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Derrick Van Orden: “What it means to go from a boy to a man, the developmental…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Derrick Van Orden on the Lost Art of Manhood #ORadio

Published | Video Starts at 21:00

Like, once I can change a tire, once I can sight in the gun, once I can catch a fish or something, I'm a man. And that is not what that means. What it means to go from a boy to a man, the developmental evolutionary process of that is really the understanding of your place in the world, what you can and cannot do, but more importantly, what you should do. So, men, by the time you get to be a man, you should understand what you should be doing, and that will make you a male. (21:00–21:15)

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Asserts that becoming a man involves understanding one's place in the world and moral responsibilities.

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