For the last decade or even two, the mainstream media and Democrat politicians have been on a hellbent campaign to breakdown American men. For years now, they have been told they are the problem, they are the danger, their opinion does not matter and that they are essentially a threat to women. The media called being masculine "toxic," and shamed anyone who dare act like a man.
Publications like the New York Times have been at the forefront of this effort and now are suddenly stunned at the consequences. They now say America has a masculinity crisis happening, as more and more men give off Beta male characteristics. But it is all their own doing. For years they said there was too much masculinity, now when they need things actually accomplished or get married, they want masculinity back.
Silvio Canto Junior of the American Thinker says the damage has been done to a wide-ranging extent.
"Men in this country need to stand up and take their place as the leaders of the family...and as the men who will lead," he says. "Men are not being men, and that is a real problem."
You can see that evidenced just by opening social media platforms like TikTok or Instagram. There you will find grown, adult men doing things like a "happy dance" in a public setting because they have received their order of food. There are other videos of men complaining about doing work, failing to know how to change tires, and a whole variety of things that make them look more feminized than ever.
It all trickles down as well. This feminization of men over the years has created a political divide of sorts. Republicans tend to be more masculine men, while Democrats tend to be either a female, or a very feminized man. But even worse, it impacts the American family.
A weak man will not discipline a child or create a stable environment in the household. Men are supposed to provide for their families, period. Both financially and with stability. If a man lacks the desire or ability to lead their own household, then the family tends to fall apart.
"Because when men are not being responsible men, there are consequences to the family structure and so on," says Canto.
But there is a bit of a silver lining.
"If you look at who is having babies, it is the traditional wife of a masculine man...whereas the more liberal women are not," Canto says. "This is going to have a demographic consequence down the road."
People can have all the babies they want, but there has to be a change among men. There has to be an awakening among them to be wo they are and not be ashamed of it. Those days are over. It is time for men to be men again.
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