why? yeah, well, it s there s a virility panic out there, so tucker carlson has moved from stoking a white backlash to stoking a male backlash and this has been a theme that somehow we have become an excessively feminized society, that men are being wimpfied and throughout history, there have been moments where this has become a big political issue. you know, that we need to prove our manhood by doing what? it s kind of odd, of course, coming from tucker carlson, the bow-tied trust fund baby who s now become the avatar of masculinity, but again, on the right, this emphasis on super manliness has become has become ubiquitous, but again, when they talk about manliness, what s important is they don t talk about sportsmanship or character or raising children to be responsible.