I rarely comment like this – but I have two hot-button issues – man bashing, and the wrongheaded idea that the U.S. is a “Christian Nation.”
Sorry for the rant all.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/health/NATL-Synthetic-Sperm.html and so forth. Men really aren’t wanted in this world, and it is getting more and more obvious. Again, I say just stand up and do what is right, and try to be the best that we can be to show the world that the words “all men are dogs” isn’t acceptable, and constantly judging half of the human race by what they see on TV, or the guy who dumped them. Again, this isn’t so much about women as the government, the constant war on male role-models by TV channels such as Disney where it is simply not done to have a competent male lead. The family court system doesn’t help by constantly removing fathers, and again the school system which punishes maleness.

All in all, there needs to be a change.. a non-violent change that will eventually occur, whether certain organizations want it to or not, and to that end we need websites like this and for men to be ready to again be the men they must be for the sake of future males.

Good luck with that, fellas. I’m sure your daughters will adore you.

And this comment section is really blinkin’ vitriolic for this site, the active woman blaming, the histeronics about religion and culture, the desperate “won’t somebody please think of the children” and naked bitching about how it’s all someone elses fault is just absolutely pathetic.

Women, having been subjugated to the whims of men for ages, finally are having a say, finally have a vote, but still do not even have equality. Professional women make less than men across the board, are chosen less for committees and are disproportionately underrepresented in politics; and when women are finally given an opportunity to better themselves, to be independent from men, we see it as frightening? Women do better in college and make more money than men in “some” areas, and suddenly we are falling behind? Women are still playing catch-up.

Men are no more falling behind than women are steadily trying to improve. But the strangest thing about the part of the podcast that i listened to was that it was not about a decline of morality in general, but a “decline” of men in comparison to women. We should be praising the fact that women are doing better, not fearing it. We should not look at ourselves as the cause, but look at women as their own catalyst; they took advantage of opportunities that were available and kept at it, and as commendable as their actions are (truly, i mean women are incredible), they still get the shaft when it comes to equal status. Not only that, but this podcast, and many posts here, are offering a response by trying to “strengthen our manliness” or something of that sort, by offering “Men Studies” as a legitimate subject and rendering us as some powerless minority/ victim/ threatened sex.

Let me tell you how it is: Men are not declining in power, social status, ability to achieve, they are only declining from some short of a perceived golden era of mutual respect for the opposite sex, and some antiquated moral self-respect as well. I believe that this is to be seen as true in some posts here, where some are saying that “women should be put in their place” and “bring manliness back” and “we need to have balls”. What misogynistic comments What an utter lack of morality.

Men, as I see it, need not hark back to olden days where men were “grand” and exuded this false sense of manliness that you see in the movies, that you see portrayed in the concept of “ideal” manliness in the minds of many here that have been misled. Manliness is not simply some dutiful, provider hunter-fisher type who shaves with a straight edge and, according to some posters, one who makes his woman stay in the kitchen. Manliness is not something that is in decline, nor should be compared to the situation of women. Manliness, which by definition is accepting gender roles, is something much more general.

Manliness should not really be thought of as exclusive to males, but should be thought of as a more specific form of general morality. It is not about being a man, it is about being a good person. It is not about providing, it is about giving or giving back. It is not about simply recognizing differences or looking at a situation from only your standpoint, it is about trying to understand all viewpoints. It is not about improving men, it is about improving society. When it boils down to it, many, both men and women, have been in decline moralistically. Now we live in a society that is inherently about “I”, not us. Men need not compete with women, we need to work with them, embrace their progress and success, and help them, as well as ourselves, to improve collectively.