The cheapening of fathers, men and boys

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2012-06-19 00:24

Article here. Excerpt:

'Here's a great Father's Day thought: Men and boys need help. They've become more self-destructive, more apathetic about success and more violent. Fewer are moving on to higher education, and boys and men alike are being outperformed in school by girls and women.

On this day, Fathers Day, the culture continues to redefine masculinity, but struggles to know what it means to be a "real" man. Meanwhile, the bashing of the traditional male role continues without surcease.

A case in point: CBS' Sunday Morning on Sunday celebrated Fathers Day by asking in its lead piece: "As gender roles change, are men out of step?" It's a scatter-shot piece, badly in need of focusing by a skilled editor, and it never really answers the question. Yet not a single defender of traditional role of men and fathers appeared to suggest why boys and men have gone off the rails. Instead, there is the demeaning reference to "out-date He-Man ideas."'

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Men are being systematically deprived of their traditional roles as husband and fathers. In fact, only an unwise man would marry or become a father today. Men are routinely degraded in TVs and movies. They are discouraged from advanced schooling, in part by Title IX demands for lowered standards of proof for accusations of sexual assault. Sure, we have some elite men, such as Barack Obama--but he doesn't give a whit about the average Joe, as he made apparent in his "Julia" campaign. When men complain, they are told to "man up" or mocked for being unable to score. Women are viewed as better employees and better parents.

And people wonder what the problem is.

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2012-06-19 02:33