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InTheLight
reply to post by orangetom1999
So, tell me Orangetom, what is the reason for the downfall of traditional marriage? And, tell us how long you have been married.edit on 27-10-2013 by InTheLight because: (no reason given)
orangetom1999
InTheLight
reply to post by orangetom1999
So, tell me Orangetom, what is the reason for the downfall of traditional marriage? And, tell us how long you have been married.edit on 27-10-2013 by InTheLight because: (no reason given)
First I need your definition of Pornography since you seemed want to bring it up to solidify your position.
Thanks,
Orangetom
Porn, on the other hand, objectifies women. It turns women into “things” that are only there to gratify a man’s sexual urge. Porn eliminates any need to connect with a woman emotionally or intellectually,
however here's a male porn performer's definition which may (or may not help) you and the reader's to understand how this behaviour could harm a relationship and objectify women.
www.artofmanliness.com...
For even more enlightenment on the subject of absentee or abusive fathers, there are a couple articles from the AoM archive you might want to read: 6 Lessons I Learned About Being a Man from Growing Up Fatherless is pretty self-explanatory, while A Generation of Men Raised by Women is more about the reasons behind the phenomenon.
While it’s easy to feel nostalgic for a time period like the 1950s, I’m happy to be a dad in the modern age. I don’t work 10 hours a day at a job I hate, come home, play with my kids for a few minutes and then crack open a beer in front of the tv. My father traveled a lot and never changed a diaper. He was a great dad, but I’m loving having a much more hands-on role with our new arrival. Say what you will about the feminism movement, but I’m happy to have been “liberated” from the Industrial Revolution ideal of being the absentee bread winner. If there’s one generational difference I notice between my parents’ generation and mine, is that my generation values time over money. And not because we’re lazy either, but because we’re not willing to trade time with the people we love most for a gold watch at retirement.
www.artofmanliness.com...
I and the reader's (I am sure) are awaiting your insights as to what has caused and is still causing the downfall of the traditional marriage/relationships.
For even more enlightenment on the subject of absentee or abusive fathers, there are a couple articles from the AoM archive you might want to read: 6 Lessons I Learned About Being a Man from Growing Up Fatherless is pretty self-explanatory, while A Generation of Men Raised by Women is more about the reasons behind the phenomenon.
While it’s easy to feel nostalgic for a time period like the 1950s, I’m happy to be a dad in the modern age. I don’t work 10 hours a day at a job I hate, come home, play with my kids for a few minutes and then crack open a beer in front of the tv. My father traveled a lot and never changed a diaper. He was a great dad, but I’m loving having a much more hands-on role with our new arrival. Say what you will about the feminism movement, but I’m happy to have been “liberated” from the Industrial Revolution ideal of being the absentee bread winner. If there’s one generational difference I notice between my parents’ generation and mine, is that my generation values time over money. And not because we’re lazy either, but because we’re not willing to trade time with the people we love most for a gold watch at retirement.
My position needs no solidification, I believe all the information I posted in links and the summations I provided are clear. But since you still seem to be unable to grasp the meaning of my posts, the article (link) below explains very well the deterimental effects that pornography may cause to the downfall of any relationship (from a male perspective):
Porn, on the other hand, objectifies women. It turns women into “things” that are only there to gratify a man’s sexual urge. Porn eliminates any need to connect with a woman emotionally or intellectually,
however here's a male porn performer's definition which may (or may not help) you and the reader's to understand how this behaviour could harm a relationship and objectify women.
A manual used for diversity training for the military describes white males as having an “unfair advantage” compared to other races, and encourages troops to “support the leadership of people of color.”
“Simply put, a healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian male receives many unearned advantages of social privilege, whereas a black, homosexual, atheist female in poor health receives many unearned disadvantages of social privilege,” a statement in the manual read.
InTheLight
reply to post by orangetom1999
See previous post, men need to step up and take it all back.
True, in addition, our needs within this male dominated society are totally different.
As I stated in my previous post...it is the male who is the most disposable and expendable sex out here...by default.
