Posted on 11/30/2017 1:12:13 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
This is going to be an unpopular opinion, offered as it is in a maelstrom of headlines and revelations -- many long overdue -- about powerful men who have sexually abused, harassed, assaulted or otherwise exploited others. Each day brings new allegations, and nearly every day, more heads roll. But obscured behind the legitimate outrage against sexual predators is an unceasing cultural onslaught against men that should concern us every bit as much as the predation dominating the news.
I am absolutely not referring to current efforts to expose the men accused of sexual harassment or assault. I am speaking of a longer-term and more insidious attack against men -- and masculinity -- generally.
Masculinity itself risks becoming a dirty word. Across the country, workshops are being held to teach men how to avoid "toxic masculinity." It's one thing to suggest, as some of these workshops do, that there is healthy and unhealthy masculinity. (Personal definitions of "masculinity" that equate maleness with violence or exploitation, for example, are clearly detrimental.) But the same could be said of any human attribute or relationship. There are toxic parents, toxic spouses, toxic co-workers; there is healthy self-love, and then there is narcissism, and so on.
It is something else altogether to suggest that masculinity is in and of itself toxic -- a not-infrequent idea expressed on social media and by some so-called feminist writers. A workshop offered at the Claremont Colleges last year was promoted with a flier that read, in part, "Masculinity can be extremely toxic to our mental health..." Such a view smears all men, simply because they are men.
We have seen a similar dynamic play out in discussions about race. Decades ago, efforts to raise awareness of an eradicate "discrimination" focused on actions that were unfair and harmful to racial minorities. Later, the conversation broadened to "racism," which focused more on attitudes behind the actions. Recently, however, these have morphed into "white privilege," which conveniently requires neither reprehensible individual conduct nor hostile personal attitudes in order to impose culpability. This trajectory reaches its logical conclusion in the statement that "all white people are racist" just by virtue of being white -- a sentiment so pervasive that Googling it brings up dozens of videos and articles making that very argument.
Is it a stretch to worry that the same kind of attitude is developing toward men? I don't think so. Earlier this week, a nurse named Taiyesha Baker who worked at Indiana University Health posted a tweet which read, "Every white woman raises a detriment to society when they raise a son. Someone with the HIGHEST propensity to be a terrorist, rapist, racist, killer and domestic violence all-star. Historically every son you had should be sacrificed to the wolves Bitch." IU Health later released a statement saying that the nurse in question no longer worked for them.
That may be one rash tweet. But author and columnist Stephen Marche published a serious piece in The New York Times on Nov. 25, "The Unexamined Brutality of the Male Libido." Drawing precisely the wrong conclusion from the Weinstein et al parade of horribles, Marche invokes the notion of Freudian repression and intones soberly, "If you let boys be boys, they will murder their fathers and sleep with their mothers." He concludes, saying, "It is not morality but culture -- accepting our monstrosity -- that can save us. If anything can."
Where to start? Are we seriously going to argue that male sexuality has never been "examined"? Not all men are monsters. And morality shapes culture. But that conclusion is deeply unpopular with large segments of the American population, especially on the left. The "anything goes" ethos of the sexual revolution -- and the abandonment of individual restraint and traditional sexual morality -- has only empowered the Harvey Weinsteins of the world.
Nor do these pronouncements happen in a vacuum. Over the past couple of years, there has been an explosion of media coverage -- almost a fetishizing -- of transgender and other gender-nonconforming individuals. It isn't limited to Caitlyn Jenner, Chelsea Manning or other adults. The New York Times published an article last week titled, "His Eye Makeup Is Way Better Than Yours," in which the author sings the praises of young boys who have become social media sensations for their adept application of makeup. Marie Claire magazine calls them "the beauty boys of Instagram." The youngest boy in the story is 10.
While heterosexual and "cisgendered" men endure a barrage of criticism and suspicion, the media fawns over men who wear makeup, dress like women and cut off their genitals.
The symbolism here is profoundly disturbing.
There have always been men who exploited their power over women (or children, or other men). But this is not characteristic of all men, and saying so is a terrible slur. The solution is morality -- a return to sexual restraint, and personal and professional decorum.
What we need are more men who are trained to be gentlemen, not boys who have been indoctrinated to be feminine.
Much as I don’t like any of the guys being taken down lately I have to say it’s getting to the point where soon a man coming on to a woman who’s not interested will be a criminal offence.
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I totally agree.
I'm 70 years old but I still appreciate a beautiful woman when I see one. I was at our suburban Pittsburgh grocery store about fifteen years ago going down one of the isles and coming toward me was ONE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. She had apparently just been jogging and was in excellent shape with a Grace Kelly look. I couldn't help myself. I said to her, "Excuse me, may I please say to you that you are one perfectly beautiful woman. I just had to tell you." She was so appreciative that I had taken the time to say it in the way that I did, she smiled very nicely ........ and I made a point to then keep on walking.
