Andrew Tate Is Not the Answer to Feminism — Christian Heroes Are

Tate not only encourages men to sexual promiscuity but to outright violence against women.

In a culture dominated by feminism, young men are starved for icons of masculinity. Young men crave heroes to imitate, but a neutered, castrated, effeminate society produces precious few, if any — and many of the heroes of history are hidden away and forgotten. Ever prescient, the author C.S. Lewis warned of the dangers of such a society — dangers which young men in particular now face. “Where men are forbidden to honor a king they honor millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison,” Lewis wrote. Young men of the 21st century have been denied the “food” they so crave and have thus begun to “gobble poison.”

In recent years, a particular movement — called the Red Pill — has emerged, presenting itself as the antidote to the feminism that has sucked the masculine spirit from civilization for generations. The Red Pill rightly laughs at feminist labels such as “toxic masculinity” but disturbingly equates masculinity with traits that anyone — feminist or not — would deem toxic. One of the ascendant proponents of the Red Pill ideology is former kickboxer and current internet personality Andrew Tate, a prime example of the “poison” young men gobble in desperation.

While the question “What is a woman?” has emerged as a sort of mantra for many on the political Right, it is impossible to answer without also answering “What is a man?” In the present feminist age, that is no easy task, but Tate purports to. He regularly preaches to his social media followers (over 10 million on X!) on masculine aggression, opposition to feminism, and the keys to success.

Emblematic of the entire Red Pill ideology, Tate not only encourages men to sexual promiscuity but to outright violence against women. In a series of shocking and vulgar videos posted to various social media platforms, Tate fantasizes about shattering the cheekbones of women who resist his sexual advances, boasts of making women cry while raping them, and suggests that strangling women may be more enjoyable than having sex with them. Given his unhinged ranting on the subjects of rape and sexual violence, it should surprise no one to learn that Tate and his brother Tristan are currently under investigation and indictment for rape and sex trafficking, including the trafficking of minors.

What might surprise some is that Tate was recently featured as a guest on conservative Christian podcast host Benny Johnson’s show. The rape apologist’s appearance on the program ignited a social media firestorm, with some conservative Christians firmly condemning Tate’s guest spot and others bluntly observing that young men flock to Tate because too many Christians have feminized and castrated the gospel, leaving men starved for masculine influence. Just as Lewis predicted, young men have been denied “food” and now “gobble poison.”

However, as Christians begin to recognize the catastrophic damage that feminism has wrought on society and even on the Christian community, we must be careful not to mistake “poison” for medicine. Ultimately, Tate and his Red Pill ilk are incapable of defeating feminism. The kickboxer-turned-rape apologist’s own violent rhetoric is indicative of this: he is impotent, incapable of combatting or countering feminism, and thus directs his hatred and rage towards women themselves. In fact, Tate and the Red Pill ideology are themselves products of feminism.

One of the chief evils of feminism has been its annihilation of any understanding of either masculinity or femininity. Masculinity is demonized as oppressive, toxic, privileged, and aggressive. But the virtues of femininity are not extolled; femininity is derided and berated for not being more like masculinity. The role of the man is not expunged, it is simply handed over to women. But the character of the man, which uniquely suits him for his role, is expunged, blotted out from society and turned into a taboo. Meanwhile, the role of the woman is expunged — with an entire industry built around playing mom so that women don’t have to — and her character, which uniquely suits her to the role she is no longer allowed to fulfill, both hailed and hated. Feminism is an abusive, manipulative mistress: praising supposedly feminine qualities while simultaneously compressing women into roles that extinguish authentically feminine qualities.

Without a right understanding of femininity, there cannot be a right understanding of masculinity, and vice versa. Tate demonstrates that he understands neither. Femininity is, to him, just as toxic as masculinity is to feminism. Femininity is not to be loved, respected, protected, or provided for — and how could it be? After all, it is the role of the man to love, respect, protect, and provide for the woman, but Tate has no understanding of what a man is. His philosophy fixes upon masculine characteristics that feminism has labeled “toxic” — violence, aggression, pride, appetite — and makes no effort to orient them aright, to place them in the order in which they belong, but instead rejects all other traits necessary to authentic masculinity — courage, humility, self-mastery, self-sacrifice — and defines masculinity in terms of its basest passions, never subjecting them to masculinity’s noble virtues.

