You agree that we (as a country) suffer malaise. What I am trying to say is that women who have been gung ho feministas thru the years have been systematically neutering boys & men in our society. One major political achievement in the '70s was Affirmative Action.
Mind if I skip your last paragraph? Neither 150 years in the past nor 100 years in the future ; we have to deal with today. Let me ask you a question: What has caused the decline of American manhood??
Since I don't want to write a college blueblook essay, I'll decline on answering your inappropriate question, "What has caused the decline of American manhood?" If you've actually READ my posts, you'll see that TWICE I've offered my own humble opinion as to what has contributed greatly to it: no fault divorce and family law courts that enslave fathers financially while giving all disciplinarian authority of the kids to the mom. They are far from the only reasons, but I think they're a major contributor.
And at your own risk you ignore human history and reject the Biblical truth: There is nothing new under the sun. It would serve you better to review what life was like 100, 500, 1000 years ago if you want insight in THE TRUTH and to help fix what's wrong with today.
I guarantee you, there is NOTHING in societal moral malaise today, such as the decline of manhood, hasn't happened many, many, many times before in human history. That's why I think you're behaving with exceeding stupidity when you think looking 150 years in the past is a wasted effort. Anytime you deal with "today," you ARE dealing with the past -- and the future, should God decided to continue our paths toward it.
There is nothing new under the sun. Learn it, love it, APPLY IT.