[9YearLurker]

And men should be honored as the protectors they are intended to be.

[Noumenon]

Three cheers for the patriarchy and “toxic masculinity. “

[ClearCase_guy]

The idea here seems to be: young males behave badly (shame on them!) because the older males are not present and acting as a good role model (shame on them!).

It’s true enough.

But maybe — just maybe — our social problems are at least partially rooted in feminism and it’s corrosive effects in young women and in society’s current warfare against anything male (it’s all toxic, you know).

I refuse to accept a news article that says males are screwing things up if it doesn’t also say that females are screwing things up. As far as I’m concerned, the overwhelming source of these problems is from women.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[metmom]

It starts by teaching our sons and boys how to clean up yards, pull weeds, paint, chop firewood, swing a hammer and drive a nail, use a saw, a drill, and a tape measure, turn a wrench, and fix things. We need to teach our boys that peace isn’t the absence of violence and that character is built one right decision at a time, usually when it isn’t convenient. We need to show them that brains outweigh emotions. We must teach them that nothing is more important than God, family, and country – and show them that by how we live our lives. We need to teach them how to fish, how to use a firearm, and how to clean both so that they would come to value and respect life — every life.

Likewise, for women, although a slightly different skill set could be encouraged. But still, nothing wrong with a woman learning to hunt and fish and garden and weed. Hard physical activity is cathartic for BOTH men and women.

And knowing you can do pretty much anything you need to gives you a far better sense of self-esteem than any amount of participation trophies.