Something Fundamental is Changing:

For decades, contempt for men has been treated very differently from contempt for women. “Men are trash”. “Women don’t need men”. Masculinity is “toxic”. Fathers are optional. Male suffering is either ignored, minimised or blamed on men themselves.

But the pushback is getting louder, and broader.

Writers such as Ingrid Jacques and Jenny Holland are questioning the growing normalisation of hostility towards men. Lisa Britton has put the alternative beautifully: rather than constantly denigrating men, our societies should thank men for what they do for their families and communities...

This is much bigger than a few provocative social-media posts and media articles. It's time to challenge the intellectual machinery that allows anti-male prejudice to masquerade as equality.

In The Relentless War on Masculinity, I call this the Four Horsewomen of Modern Feminism:

Misandry — contempt, hostility and prejudice towards males.

Gamma Bias — magnifying female disadvantage and male wrongdoing, while minimising male disadvantage and female wrongdoing.

Gynocentrism — placing female experiences, interests and wellbeing at the centre while treating male needs as secondary. Gynocentrism elevates the moral importance of females, while devaluing males to a lesser status.

Gaslighting — telling men that the disadvantages they can see and experience aren't real, don't matter, or are simply products of their own “privilege”.

These four forces reinforce one another, undermine healthy relationships, and weaken our societies. Chapter 3 of my book argues that they must be recognised and challenged if we are serious about addressing the problems facing boys and men.

But pushing back against feminism must not become an excuse to hate women. That simply reproduces the poison with the sexes reversed.

The destination is not misogyny or misandry. It is Mutual Respect.

Men are not defective women. Masculinity isn't a pathology. Fathers aren't optional extras. Boys deserve encouragement rather than suspicion. And male suffering deserves the same compassion we rightly extend to females...

As I wrote in my book, boys and men are equally deserving of respect and dignity, and flourishing ultimately requires men and women to collaborate:

 

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We must stridently challenge misandry. Question ideological feminism. Celebrate good men. Defend boys. Value fathers. And build something better together.

#Misandry #Feminism #Masculinity #MenAndBoys #PositiveMasculinity #Fathers #GenderEquality #CelebratingMasculinity

 

 

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Atheism vs Christianity:

Atheism leaves you in Despair.

Christianity gives you Hope.

By Digital Anvil.

Final Comment:

I've never seen atheism cure a crazed drug addict,making him  into a responsible,loving husband.

I've seen a hurt,broken idiot transformed into a active, upright citizen involved in activities with local, national and global reach and impact.

Psychology tells you who to blame and sometimes why. Christianity tells you  how to forgive and how to go beyond the next step with hope,courage and wisdom.

 

 

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Thank You for reading this far.

Dissension and agreement welcome.

All Humour Aside:

Do You Know?

What? Two State Solution:

 

The Heart of the Treasure, the Treasure of the Heart:

 

On the Mount, a talk given by Jesus places more empathsis on the inner being than on wealth in your pocket.

This belief isn't new but it was said 2K years ago. 

He stated deeply, yet without drama...

"For where your treasure is, your heart will be also."

True treasure isn't material wealth but the  transformed wealth of a surrendered heart and not the enrichment of your purse or wallet.

 Money is fleeting and has wings, enough to fly away when least expected.

A mistake:

By placing more value on  accumulated material possessions means that your heart inevitably sets itself on the wrong things.

A Fact:

Jesus posits that a simple rejection of material wealth is not enough but actually states more directly that one " cannot serve two masters...one will either hate one and follow the other or shall despise the other and love the one."

What seems obvious to me is that accumulating money as an end is decrying the temporal use of a significant tool to achieve the uplift of more by much.

It is God who enables one's livelihood with good measure,pressed down and poured abundantly into one's lap. It's impossible to achieve much without help from God and often fellow men.

 The pervasive poor can be enriched materially,morally and intellectually by the judicious use of opportunity, education and Christian ethics. This is and  amounts to the historic rise of the middle class since the first industrial revolution. The conferring and lifting of a better state of living in the social fabric from an individual, to a community and the nation to the massive boost of the standards of the earth's population overall has been achieved.

While some disparities  continue to baffle humanity, and solutions are confusing,  the uplifting of the global society has largely been accomplished  but there shall always be some poor  existing.

By Digital Anvil.

Final Comment: 

While Jesus did say, " the poor you will have always." He wasn't saying that that is good state of affairs.

He didn't condone the oppression of families,nor the alienation of the disabled and the condemnation of the few.

There will always be relatively poor,disabled and the rich entrepreneur. Each has a place at the table, but woe to the down-thrusting of the voiceless poor by greedy oppressors. 

Wealth by hard work, skillful enterprise and educated risks is actually an outcome of an imperfect system of principles,opportunities and social favour than much else. But without the favour of God, little can be achieved.

As always,please leave your comments below. Thank you.

WHAT DO WE WANT MEN AND BOYS TO LIVE FOR?

Christianity, like several great traditions, offers men a demanding vision: use your strength in service of something greater than yourself.

Provide. Protect. Take responsibility. Build families and communities. Love sacrificially.

Pastor Al Stewart describes healthy masculinity as being prepared to “give your life in the service of others”. Sometimes through extraordinary courage, but more often through the slow sacrifice of the “death of 10,000 commutes.”

There’s something deeply noble in this. But there’s also a tension we need to confront…

For decades, Western culture has increasingly told women: know your worth, pursue your ambitions, establish boundaries, become independent, don't organise your life around serving men or children.

Meanwhile, men continue to hear: step up, provide, protect, sacrifice, serve.

Add strands of feminism that frame masculinity principally through patriarchy, privilege and toxicity; an empathy gap around male suicide, workplace deaths, homelessness and boys falling behind; and a materialistic consumer culture relentlessly promoting autonomy, comfort, optionality and short-term self-interest.

Eventually some men ask: Why should I accept the old obligations when reciprocity has disappeared?

MGTOW offers one answer: don't. This asserts an important truth:

A man's life has intrinsic value. Men are not utility vehicles. Their bodies, health, time, dreams and earnings don’t exist merely for the benefit of others.

But complete withdrawal cannot be the answer either.

A civilisation of autonomous consumers maximising personal freedom while minimising enduring obligations will not sustain families, communities and future generations.

We need an enlightened middle path.

Keep the Christian call to responsibility, service and sacrifice—but rebuild the social contract around it…

Wind back adversarial feminism, one-sided female empowerment and sex-specific entitlement (but not women's equal dignity, liberties or opportunities).

Restore genuine reciprocity.

Take boys' education and men's health seriously. Honour fatherhood. Recognise male vulnerability as readily as male agency. Stop treating men's sacrifices as an unlimited natural resource.

Tell every boy:

Your life matters.

Your health matters.

Your dreams matter.

Your suffering matters.

You aren’t disposable.

Then challenge him: Because your life is valuable, make it count.

Become strong. Build. Create. Love. Form deep friendships. Become a husband and father if that is your vocation. Serve worthy people and purposes. Accept responsibility. Leave something behind.

And call women to the same principles of fidelity, responsibility, service and sacrifice.

The answer is neither:

 

MEN EXIST FOR OTHERS

nor

 

MEN EXIST ONLY FOR THEMSELVES.

It is: DIGNITY → AGENCY → RECIPROCITY → RESPONSIBILITY → SERVICE

We need to build families, institutions and communities in which men and boys can once again see a future worth growing into, and something worth giving themselves to...

By Celebrating Masculinity.

From Digital Anvil