..and it is looked down by many in the womens movements with derision...even if they have to create bad guys in the media and public mind set to do it. "The War on Women."
orangetom1999
I dont care what the women say in this or other threads...most of them are not looking for that much RISK Taking or commitment. They usually try to put this onus on the male with scorn and derision for his hesitation to commit.
The problem with equality is that most of the women out here are not looking for more RISK taking to make the male comfortable and Peaceful in his life. They prefer it the other way around. That the male take the RISKs running touchdowns while they get the goods and access to goods and services..ie.."Options."
The male ..particularly in Western Cultures has a tradition of male to female giving ..not so much the other way around. This is one reason so many females are more atuned to social skills than are most males. For social traditions and customs are to them a source of power and control over the male and therefore his production..ie..goods and services.
Can you say.."good provider??"
Go to any car salesperson and ask ...who is the primary determiner of what kinds of cars are purchased in this country..the male or the female. I did not ask who paid for them and maintained them..but who determines how many and what kind of cars are purchased.
How about what kind of home is purchased..the goods going into it?? Notice how when you see these home fix it up or trade this home programs...all the women in these programs are wearing burkas?? I do ...all of them right???
How do you have a "War on women" in a nation where the women are the primary determiners of where, how, and when the monies are spent all across every economic arena/spectrum??
The only way this can be sold is if the male of this nation is dumbed down by default and ignorance. By cheap political guilt manipulations to set the hook.
How about those Redskins?? Cowboys??? NASCAR???
Do not ever feel guilty as a male when you are out here taking RISKS in earning your monies and turning it over to a woman for her discretion in spending it. Most women in this country have discretion in spending not only thier monies earned but the monies of their man as well. What a dumb bunch of males there are out there. Really dumb.
The willingness of the male to work, take RISKS for his money and then turn it over to the female for her discretionary spending is one of the greatest adaptions in the animal kingdom..and it is looked down by many in the womens movements with derision...even if they have to create bad guys in the media and public mind set to do it. "The War on Women."
Dont be a dumb schmuck.
Put down the remote and the swimsuit edition and try thinking...not emoting. Put down the alcohol too. The women have the emoting arena locked up...by default. No one wants to hear your emotions as a male because women can be more easily swayed to vote a certain way by stroking their emotions....not yours.
As I stated in my previous post...it is the male who is the most disposable and expendable sex out here...by default.
When the draft comes back..in equality ..they are going to start drafting women right??? Equality ..right?? RISK Taking...Right?? Women do believe in that much equality ..right?? Equal liability to labor and RISK??
How about those Redskins..Cowboys....NASCAR??
Women as a guideline or rule...usually pick occupations which better fit their personalities. This is an option. They do not generally choose occupations which will endanger their beauty or physical assets in the marketplace. For this will make them less marketable ...socially ..and particularly among males..or in competition with other females. And believe me ..females understand competition far more intensely and in a feral manner than do most of the men out here....far more intensely.
This is not usually a Option given to most males. They must more often go where the RISKS are higher for this is also where the pay is higher though conditions may often be worse
.
Arenas where you find women ..working and taking high risks...many of them soon enough begin to hunt and gather to work their way out and into a more Optional job or condition.
As I stated...they want jobs which better suit their personalities...better conditions, better hours ..etc etc.
Are all women like this..no..but you see it often enough to take note of it. As I stated ..it is the male who is the most expendable and disposable sex out here in western cultures ..not the female.
Violence against women.
This one is very interesting and telling. Though women today are becoming more and more violent themselves...most violence in this nation is against males..not against women or females.
Yet you hardly ever hear this explained on any media..even conservative media. Once again it is the male who is the most expendable and disposable sex out here.
Do not be conned when you hear these terms again in the media particularly near election time...they are attempting again to cry..."Hitler" and you are supposed to emote and not think for yourself.
Well..that is enough for now..
Hope some of you are beginning to realize how you have been conned about a great many things..male and female.
This is by design..not by accident or circumstance.
Train yourself to think not emote. For the body politic will uses and misuse both the male and female emotions against you for political lucre. IN case you dont know the formal word for this kind of con job..it is called "Whoredom."
