"Masculinsim" goes mainstream: a movement to fight feminism

This is fresh air. I am Terrier Gross. Repeal the Nineteenth Amendment which gave women the right to vote. And then let the men of the House vote for the household. If you think that anyone who advocates for that is too fringe to be taken seriously, think again.

It's the view of Christian nationalist Douglas Wilson, the pastor who co founded Kreck, the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. Kreck has a network of about 170 churches, including the one Secretary of Defense or Secretary of War, Pete Hexeth, belongs to. Wilson was the guest pastor in February at the Pentagon's recently created monthly Christian prayer service. Hexeth prayed beside him. Kreck also has a network of Christian schools, and Hexeth's children.

attended one of them. Wilson is influential in the growing movement that's sometimes called masculinism, which believes feminism has been emasculating men, men should have more power than women, and that a woman's place is at home, raising children and following her husband's wishes. My guest Helen Lewis writes about masculinism in her Atlantic article titled The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet. It's subtitled, A Virulent Form of Misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American Right.

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