I read this article and found it to be the first accurate representation of real masculinity that I have seen in a great deal of life.
I think we have a lengthy history of societal errors that have contributed to this mess. First, although I thoroughly enjoyed the '60s, that whole "free love" thing was simply libidinous immorality. Sex without love/marriage is only using another person for immediate gratification. It was ungodly. It was wrong. But it removed the stigma of sin and legitimized immoral behavior.
Second, I think Alan Alda (of M.A.S.H. fame) did much to squelch the idea of strong masculinity in American culture. You will recall that M.A.S.H. was the most widely watched series in virtually all demographics at the time. Alda's insipid portrayal of "caring, crying" manhood corrupted an entire generation of young men and did much to eliminate the concept of a "John Wayne" type of hero. What we used to call sissies became heroes. And heroes became "toxic" males.
Third, as a nation we stopped venerating legitimate families and motherhood. Murphy Brown (played by "feminist" Cybill Shepherd) was one of the first to choose to be an unwed mother. And it was portrayed as if it was a legitimately correct thing to do. That TV show legitimized illegitimacy for generations to come.
There is much more that contributed to what I see as the impending downfall of American society. But you can form your own list of causes from your own observations.
FWIW,
Crusader Rabbit
Crusader is right on the money here. Like most things that go wrong in society, it is all man made. Add to all of this the millennial generation with their loose morals that include, "sexting", and "hooking up", (another term for meaningless screwing), and American morals and society are rapidly circling the drain. Add in all the easily accessible free Internet porn, and it's spreading faster than the Ebola virus in a sealed room.
The porn industry in general is a good example of this rapid deterioration of society. Before VHS tape recorders came into homes, "porn stars" for the most part, were mostly nothing but drug addicted whores, who performed for a few hundred bucks, or a drug fix. You had to go to the seedy part of town to even buy it. Now it's not only free, but just a click of a mouse away. Today's porn stars are gorgeous women who pursue a career in the industry. And many of the top ones make millions. Most end up as broke, used up, washed up pieces of meat that have lived beyond their, "expiration date".
But they attract other young women who admire their "success", and want to be just like them. The result is more garbage circling the drain. This has all gotten out of control. And in the process has destroyed the family unit we all grew up in. How many kids today graduate high school living in 2 parent families? Not many.
Blacks are the best example of this. Today 72% of black babies are born out of wedlock.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/And we wonder why the black race is in such social economic disarray? Is anyone going to be stupid enough to tell me Detroit went to hell because of whites? It went to hell because all the white people LEFT. And now we have the young whites playing what amounts to "catch up" with this same, "gutter morality". This is all going 100 MPH down a dead end road. And it's going to make for a hell of a wreck.
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