How many men agree with Butker, actually?

Enough to matter, or do we just like controversy?

If you read my last post, you know that Harrison Butker is the football kicker on the Chiefs who told women during a commencement speech that they’ve been fed “diabolical lies” and that most of the women in the crowd were probably “most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.” He added that his success was only possible because his wife gave up her “dream of having a career” to attend to their children and home.

He also railed against LGBTQ rights, abortion, President Biden, and DEI and told men to “fight against the cultural emasculation of men.”

Apparently, most of the men in the audience at risk of emasculation (whatever that means) gave Butker a standing ovation. Meanwhile, women looked at each other in shock, and a few booed.

When the media picked up the story, Butker became a beacon for those wishing to revert to the pre-50s. Or maybe he became a villain who united the rest of us in our desire for equality, shared parental load, and a more balanced division of labor in the home. The backlash has been nothing short of glorious.

Is Butker a bellwether of male perspective? Do his views represent enough of Americans’ values to even care? Or are we spotlighting him because controversy sells and unites us, igniting a feeling of solidarity and spikes of dopamine?