Men ARE emasculated, but not by women, but by their bosses. The idea that you have to go to work for some
guy who is going to get rich off your labor, and he decides whether or not you have a job, and he decides how much to pay you,
your working conditions, and he gets to fire you whenever he wants,--hell, that is the very definition of "emasculation"
He has you by the balls.
Sure, I know that's a gross over-simplification, the world is much more complicated than that. But most men ARE simple, and they live in a rapidly-changing culture, and a deteriorating family structure,
which no longer provides them with the social stability and rationalization to help them cope with what seems to be a world
as chaotic and rootless as that which a medieval peasant or an Asian coolie faced. But the peasant and the coolie could blame the gods or the lords in the castle. Today we are taught that if we are poor its our own fault because we're lazy or stupid. When people feel like helpless pawns of
forces they don't understand, and they are ignorant, they become dominated by fear, which leads to anger, which leads to hate.
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As for the "men feeling emasculated" part, I have my own ideas about that.
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- Why are Civil War re enactments so popular?
- I think war IS a basic instinct.
- I agree ER.
- Ritual Combat
- As for the "men feeling emasculated" part, I have my own ideas about that.
- Ritual Combat
- I agree ER.
- my brother is a rebel officer
- That depends on exactly WHICH Civil War you're talking about.
- Attend one. Ask the people there.
- I think war IS a basic instinct.