... wrote on Jan 21
st, 2016 at 8:53am:
You display such a shallow and misguided understanding of masculinity - equating it to nothing more than being an asshole - that I'm not entirely convinced you are male. Nobody ever suggested being male made you a good man. This is why most cultures have rites of passage to manhood. Tellingly, we fo not.
Oh? I'm only going by the perceived definition within the article you posted. As far as I can tell, this columnist wishes for masculinity to be defined as breadwinner in the household and controller of women. What would you define masculinity to be, and what in particular is missing in European cultures?
... wrote on Jan 21
st, 2016 at 8:53am:
1. Something so vague and emotionally based cannot ever be accurately described as "fact". When did "men obtain more respect for women"? was it a moment in time? How much "more"? All these questions cannot be answered, because your assertion is wishy-washy (feminine) nonsense.
I'd say with generational change you can definitely see a change in how men and women interact. But definitely, post the commencement of feminist movement we can see that men in developed countries, for the most part, no longer see women as only a hole or 3. I mean you can see the difference between cultures where feminism has hit the home and where it hasn't. If you haven't travelled, that's not my problem, but there is a reason that women in Thailand work as prostitutes, and it's not because the husband needs some more cash. There's a reason why women in India still get traded for dowries, and why 70% of marriages involve marital rape. There's a reason why household decisions in India are largely made by the male. Or why women in Saudi Arabia can't drive. Or why they need to be 'covered'. It's got nothing to do with have respect for women and very much everything to do with treating women as second class citizens. There is no wishy washy, the world hasn't seen the end of chauvinistic societies and the comparisons, not just visible but statistical and based on 'cultural norms', are enough to see that what I say is true. Not to mention that rape in western democracies has reduced in the last 50 years and you can suggest that it's just a random thing but I'd say, given the stark differences between developing and developed nations, that it's at the very least got some correlation.
... wrote on Jan 21
st, 2016 at 8:53am:
2. I'm sure they knew how, they just didn't want to. But now their women aren't pulling their weight, they have to. Im quite capable of cooking lots of dishes due to time spent living alone. Now that Im married though, I'm not going to - I work, she looks after the house. A fair split. That men these days are too weak to negotiate a fair split is an illustration , not a refutation.
'their' 'pulling their weight' you're basically showing once again this lack of respect for women.
And as long as how your household works is a mutual decision between 2 equals than thats great. But before feminism that was hardly the case.
... wrote on Jan 21
st, 2016 at 8:53am:
3. Are these rates down? Bet they're not - and that theyre up signficiantly in women. Other factors to a lack of self discipline - for example obesity, and abortion are undoubtedly way up. Was this a genuine misunderstanding, or contrived baloney? I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I'm not sure I can.
? Rates are down. Abortion is up because abortion wasn't as available, not because people have a lack of self discipline. In reality, more people participate in safe sex today than they did in the past. Obesity - look at Mexico, a country that is male dominated. Go check their obesity rates.
... wrote on Jan 21
st, 2016 at 8:53am:
4. There is no honour is deliberate misrepresentation. Without it the entire globalist, multicultural rainbow agenda could not stand. There is no honour in selling out your people for an ideology. Honour is not even a consideration for most.
examples of this dribble?
... wrote on Jan 21
st, 2016 at 8:53am:
5. There are many officials stating plainly that they've been ordered to cover up migrant crimes, and has had it made very difficult for them to puinish offenders. Wheres the justice?
The justice is that society found out about the cover up and said 'no fck off, we want these offenders punished.' And I mean society. It was only 1500 small forehead individuals who went nuts and burnt down businesses in protest. But the vast majority of Germans calmly said, 'no this is unacceptable, we want action on this.' And isn't that exactly how a society should function?
And are you seriously going to deny that prior to 'feminism' that officials didn't follow orders from their leaders? I guess the whole crusade, slave trade, inquisition, ww1, ww2, vietnam war, watergate, etc. etc. etc. was unilateral decision making?