Vance is far from the first conservative to argue that America hates men in order to advance a political agenda that has little to do with helping men. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), for example, wrote a book called Manhood and tried to build his political brand around being a defender of masculinity.

Vice President J D Vance said he believes mainstream culture in the U S is attacking masculinity and, as a result, is creating large numbers of androgynous idiots

The vice president went on a long rant about masculinity during an interview at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference.

Niall Stanage and Stephen Kant discuss VP JD Vance's message for men at the Conservative Political Action Conference.