That we live in a gynocentric culture is not rationally disputable to anyone who looks around with open eyes. Many thinkers believe this elevation of women, and the rampant male disposability that goes with it, has been central to the human race for millions of years. But does history bear that interpretation up?
Even though ideology helps, misandric fixation need not arise through it. Robert St. Estephe observes that it goes back centuries.
What would happen if someone taught a college literature course based on positive views of men? A lot of eyes would be opened, we think. So does Professor Dennis Gouws.
The world has long labored under political and social rule designed predominately for the benefit of women. Clearly this is no patriarchy, but what might we call it? The history books provide a useful term for us.
Shame is a powerful motivator of male behavior, one that women and society have exploited to gain male labor and utility. John Hembling says its time for males to switch this ancient biological mechanism to “off”
It’s a common cultural stereotype to say that men are “good for nothing.” But after all the things men have given to civilization, and looking around at the current cultural zeitgeist, Jason Gregory dares to flip the question around. What is it that you, as a woman, are good for exactly? And if that question makes you angry, it may just mean you don’t have a good answer. [Illustration by Europa Phoenix]
There has been a recent rash lately of feminists going public to talk about how they are working on men’s issues and have been all along. And of course they still maintain the tired old canard that dismantling a patriarchy that does not exist is the answer. Get real, says Dr. Greg Canning.
Scholar Robert St. Estephe returns with an essay on a psychiatric disorder not likely to be formally recognized in medical journals any time soon–but probably ought to be, considering how long it’s been around.
