[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 184 (Wednesday, November 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                AMERICAN MEN NEED TO RECLAIM MASCULINITY

  (Mr. CAWTHORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CAWTHORN. Madam Speaker, it used to be a rite of passage in this 
country for young men to be punched in the face when they did something 
stupid. Our Nation used to believe that there was strength and purpose 
in taking the hits, learning from your mistakes, and growing through 
the adversity.
  America is weak. Her sons are sickly and her daughters are decrepit. 
Our country now faces the consequences of enabling a participation 
trophy society.
  We are no longer the United States. We have become a nanny state. Our 
young men are taught that weakness is a strength, that delicacy is 
desirable, and that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than 
training the mind, body, and soul.
  Social media has weakened us, siphoning our men of their will to 
fight, to rise in a noble manner, square their jaws, and charge once 
more into the breach of light to defend what they love.
  So in this precipice of disaster, I ask the young men of this Nation 
a question: Will you sit behind a screen while the storied tales of 
your forefathers become myth, or will you stand resolute against the 
dying light of America's golden age? Will you reclaim your masculinity? 
Will you become a man to be feared, to be respected, to be looked up 
to, or will you let this Nation's next generation be its final 
generation?

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