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The Ezra Klein Show · June 5, 2026 · 1h 43m

The New Right’s Very Old Vision of Men

Helen Lewis
Show Notes

Ezra Klein talks with Helen Lewis about the antifeminist backlash driving the new right, from the nostalgia for 1950s gender roles to the more extreme visions of figures like Bronze Age Pervert. They discuss why this masculinist revival has become a unifying force on the right, the political program behind the rhetoric, and what it signals about the future of gender politics.

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Antifeminism as unifying force
Helen Lewis describes the antifeminist backlash as the single most important force holding together the American right.
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Highlights

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Bronze Age nostalgia
Some figures in the new right, like Bronze Age Pervert, advocate a return to the hierarchical gender order of the ancient Hittite and Mitanni Empires.
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Household voting proposal
Pastor Doug Wilson proposes household voting, where men would vote on behalf of their wives.
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Seriousness of the movement
The conversation assesses the new masculinist movement's political program and how seriously it should be taken.
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Nostalgia for the 1950s as a common thread
A recurring theme is the romanticization of mid-20th-century gender roles, with figures like Tucker Carlson extolling a world where men work and women stay home.
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References

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Difficult Women — Helen Lewis
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Bronze Age Mindset — Bronze Age Pervert
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The Last Men — Charles Cornish-Dale
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The End of History and the Last Man — Francis Fukuyama
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Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry — B.S. Johnson
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Madame de Pompadour — Nancy Mitford
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The Genius Factory — David Plotz

Misc

✧Pastor Doug Wilson advocates household voting, in which men vote for their wives.
✧Bronze Age Pervert (Costin Vlad Alamariu) invokes the ancient Hittite and Mitanni Empires as models for masculinity.
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