun. Outside that Chicago arena, voters want to know how Harris’ promised $5 trillion tax hike will impact the economy, how unprecedented federal spending might keep interest rates high and how unlimited immigration might drive down middle-class wages.

Harris, soon, will have to answer some questions. Then, the joy may fade.

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