If a man can be a Woman of the Year , why can’t a woman be a Man of the Year? This had to be the logic behind GQ’s choice to put Kim Kardashian , a voluptuous, successful woman, on the cover for its “Men of the Year” issue. Though other men, including actor Jacob Elordi and musician Travis Scott, were also dubbed Men of the Year, Kardashian's cover (complete with wet hair and a bag of Cheetos) was obvious clickbait.
The logic makes sense in a warped way, but it’s twisted. Even if choosing Kardashian was just a gimmick for clicks, the message it sends is unfortunate and harmful for young and middle-aged men, a demographic that’s struggling in America right now. It’s even harmful for women too.
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Men, because of their physiological differences compared to women, not in spite of them, play an incredible role in society. But they’re undervalued and overcriticized thanks to an increasingly progressive feminist ideology that blurs gender and sex, hates men, and values careers over children.
Men are drawn to and make up the bulk of the most fundamental industries in America: law enforcement, security, military, construction, engineering, aerospace, electricity, welding, oil, and more. Women might carry all the mental load when it comes to keeping a home and raising children, but it’s mostly men who have physically built this country and kept it safe. Even in 2023, Camille Paglia’s adage that “without men, we’d all be living in grass huts” remains apropos.
When GQ strategically places Kardashian on the cover of its magazine and posits that she’s one of the Men of the Year, its editors are communicating several falsehoods to favor an agenda. First, they’re suggesting there isn’t one man in the categories listed above worthy of that title. Not one of the many active duty four-star officers in the military? Not one owner of a Fortune 500 company? Not David Segal, who invented earbuds to help quadriplegics this year? Not Tommaso Lenzi, an assistant professor at the University of Utah, who invented better prosthetic legs for lower-limb amputees? No, for this incredible title, one of the handful of people who earned it was a woman.
GQ’s decision to dub Kardashian, a woman, one of the Men of the Year not only communicates that there wasn’t one viable man to grace the cover, but that being a sexy Hollywood star is the most interesting, valuable thing a woman can do in America — even though Hollywood has long proven to attract and create a mess of narcissistic people.
Yes, Kardashian is a mother, but she became famous for being sexy and then became an entrepreneur and an attorney after said fame reached its height and she had the resources to do both. Pity to the young men and women of the world who aim for more worthy careers — they’ll never be featured on such a cover because it’s just not buzzworthy enough.
GQ has a great platform. It’s a mistake to use it to insult men and objectify women, sending messages to both sexes that they’re not good enough. Now, more than ever, we need men of honor and duty willing to defend America, build America, and keep America the republic it was meant to be. Now, more than ever, we need women in America who also embrace their God-given roles, whether in a career, in school, or in motherhood, and who honor the men in their lives rather than compete with them to do something they are meant to do.
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Nicole Russell ( @russell_nm ) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog. She is a mother of four and an opinion columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Texas.
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If a man can be a Woman of the Year , why can’t a woman be a Man of the Year? This had to be the logic behind GQ’s choice to put Kim Kardashian , a voluptuous, successful woman, on the cover for its “Men of the Year” issue. Though other men, including actor Jacob Elordi and musician Travis Scott, were also dubbed Men of the Year, Kardashian's cover (complete with wet hair and a bag of Cheetos) was obvious clickbait.
The logic makes sense in a warped way, but it’s twisted. Even if choosing Kardashian was just a gimmick for clicks, the message it sends is unfortunate and harmful for young and middle-aged men, a demographic that’s struggling in America right now. It’s even harmful for women too.
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Hi! I’m the GQ Man of the Year! 😱🤯🥰 pic.twitter.com/qBSBhu9yBW
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