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Hawley attempts to separate the ideas he puts forth in ''Manhood'' from those espoused by Andrew Tate.<ref name = "Onion 2023">{{cite news |last1=Onion |first1=Rebecca |title=Man Overboard |url=https://slate.com/culture/2023/05/josh-hawley-manhood-book-republican-senator-wife.html |work=Slate |date=18 May 2023}}</ref> Despite this, political commentators and lawyers such as [[Kate Shaw]], [[Melissa Murray (academic)|Melissa Murray]] and [[Jonathan Van Ness]] likened Hawley and the ideas in ''Manhood'' to Andrew Tate.<ref>{{cite AV media|last1=Shaw|first1=Kate|last2=Murray|first2=Melissa|last3=Van Ness|first3=Jonathan|title=We Read Josh Hawley's Book So You Don't Have To|date=July 15, 2024|publisher=[[Crooked Media]]|work=Strict Scrutiny|url=https://crooked.com/podcast/we-read-josh-hawleys-book-so-you-dont-have-to/}}</ref> Lloyd Geeen of ''[[The Guardian]]'' felt the book was hypocritical for dispelling Tate's version of manhood while overlooking the [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Donald Trump ''Access Hollywood'' tape]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Lloyd |title=Manhood review: Josh Hawley, moraliser, neo-Confederate and Tucker Carlson of the US Senate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/13/manhood-review-josh-hawley-book-tucker-carlson |work=The Guardian |date=13 May 2023}}</ref> Rebecca Onion, writing for ''[[Slate]]'', compares Hawley''Manhood''s tovision theof style ofmanliness [[Jordan Peterson]]'s "manliness", often described as just "clean your room" accountability.<ref name = "Onion 2023"/>
[[Becca Rothfeld]], in her review for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', says that Hawley tries to write "a gender rule book" that is in "the awkward position of claiming that masculinity is both unassailable and endangered, both natural enough to be obvious and fragile enough to require defense."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rothfeld |first1=Becca |title=Review {{!}} How to be a man? Josh Hawley has the (incoherent) answers. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/18/manhood-josh-hawley-review/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=19 May 2023}}</ref> [[Soraya Chemaly]], writing for ''[[MSNBC]]'', described ''Manhood'' as "a thorough roadmap to how the senator thinks about his brand of hyperconservative Christian, largely white masculinity and what he perceives as its crisis."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chemaly |first1=Soraya |title=Opinion {{!}} Josh Hawley's horrifically misogynistic book signals a much bigger problem |url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/josh-hawley-conservative-white-christian-men-masculinity-rcna93104 |work=MSNBC.com |date=7 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Ginny Hogan, writing for ''[[The Nation]]'', says that while Hawley is correct in identifying there are modern issues facing men, but that he "wildly misses the mark" in identifying those issues<ref name='Hogan23'>{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Ginny |title=Is Josh Hawley All Right? |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/josh-hawley-manhood/ |work=[[The Nation]] |date=29 June 2023}}</ref> and urges that no one should read this book.<ref name='Hogan23'/> [[Lucas Kunce]], a politician vying to run against Hawley in 2024, said to ''The Daily Beast'' "it's strange that Josh is writing a book on a topic he has zero experience with."<ref name="Perano 2023">{{cite news |last1=Perano |first1=Ursula |title=Online Reviewers Are Being Absolutely Brutal About Josh Hawley's 'Manhood' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/online-reviewers-are-being-absolutely-brutal-about-josh-hawleys-manhood |work=The Daily Beast |date=15 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
 
[[Becca Rothfeld]], in her review for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', says that Hawley tries to write "a gender rule book" that is in "the awkward position of claiming that masculinity is both unassailable and endangered, both natural enough to be obvious and fragile enough to require defense."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rothfeld |first1=Becca |title=Review {{!}} How to be a man? Josh Hawley has the (incoherent) answers. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/18/manhood-josh-hawley-review/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=19 May 2023}}</ref>
 
[[Soraya Chemaly]], writing for ''[[MSNBC]]'', described ''Manhood'' as "a thorough roadmap to how the senator thinks about his brand of hyperconservative Christian, largely white masculinity and what he perceives as its crisis."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chemaly |first1=Soraya |title=Opinion {{!}} Josh Hawley's horrifically misogynistic book signals a much bigger problem |url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/josh-hawley-conservative-white-christian-men-masculinity-rcna93104 |work=MSNBC.com |date=7 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Ginny Hogan, writing for ''[[The Nation]]'', says that while Hawley is correct in identifying there are modern issues facing men, but that he "wildly misses the mark" in identifying those issues<ref name='Hogan23'>{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Ginny |title=Is Josh Hawley All Right? |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/josh-hawley-manhood/ |work=[[The Nation]] |date=29 June 2023}}</ref> and urges that no one should read this book.<ref name='Hogan23'/>
 
[[Lucas Kunce]], a politician vying to run against Hawley in 2024, said to ''The Daily Beast'' "it's strange that Josh is writing a book on a topic he has zero experience with."<ref name="Perano 2023">{{cite news |last1=Perano |first1=Ursula |title=Online Reviewers Are Being Absolutely Brutal About Josh Hawley's 'Manhood' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/online-reviewers-are-being-absolutely-brutal-about-josh-hawleys-manhood |work=The Daily Beast |date=15 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
 
== See also ==