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Opinions/Editorials Title: Corseted Minds: Does Fear of Irrelevance Send Conservative Men Fleeing to the Victorian Age? In the last 50 years, American women have finally been able to reliably earn a living, thus rendering men economically unnecessary. Women are outstripping men in education. We’re breaking the glass ceiling. Childbirth out of wedlock no longer carries disgrace. There’s enough sperm stashed away in banks to promulgate the human race indefinitely. On a biological level, modern science has debunked the Adam’s rib story about the female being a derivative of the male. Still more shattering, there’s even worry that the Y chromosome is in danger of extinction. At the very least, it has seen better days. As the New York Times recently reported: “Men, or at least male biologists, have long been alarmed that their tiny Y chromosome, once the same size as its buxom partner, the X, will continue to wither away until it simply vanishes. The male sex would then become extinct, they fear, leaving women to invent some virgin-birth method of reproduction and propagate a sexless species.” That’s gotta make Rick Santorum nervous. (Though the Times does concede that men may have “long-term viability” after all). Conservatives find themselves in an era of technological advance, information on steroids, women on the rise, and men who do not know what their role is supposed to be. Can we be surprised that they look back wistfully on a “simpler time” when gender roles were strictly defined – and when men did the defining? Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 57. As Joyce Appleby explains in her book The Relentless Revolution, it was capitalism that helped let the Angel out of the house, driving the medical breakthroughs that made the development of reproductive technology possible. And it was capitalism that withered away the bonds of power between men and women that for millennia had been based on male religious authority, and replaced them with bonds based on economic value. The priest no longer determined what women are for. The advertisements in Vogue, maybe. But not the priests. This is the postmodern paradox that conservatives must contend with. And it's driving them absolutely bonkers just now. No wonder "real conservatives" are so cranky.
#11. To: lucysmom (#1) Liberalism/feminism really is a mental disorder. The only reason why girls are doing better in "education" is because the system punishes boys for being male and tests kids on feelings over facts. Smart parents don't let heir male children become part of that system.
#25. To: diva betsy ross (#11) Liberalism/feminism really is a mental disorder. The only reason why girls are doing better in "education" is because the system punishes boys for being male and tests kids on feelings over facts. That sounds like something James Dobson would say. Catholic schools don't have a reputation for being liberal, but they do have a reputation for abusive suppression of youthful exuberance.
#31. To: lucysmom (#25) Who is James Dobson? And I have no Idea about Catholic schools. The department of education needs to be taken apart tho - for abuse against males. I know that much.
#33. To: diva betsy ross (#31) The department of education needs to be taken apart tho - for abuse against males. I know that much. I do believe you've been told that.
#35. To: lucysmom (#33) (Edited) Actually, that is my experience as a Mom of two boys. I educated them myself- until they were big enough to tell the feminists to sit down and be quiet. Now they are allowed to succeed and compete and win. That and the fact that since my two boys ACE their standardized test scores- they need my two boys- more than we need them. I will just pick up and pull them out of school, and take them to the next school over- if the staff start to pull any of their nonsense on me. I got this one down. The leftist/feminist educators stay out of my way, trust me. :) When I call them, it is "Yes m'am- what can we do for you?" lol...
#41. To: diva betsy ross (#35) The leftist/feminist educators stay out of my way, trust me. :) I have no trouble believing you at all.
#43. To: lucysmom (#41) Feminism is a crutch for people with weak minds. For men who want to be dominated- and for women who want to control men by force. It has nothing at all do with equality. Importunately, therefore- feminists only seem to understand the law of force- and they need to be put in their place by the people who have the real authority and power, who have strong minds to reject their propaganda. Feminists will bring violence upon themselves.
#49. To: diva betsy ross (#43) Feminists will bring violence upon themselves. In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object. Woman's Rights Convention, Held at Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19th and 20th, 1848
#53. To: lucysmom (#49) You have to remember that feminism is a bunch of lies to many of us. Lies and manipulations and attempting to overthrow what we know is a healthy country is going to cause violence. Men and women have equal rights. Feminism is a manipulation and distorts the idea of what is good in society. It is going to make people angry.
#57. To: diva betsy ross (#53) You have to remember that feminism is a bunch of lies to many of us. Lies and manipulations and attempting to overthrow what we know is a healthy country is going to cause violence. No one is stopping you from refusing to vote or buy property. You are able to celebrate the good old non feminism days (that only exist in your imagination) anyway you want. As most men then would not have approved of women corresponding with men that are not their husbands or brothers, feel free to not post on the internet..
Replies to Comment # 57. I am not sure what part of the world you live in, however women vote and own property in the United States. Women have every right and opportunity that a man has- and here in the USA women even have special rights. Here in the US a woman is allowed to kill a child- but a man will go to prison for the same. In the United States women have been doing all these things for a very long time.
#63. To: mininggold, diva betsy ross (#57) You are able to celebrate the good old non feminism days (that only exist in your imagination) anyway you want
Which I suppose is 180 degrees away from your own reality of TIVOing 70's reruns of 'Wonder Woman' and 'Mary'. You sound...just a bit envious, Ming.
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