The buying, selling, and trading of the very souls of a people for lucre. And fomenting chaos, lies, and deception is how they do it..by preying on your unguarded emotions.
BeWarned.
Thanks,
Orangetom
Ireminisce
reply to post by Cuervo
It worked for the cave men didn't it? I mean, our species has survived up to this point.
Almost every society continued living this way, and it was fine. You really don't think that the drug use, teen pregnancies, welfare issues, divorce rate, and over all lack of morality in our culture has anything at all to do with so many women taking on the extra responsibility of joining the work force?
Is that our template for family structure?
Have you ever considered that maybe our family structure is natural, and it shouldn't be tampered with? Why fix something that's not broken?edit on 18-1-2013 by Ireminisce because: (no reason given)edit on 18-1-2013 by Ireminisce because: (no reason given)
*laughs* what a bunch of bull tainted with bitterness.
I will remember that the next non risk taking female I come across tells me how they worked to put their spouse through college, birthed their children, to have the ahole run off with a younger model... .
Myself included. Except the younger model part.
\"If you dont want your tax dollars to help the poor then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values. Because you dont\" John fugelsang
Actually, all the countries that are leading the world have one thing in common, women have pseudo equality. The third world and backward counties all have one thing in common, they don't.
Believe it or not, Betty Friedan was a romantic. The author of the groundbreaking 1960s treatise “The Feminine Mystique” may have detested certain traditional values, but she clung to the fantasy of heterosexual love and marriage — here’s the key — among equals. In fact, Friedan once said that her tombstone should read: “She helped make women feel better about being women and therefore better able to freely and fully love men” — and yet she had been memorialized by many as anti-male and anti-marriage.
Since the 1970s, when more women started going to college and delaying marriage, "marital stability appears to be improving each decade," she writes. For example, about 23% of college graduates who married in the '70s split within 10 years. For those who wed in the '90s, the rate dropped to 16%.
Thus, we reach an even more dramatic conclusion: That for college educated women who marry after the age of 25 and have established an independent source of income, the divorce rate is only 20 percent!
Fox News is at it again. Yesterday, Dana Perino warned that women should “make better decisions” to avoid being beaten or killed by their abusers and today, Suzanne Venker at Fox News is warning us all that men are retreating from marriage because “men said women are no longer women.” She suggests we all get in touch with our feminine side to remedy this matter post haste. This piece is a follow up to her “war on men” post.
"If there's one thing feminists love, it's divorce - they consider it liberating." That's just one of the claims Phyllis Schlafly and her co-author Suzanne Venker make in their new book, The Flipside of Feminism:
In the same year, an information education officer in the Army Air Forces conjectured that the insidious dependency of the American man on “ ‘Mom’ and her pies” had “killed as many men as a thousand German machine guns.” According to the 1947 best seller “Modern Woman: The Lost Sex,” two-thirds of Americans were neurotic, most of them made so by their mothers.
BTW, for all the women haters, both male and female, who want to force women back into the kitchen, here is some info for you, though I doubt you will ever change your minds.
Also don't forget to read the thread I am compiling on how the 50% divorce rate is a myth. So you can't blame feminism for that either.
Believe it or not, Betty Friedan was a romantic. The author of the groundbreaking 1960s treatise “The Feminine Mystique” may have detested certain traditional values, but she clung to the fantasy of heterosexual love and marriage — here’s the key — among equals. In fact, Friedan once said that her tombstone should read: “She helped make women feel better about being women and therefore better able to freely and fully love men” — and yet she had been memorialized by many as anti-male and anti-marriage.
Of course we can thank all these attacks on feminism and equal rights of women due to lovely and stellar, pure, and virtuous corporations like FOX news. My favorite. The opiate for those needing something to hate.
And then they boohoo why people think there is a conservative war on women.
Right, it is the woman's fault she is getting abused. Alright then.....Here I thought the fad of victim blaming ended in the 80s.
But Venker is pretty good at spreading hate against women. I wonder how much she is paid for it...
The thing is, the war on stay at home mothers, was started by men.