In Response to a Comment: More Positive Examples, Please

James,
I greatly appreciate your comment, keep ’em comin’!  The topic of negative/judgemental material has been brought to my attention before, and I would like to publicly respond.  I will write this post here, as well as respond to you in the comment section under “About TrueManhood’s Author”.

The first time I was asked about it, someone asked me, “Do I really believe that men are as bad off as I make them seem?”  My answer was emphatically “Yes!”.  I witness unconscionable behavior almost on a daily basis, and this behavior has become the socially accepted norm for males.  I also, on occasion, see an example of manliness lived out in our modern world – I typically write about it.

I’d like to draw attention to the majority of my past posts during the months of June/July 09; these posts are positive examples of men living out virtue and encouraing others to do the same.  Since Father’s Day, 7 of my last 9 posts have had optimistic and positive outlooks on men and their manliness.  The few posts that seem to have a negative and/or seemingly judgemental approach are written as real life examples of men who fail to live out the call that has been placed on all of our hearts since the dawn of time.  (See the discourse between God and Adam in The Book of Genesis.)  These few “negative” examples are in place in order to bring light to the darkness and to hopefully start to reverse a trend that I (I believe we all see it happening in front of us daily) see happening in our culture; this trend is that a stereotypical male lives a certain way.  I have referred to this as “cultural manliness” – the idea that a man is judged based on how much money, power, possessions and sex he has.  I desire to fight this stereotype, reverse it so that the trend is of virtuous men living out their God-given call and to win souls for Christ.

I would really appreciate any and all comments on this topic!

Man up!