>>>What kind of “men” allow themselves to be feminized to the point of rolling over for the sentimental mush so many women are seduced by?<<<
I’m 44 and got to be raised by boomer parents. This generation had many unique attributes. They had the pill, were the first young generation to come of age with no fault divorce, had a large number of working moms and (I don’t know why) they rejected in large numbers being strict with their children.
So for the first time in our history you could have sex without linking that action to procreation. How did that change how men and women related to each other? Did men seek out virtuous women or not? What values were embraced and passed down to subsequent generations from this change?
How did the widespread adoption of divorce change relationships between men and women? You have less trust in marriage now than before. Nobody can be fully secure. How many women work outside the home simply out of fear of being a divorced woman without any marketable skills? How many men have to put up with disrespectful or lazy wives under the threat of divorce, financial ruin and damaged relationships with their kids?
with mothers outside the home in such large numbers who was there to teach daughters to cook, sew and do other traditional gender roles? With women working and men not expected to pay all of the bills, is it unreasonable for the woman to expect the man to do more of the chores at home?
Anyone old enough to be raised when traditional gender roles were more common can understand your angst. But I think there are millions of men and women between 18-25 who don’t even see the blurred lines of gender roles as anything but a positive thing. And
if a man changes diapers and a woman can work full time.......what does it mean to be a man? And what is life all about for a man? I think if you asked a man 50 years ago what is life all about and you ask a man today you would find the answer to your question.
In short I don’t think men allowed anything. They are simply raised without the role models you had growing up.
BJ1, first off that was an excellent reply and I appreciate it. I was raised in the midst of the “sexual revolution” with divorce and immorality all around. I didn’t word it well perhaps, but I wasn’t looking down on other men as if I had been a REAL man and they weren’t. Sorry to imply that.
You gave good answers to my questions. Bless you!