Category Archives: The only real man in the room

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

Scott commented describing his response to a struggling father he witnessed the other day. A few days ago, I was at the store picking up a few items on my way home, and saw another dad, apparently doing the same … Continue reading

Posted in Disrespecting Respectability, Fatherhood, The only real man in the room | 29 Comments

Kids these days

Several readers pointed out the anachronism in the Stanton quote I included in my last post: Ask any young woman how she vets all the nice young men who approach to decide who will advance to the bonus round of … Continue reading

Posted in Courtly Love, Death of courtship, Disrespecting Respectability, Finding a Spouse, Focus on the Family, Glenn Stanton, The only real man in the room, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Weak men screwing feminism up, Wife worship | 130 Comments

When “traditional” means socially awkward.

As I’ve covered in recent posts*, Focus on the Family (FotF) teaches that in order for men and women to marry men must first approach women and boldly state their romantic intentions.  The woman’s job is to wait around for … Continue reading

Posted in Courtly Love, Death of courtship, Finding a Spouse, Focus on the Family, Glenn Stanton, The only real man in the room, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Weak men screwing feminism up | 114 Comments

The only woke man in the room.

In Manhood Restored, Pastor Matt Chandler explains that toxic masculinity comes from male shame: …men are prone to shame. If anyone knew how often men, without question, think they’re not good enough, think they’re failures, think they’ll never measure up, … Continue reading

Posted in #MeToo, Complementarian, Father's Day, Pastor Matt Chandler, Social Justice Warriors, The only real man in the room, Toxic Masculinity, Weak men screwing feminism up | 142 Comments

What happened to our men that our women are forced to have such big dicks?

As I noted the other day, the latest incarnation of ugly feminism is women claiming to have dicks. The BBC has jumped on this trend with an article titled Big D*ck Energy: one woman’s guide to getting it Challenging this … Continue reading

Posted in Abortion, Denial, Disrespecting Respectability, Envy, Feminist Territory Marking, Manliness, Rebellion, The only real man in the room, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists, Weak men screwing feminism up, You can't make this stuff up | 126 Comments