Author: Amanda Friesen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Western University

In the last weeks of the 2024 United States presidential campaign, the candidates and their supporters made a final plea to voters. Polls revealing a gender gap in support for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump prompted the Harris campaign, in particular, to attempt to engage men in its messaging about women’s rights. Michelle Obama’s appeal to men in the waning days of the election campaign was an example. Some observers have argued that recent movements like #MeToo may have left men feeling like they shouldn’t have a say over women’s issues or, even worse, attacked and disenchanted. The Harris campaign…