The Republican spoke Sunday night at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida. In his address about the "future of the American man" Hawley, 41, announced that liberals in government and the media define "traditional masculine virtues" as "toxic."
"While the Left may celebrate this decline of men, I for one cannot join them - no one should," he stated. "They want to define the traditional masculine virtues—things like courage, independence, and assertiveness—as a danger to society."
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"Can we be surprised that after years of being told they are the problem, that their manhood is the problem, [that] more and more men are withdrawing?"
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Hawley announced that these masculine qualities have been vilified, yet they "have long been regarded as vital to self-government." Liberty, he explained, "requires virtue. And in particular, it requires many virtues."
"We need men who will shoulder responsibility, men who will start and provide for families, men who will enter the covenant of marriage and then honor it," Hawley stated.
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"American men are working less, getting married in fewer numbers; they're fathering fewer children. They are suffering more anxiety and depression. They are engaging in more substance abuse," he insisted.
"Many men in this country are in crisis, and their ranks are swelling."
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Hawley announced that this campaign against masculinity, along with critical race theory, economic socialism, and the push to do away with the concept of gender, is part of a more significant attempt to "deconstruct America."
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The first-term Senator has often been a polarizing figure. His fist pump toward demonstrators descending on the Capitol on January 6 drew intense concern from many in his home state and calls for his resignation. He is still popular in Conservative circles and is often regarded as a possible future Presidential contender.
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Hawley announced that the backlash against masculinity can be noticed in elementary schools, where rambunctious boys are "diagnosed with hyperactivity disorder and medicated into submission."
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He called on Conservatives in attendance to fight the "attack on men" and champion "a revival of strong and healthy manhood in America" that "make[s] republics possible."
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"We need men to raise up sons and daughters after them, to pass on the great truths of our culture and history, to defend liberty, to share in the work of self-government," he announced.
"And it's not too much to say that our ability to get that kind of man will determine the success of our long experiment in liberty."
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