Transgenderism is Supplanting Female Role Models

Last month, I wrote about the cringeworthy exchange between Drew Barrymore and the male transgender activist, Dylan Mulvaney. Mulvaney displayed his vision of womanhood — a caricatural costume — and Barrymore fawned over it with performative virtue-signaling. If these are the types of behaviors deemed worthy of imitation in our culture, it’s no wonder we’re in such a mess.

As Rich Lowry wrote in a recent column, girls are struggling. The CDC reports record levels of depression among them and finds that more girls than ever are trying to opt out of womanhood through transgender identification. Among other things, one possible solution is for girls to find better female role models. The qualifications for becoming one ought to be being female and striving for high ideals. Increasingly, many celebrities and influencers who are filling this vacuum meet neither criterion.

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Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

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Last month, I wrote about the cringeworthy exchange between Drew Barrymore and the male transgender activist, Dylan Mulvaney. Mulvaney displayed his vision of womanhood — a caricatural costume — and Barrymore fawned over it with performative virtue-signaling. If these are the types of behaviors deemed worthy of imitation in our culture, it’s no wonder we’re in such a mess.

As Rich Lowry wrote in a recent column, girls are struggling. The CDC reports record levels of depression among them and finds that more girls than ever are trying to opt out of womanhood through transgender identification. Among other things, one possible solution is for girls to find better female role models. The qualifications for becoming one ought to be being female and striving for high ideals. Increasingly, many celebrities and influencers who are filling this vacuum meet neither criterion.