Sarah Harte: Men playing the victim when women succeed harms all of us

Despite their stratospheric success, both Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are clearly publicly struggling with their masculinity

Andrew Tate speaks to media after being released from house arrest and put under judicial control measures, on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania. Picture: AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre

Several items in the news cycle over the last fortnight made me think about men, and the so-called crisis in masculinity.

It began with a report that Mark Zuckerberg had described his proposed UFC-style fight with Elon Musk as “a civilised form of war”. When questioned why they would fight, Zuckerberg replied that “men love war.” Despite their stratospheric success both men are clearly publicly struggling with their masculinity as this kind of alpha behaviour points to deep insecurity. The suspicion is that it’s some sort of “revenge of the nerds” overcompensation and that if you peeled back the veneer both mega titans are actually lost boys.