What Modern Progressives Get Wrong About Men

I spent decades believing progressive values were the answer. Now I'm raising three sons — and I'm not so sure. -- I am Christian F. Puglisi, a chef and former restaurant owner. 25 years in professional kitchens. Taillevent, El Bulli. Sous-chef at Noma. Opened Relæ in Copenhagen in 2010 (Michelin star). Scaled to five restaurants and 150 employees. Manfreds, Bæst, Mirabelle, Rudo, Farm of Ideas. Sold it all in 2025. Now I write, teach, and cook up thoughts about the cooking life. __ 📧 Subscribe to my Substack to receive the recipes and my thoughts on cooking in your inbox https://chrifrapug.substack.com/subsc... __ This is an honest look at what the modern left gets wrong about men, masculinity, and what it actually means to raise boys in 2025.I came to Denmark as an immigrant. Built five restaurants, established a farm, put vegetable forward cooking on the map and was the first to earn an organic certificate AND a Michelin star. I always considered myself progressive. But somewhere along the way, the movement I believed in started to shift towards other values. Or maybe I have changed, or developed. .That's where it lost me.In this video I talk about: — Why I think the left has abandoned a generation of young men — What the masculinity crisis actually looks like from a father's perspective — The values I refuse to stop teaching my sons — Where empathy ends, and weakness begins. This isn't about left vs. right.