In the end, feminism cannot be defeated by mere contradiction. Feminism is a cunning demon which has possessed society; it is not enough to simply drive that demon out, it must be replaced. The warped definitions of both men and women that feminism has peddled for so many generations must not simply be rejected but replaced with the correct definitions. The Red Pill — and its prophet, Andrew Tate — cannot drive out this demon, because the Red Pill is just as much a demon, but savage and violent where feminism is subtle and conniving. Tate cannot drive out feminism because his entire philosophy is shaped by it.

Christians cannot offer a platform to Tate and his insidious ideology, but neither can we allow young men to continue to starve, hungering as they do for icons of authentic masculinity. There are two reasons young men cannot be allowed to starve in this way. First, their nature demands satisfaction. Feminism, even within the ranks of Christians, has left too many men to die of spiritual hunger, constrained by effeminate conventions, cut off from their God-given masculine natures. Second, as Lewis reminds us, if young men are not given real “food,” they will “gobble poison,” like Andrew Tate.

Consequently, Christianity must once again be made safe for men. Feminism claimed to make it safe for women, resulting in the lecturing, emotional-policing, prim-and-proper churches that so many men (and, honestly, women) so loathe, even if in secret. The very image of Christ was made effeminate. Jesus became a “friend” and a “lover” to all. While Christ is a gentle teacher and a comforter to the suffering, He is not just that. Christ was born a man and is the culmination and perfection of all masculine qualities: strong, wise, courageous, humble, disciplined, resilient, kingly, and self-sacrificing.

Christianity and the history of the West are also populated with masculine heroes whose manly virtues direct others to Christ. Joseph was tasked with raising the Christ child and protecting Christ’s mother, Mary. He was a hardworking carpenter, wise and caring, and strong enough to not only make the long trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem but the far longer and more arduous sojourn from Judea to Egypt. Stephen was a man of courage, bold enough to face death and firm enough in his convictions to submit to death rather than betray his Christian faith. In fact, most of the early Christians faced death on a daily basis and did so with courage and humility. Peter was crucified, but so humble was he in the service of Christ that he demanded to be nailed to the cross upside down, considering himself unworthy to die in the same manner as his Savior. Paul defied the pagan Roman Empire and was beheaded for his courage.

The Middle Ages also produced Christian men of both virtue and might. Alfred the Great bore illness and infirmity with patience, nonetheless leading his troops into battle against Viking invaders and still insisting on treating his vanquished enemies with mercy and dignity. Charlemagne spread Christianity throughout much of Europe, which he later unified and ruled justly as emperor. The knight Thomas Becket begged his king not to appoint him archbishop of Canterbury but faithfully and unreservedly served Christ, even when it meant he would be killed. King Louis IX of France led numerous crusades and was considered so wise, just, and honest a ruler that the kings of other nations turned to his judgment to settle disputes and end wars. Henry V is hailed as one of the era’s greatest warrior-kings, in no small part due to his courage, wisdom, humility, and leadership, offering — as Christ did — to lay down his life for his friends.

Even into later centuries, the West produced hero after hero. Christopher Columbus braved the unknown and brought Christianity to the Americas. Don Juan de Austria defended Christian Europe against Muslim invaders, leading his men in prayer before leading them to victory in the Battle of Lepanto. Polish king Jan III Sobieski led less than 90,000 men to a resounding triumph against an Ottoman army of 300,000 in the Battle of Vienna. George Washington, both a military genius and a man of faith, famously won the American War of Independence against the nigh-invincible British Empire. The 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries are densely populated with Christian heroes, soldiers, generals, and adventurers worth admiring. The 20th century also has its share, with men like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis facing the horrors of World War I and still writing of Christian truth, beauty, and goodness.

Young men are hungering, starving for masculine heroes, not because such heroes are lacking but because a society and even a Christian community in the stranglehold of feminism has withheld such heroes from them. With such a rich feast of virtuous inspirations locked away, desperate young men have turned to the rotting waste left in rubbish heaps and wastelands, consuming poison because they do not know what real food is. It is up to Christian men, men of courage and conviction, to rectify this grave iniquity; the cost of timid and effeminate inaction may just be hundreds of thousands of souls, not to mention the safety and dignity of future generations of women.

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