Today, I'd be afraid to say what I said. Years ago that day that woman, who seemingly took great pride in her appearance, would never have received the well-intentioned and innocent compliment that made her happy.
The country today is a mental hospital.
At the same time they feel it’s ok to let men in the ladies room.
But obscured behind the legitimate outrage against sexual predators is an unceasing cultural onslaught against men that should concern us every bit as much as the predation dominating the news. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
The cultural outrage of women who on the one hand seek to be objects of male desire, and on the other who seek material benefits from a tryst that may not appear, has become so obvious as to be sadly hilarious.The wrath of Khan pales by
comparison.
So what effect does that have on American men? The answer is so patently obvious. Watch the trend of American men marrying brides from overseas increase. Computer based dating and social media make that a fast growing trend:
http://philippinewomenmarriage.com/foreign-brides/american-men-marrying-foreign-women/
Who wants to date a screaming schizophrenic woman who is in emotional denial of the wonderful attraction that exists between the sexes and the warmth of a traditional family and traditional marriage?
These femino-nazis are alien life forms living on our planet.
Perhaps the maelstrom of headlines and revelations about powerful men who have sexually abused, harassed, assaulted or otherwise exploited others, is clear evidence that women are indeed the weaker sex.
Where is the maelstrom of headlines about powerful women who have sexually abused, harassed, assaulted men? If men and women were equal and interchangeable, would there not be equality of sexual harassment?
Maybe men and women are NOT equal and should be kept separate in the workplace.
The feminization of men is what is causing all this.
The wussification of males is nearly complete!
Is the “war on men” only about “people with a penis”? Or are liberals also at war with “men without a penis”? If liberals are able to separate the groups of “men” in this case, would they reconsider their drive to allow penises in women’s bathrooms?
Of course the answer is that they say whatever feels good or convenient at the time. And will not allow themselves to consider two issues at the same time since even they will notice the contradictions if that happens. So they can believe both
“people with penises should be considered abusive pigs”
and
“people with penises would never abuse a law allowing penises in women’s rooms”.
Thank you to all of you FReepers who are REAL men! Thank you, also, to those of you male and female) who have raised, or are raising your sons to be real men! We FReeper ladies (real ladies!) appreciate you!!
“toxic masculinity” “white privilege”.
Buzzwords that mean the left wants to eliminate White males. To that, I respond: “Kindly go self-fornicate.”
I agree with the premise that there is and has been a war on masculinity. But what we’re seeing now is liberal women coming out against liberal men. That would be men who adopted the preferred behaviors and beliefs of modern feminism.
It’s happening because liberal men (in positions of power) felt they had license to impose themselves on female underlings. License granted in the overall culture because they had “done so much” in Hollywood, or the Halls of Congress, to promulgate radical feminism’s proscriptions for how things should be between the sexes.
Massive fail. For women. Thus the collective, unconscious purge of these men. It will continue.
Feminazis have screwed up so much. Women are largely confused and unhappy now. Pierced, tattooed, drunk, cursing like sailors, twerking, empty sex, aborting. Sad. And they take out their angst against men who never hurt them.
So now there’s high divorce, foreign internet brides, MGTOW, queersness.
What if someone were to create a new culture as follows:
All humans have sinful inclinations and too often yield to those sinful inclinations.
There is a God who is perfect and wants us to reject our sinful inclinations. We should seek to live as God would like us to live, rejecting sinful inclinations ... and accepting forgiveness of past sins if we sincerely seek to follow God.
I was born male, raised to behave as a boy, trained by excellent role models in my Dad, Grandfathers and a Great-Grandfather to be a Gentleman.
I do not regret my path in life. I pity those who came after me who never had the chances and mentors that I had.
I cherish the Ladies I have met, and pity the angry females I have met. Their angst and anger is not of my making. I am not the damage control officer for all who have been wronged in fact or imagination.
The War on Men is a leftist MALE construction. Men rule. Men have always ruled even when they have ruled behind feminine figureheads. Men will always rule. But men are competitors for rule and the War on Men reduces the amount of competition. A few men in power and the rest of men reduced to servile status makes the keeping of power more secure. The war is on White Men which is on White People altogether because white men have been the builders of technological civilization and rule it. The war on White People works for the same reasons that the war on Men works. If White Men/People can be reduced to second tier players in civilization then the few White Men in power can aggrandize their power so much the more because the non White Men are seen as and are mostly supporting players for the White Men who hold the power.
Whites in Europe are in decline.
Yellows in Asia are ascendent.
Browns in Asia are dormant
Blacks in Africa are breeding them selves into inescapable poverty.
Good posts
Why didn’t these women who have been “assaulted” call the police at the time of the crime? Did they put career over getting justice? I think so.
Any woman who’s ever worked in an all female workplace will tell you that it is hell.
Many women would be very much not in favor of that.
Conversely, there is nothing better than an all male shop or office environment. Sorry to say, that means non-gay.
No vaginas, real or imagined.
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