Hawley Says Men Are Being Told Their ‘Masculinity Is Inherently Problematic’

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says as a conservative it is necessary to “call men back to responsibility.”

During an interview with “Axios on HBO,” the senator was asked why he is making masculinity his “new big issue.”

Hawley explained, “Well, I think what the left is doing is attacking America. They’re saying that America is systemically oppressive, and men are systemically responsible.”

When asked what defines a man, Hawley replied, “Well, a man is a father, a man is a husband, a man is somebody who takes responsibility.”

He continued, “As conservatives, we’ve got to call men back to responsibility. We’ve got to say that spending your time not working, and we have more and more men who aren’t working. Spending your time on video games, spending your time watching porn online while doing nothing is not good for you, your family, or this country.”

Axios’ Mike Allen responded, “So a viewer is watching this and they’re thinking, ‘Really? What the liberals are doing are going to push me to watch pornhub more or play Donkey Kong more.'”

He asked Hawley, “Do you mean that literally?”

Hawley told Allen, “Well, what I mean literally is that the liberal attack, the leftwing attack on manhood says to men you’re part of the problem. It says that your masculinity is inherently problematic, it’s inherently oppressive.”

Watch Hawley’s interview below:

Allen challenged Hawley on whether his claims are based on data or a hunch.