From the moment JD Vance’s comments about “childless cat ladies” became a media firestorm, the divide between the sexes has dominated much of this US presidential race.
On the Republican side, the messaging has been aggressively masculine. At the party’s national convention, the former wrestling star Hulk Hogan tore open his tank top at the podium to reveal one emblazoned with a “Trump-Vance” logo and Donald Trump walked on stage to the sound of James Brown’s It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.
Maria Baer, Brad Wilcox, Deseret News
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