How the War on Boys Is Destroying American Culture, by Susan
Goldberg, 3/12/18,
What is it about boys these days that
makes everyone so fearful of them? Writing at National Review, Heather Wilhelm chronicles a
litany of ways the parents of boys are given the clear vibe that girls rule,
boys drool as the old saying goes. Look past the obvious anti-male bias and
you’ll get a better picture as to what it means to be a good girl these days
and, better still, what good culture means. The results may surprise you – and
even scare you to death.
International Women’s Day celebrations
are pretty much like every other day here in America. Women in STEM are the
heroic poster children reminding us that there aren’t enough STEM jobs. Kim
Kardashian and other pop stars manipulate the holiday to promote their own
“feminist” inspired products. In this case, “KIMOJIs” that praise abortion and
preach, “The future is NASTY NASTY NASTY.” You don’t have to be a sci-fi fan to
start picturing a hi-tech dystopia in your head. One in which intelligent women
dominate culture, turning their less-intellectually gifted sisters into highly
paid sex slaves.
Addressing the cultural bias against
boys, Wilhelm cites heavily from a New
York magazine series, “How to Raise a Boy.” The series bats around
multiple politically correct theories about white masculinity in particular.
Boys become sexual predators the minute they hit puberty. Boys are naturally
aggressive. White boys have been “taught to seize power” from “anyone who isn’t
them.” The series' conclusion: Strip power from white, straight men.
Now, listen carefully: Don’t gasp. Don’t
get caught up in the color wars, the gender wars, or any other microcosm of
this ideological venture. Simply recognize it for what it is: A decades’ old
attempt to destroy the founding member and foundational strength of the
American nuclear family, your dear old Dad.
What is the real goal of the War on
Boys? Despite countless pieces like Wilhelm’s that chronicle the evidence, we
have yet to fully acknowledge what this cultural bias against boys and men will
do to us in the long run.
We can observe that more boys than ever
are being medicated for masculinity, whether via ADHD drugs as kindergarteners
or hormone therapy as supposedly transgendered teens.
We can observe that fewer boys than ever
are graduating college, beginning successful careers or establishing strong
families.
We can observe that suicide is the
number one health risk among men middle-aged and under.
And we can observe that children are suffering the huge
consequences of these failures.
All of this is true and it all points in one lousy, scary direction: The
destruction of America’s cultural formula for success.
We thrived as a nation when we respected
our boys and men. When we valued men as providers, workers, soldiers and
leaders, our nation thrived. Now that we fear them as deviants, criminals, and
lifelong dependents, we are failing.
Contrary to popular belief, women aren’t
rising to take their place. Much like the Soviet reality, women are filling in, doing the things
men no longer do because we have to keep going. And women aren’t happy about it.
Fifty-seven percent of working mothers
would rather be at home with their children. Career women are freezing their eggs
and doing parenting alone.
Young girls are being diagnosed
with anxiety and depression
in record numbers because
of “‘role overload’ -- too many roles for a single person to play -- and role
conflict "when the roles you play are at odds with one another.”
Dropping fertility
rates indicate the
American future is ending. Pop culture tells us to replace what worked with
what doesn’t: power, sex, nihilism and death. That is the end goal of the War
on Boys. Not equality. Not parity. Not intersectionality. Just the end of a
thriving America and the ushering in of a dystopia best suited to the stuff of
dark, disastrous sci-fi.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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