About this episode

Dru Johnson interviews Nancy Pearcey about masculinity, cultural perceptions of men, and the importance of biblical masculinity.

What does it mean to be a good man? In this episode, Dru Johnson talks with Professor Nancy Pearcey about masculinity, toxic masculinity, feminism, fatherhood, Christianity, and the cultural forces that have shaped modern ideas about men. Pearcey explains why she wrote her book on masculinity after seeing increasingly hostile portrayals of men in popular culture and explores the deeper history behind these attitudes. Rather than tracing hostility toward men only to second-wave feminism, she argues that its roots extend back to the Industrial Revolution and changing ideas about work, family, masculinity, and human nature. The conversation examines how Darwinism and evolutionary psychology have contributed to negative cultural scripts about male aggression, sexuality, and dominance—and how those ideas can help explain the appeal of figures such as Andrew Tate. Pearcey also discusses research suggesting that Christian men can be loving husbands, engaged fathers, and committed family members. The episode explores the importance of recovering a healthier vision of biblical masculinity centered on responsibility, virtue, service, protection, provision, fatherhood, and family. It also…

People in this episode

Host: Dru Johnson

Guest: Nancy Pearcey

Topics covered

• masculinity
• toxic masculinity
• fatherhood
• Christianity
• cultural forces
• biblical masculinity

Keywords

• masculinity
• toxic masculinity
• fatherhood
• Christianity
• cultural forces
• Andrew Tate
• biblical masculinity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center For Hebraic Thought

Books & works: The Toxic War on Masculinity

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