It certainly becomes a challenge to draw the fine line between what is attacking the chivalrous norm and what is attacking women. The two are so interwoven and enmeshed that a cut to one will make the other bleed. Walking on eggshells, given that reality, won’t help.
What he did was stay sober, work like a dog, save money and deprive himself even the smallest pleasures in life, much less the big stuff. He lived in a house that was in disrepair, obsessively turning off lights, even eating only the cheapest food he could find.
Above almost all other social entities, religious men rank at the very top in the dogma of mindless male servitude. And while there may well have been a time when the adherence to this position was practical, even laudable, the time for it has passed.
But where it concerns activism, men’s best interest and the voice that emanates from this forum, it is my not so humble opinion that any woman who likes “real” men who spend their days carrying a load she doesn’t feel obligated to share is no friend to the men and boys in this culture who now find themselves in such desperate trouble.
I am, however, resurrecting last years video on Titanic Day as well as the petition that goes with it. On the first drive for Titanic Day we ended up with 218 signatures. I think we can beat that this time.
Dr. Warren Farrell has spent two years developing an initiative for men and boys and has presented it directly to the Obama Administration. The proposal is for a commission on “Boys to Men,” and would address the many areas in which man and boys face substantive challenges in modern life. It is has been endorsed by many prominent organizations and individuals.
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your laptops. And in case you don’t know, primary (or predominant) aggressor laws are laws designed to give police the edict to arrest men in domestic violence disputes. They use guidelines that target males, not evidence of who did or didn’t commit a crime. If your state is on this list, …
Tonight we are joined by Robert Franklin of Father’s and Families and Lisa Scott of TABS, two attorney’s with a great deal of expertise in this area of the law.
Tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST US, I will be making another appearance. This time I have been invited to specifically talk about A Voice for Men Radio and avoiceformen.com. It’s also likely we will be discussing the Vladek Filler case, chivalry and other topics now relevant to the mission here.
It is sexual profiling at its most egregious and arguably the most corrosive attack on the 4th and 6th Amendments to the Constitution in American history.
