Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Girly Men and Girly Sons

I have written a great deal about the feminization of America's boys. While Feminists have become more masculine with every passing year, men and boys have become wimpy, feminized and afraid of their own shadows.

About five years ago at a Boy Scout meeting for my son who had been recently promoted to Boy Scout from Weeblos, I looked around the room and shivered. I leaned over to my husband and whispered, "There's not a single male role model in this room." Shortly after that meeting, my son changed Boy Scout troops to another where men ran the troop - although many pushy mothers tried.

Between the teachers, pushy feminist mothers, lawyers and Hollywood depicting men as idiots, men have been relegated to the dufus category and boys are cry babies. On the playground, boys can't play chase - someone might get hurt. Boys can't fight - someone might get hurt. They can't play on the monkey bars or jungle gyms, or play King of the Hill, or tackle soccer, or anything that might involve getting roughed up. Even in dodge ball, boys get in trouble for throwing the ball too hard at girls.

In 1st grade, my son was asked not to return to the snooty school he attended. I wondered what egregious act he might have committed to elicit such a strong, negative response from the school. The only answer I got from his teacher is that he got in trouble for being squirrly in the PE line. This was a female-dominated school, where natural boyish behavior was supressed and they were made to learn French. Obviously, it was a blessing that my son did not continue attending such a female dominated, effeminizing, snob school. And today, he's at a Midshipman at the Naval Academy - manly stuff.

Feminists are miserable women - they want to dominate men, and then when they succeed at that, they hate the men they dominate. Feminists have become so masculine over the years, it's often difficult to differentiate between a "feminist" and a gender-bending woman. It used to be attractive to be feminine. Manly men liked us, and we where happy being pretty, wearing dresses and makeup, being good mommies and wives, and often managing work.

I heard a recent interview with columnist Kathleen Parker. Her new book, "Save The Males" is an accurate depiction of our anti-male culture and the ramifications. We are living the evidence.

In September 2006, I wrote The Selfish Pursuit of Feminism, and later turned it into a newspaper column here.
And in 2005, I wrote my first post on the Feminizing of Boys here.

It's a problem, and a big one. A boy with a feminist mother does not have a chance; he's been terrorized for years. When he realizes who he is, he's already married to a demanding, pushy wife.

Parents must take charge of their boys and refuse to allow schools and female teachers to dictate medications and treatments that render them docile.

I'd like your thoughts and experiences. And if you wear socks with your sandals, don't bother.

9 comments:

Heather said...

"Feminists are miserable women - they want to dominate men, and then when they succeed at that, they hate the men they dominate."

Great line! I think the last part is true of most women though. In my experience, women usually disdain men who are subservient. As a strong woman who grew up with three brothers, I know the biggest thing my husband had going for him was that he could keep me in check. ;-)

I really like this article that I read a few years back:

Raising Poofters
http://www.credenda.org/issues/13-5flotsam.php

It really inspired me to let my boys (I have three) be boys!

~Heather

Katy Grimes said...

You are right Heather, about a husband who can keep us in check. it's a good thing. It sounds like there will be no poofers in your house!

DirtCrashr said...

Hippie parents with no education in Science or Economics are equally bad.
One of my Nephews up in Boulder Creek wants to do "sustainable" "bio-dynamic" gardening work, and thinks a Shaman can call up the wind and rain. The illegal aliens who do all the gardening will eat his lunch and no Shaman will whistle up supper while his mom's out...

Anonymous said...

My son is working on his Eagle Scout Project (we have a FemaNazi Asst Scoutmaster)...had a lot of Trouble in the Ag Classes that were dominated by females and a girlyman Ag teacher...he was the first of two boys to be run out of the class because they knew what they were doing...driving tractors, hooking up equipment, ect. He's our "DEP" Sailor in July 09

Semper Fi Katey!

Cal & Co.
Woodpile, CA

the genuine men project said...

I am a mother of two sons. I am also a documentarian - an observer of the human condition. After completing Beautiful Women Project, a photo-documentary on thirty five women, my oldest son who was six at the time marched into my office and proclaimed, "Mommy, it isn't fair that you did girls and you don't do boys." He was absolutely correct, so I began The Genuine Men Project - another documentary and book profiling thirty five men ranging in age from twelve through ninety two. Now, more than ever, boys need role models and society needs to redefine and rediscover the male role model. I know that if my sons had only twenty minutes with any of these men, they will walk away with knowledge, an understanding, and tools that will help them be better men throughout their lifetime. We can all learn from the stories of men - and more now then ever, we need to listen and learn from the great men that surround our lives everyday.

Three Score and Ten or more said...

Agree with most, but I WEAR SOCKS WITH MY SANDALS, and no dang feminists or anti-feminists can make me tolerate uncomfortable feel for some damnable fashion stupidity. (I like you anyway, but anti-socks with sandals will never be appropriate for seventy plus old coots with neuropathies.

Cass Truman said...

Is it useful or productive for men to be marginalized as femme metro bitches? No. Is it useful or productive for them to be marginalized as ultra-manly muscle kings? Also no.

What you've said here is basically that because your son was being raised to be inquisitive and non-violent, you sent him to a damned military school. Because that'll work so bleeding well, won't it just...

Also, what the hell's wrong with French?

Tracy said...

Wow, you have strong feelings about gender roles, huh? I was looking for research to support my theory for why most men have issues with their sons doing anything "girly". My thought is that these men believe women are weak, inferior, etc. so ergo they don’t want their sons to be that way. Do you dislike yourself? Because this whole post screams of someone who hates women and is just a mean, unhappy person. Sorry about your life, lady. Oh and btw? This is the internet, expecting people to comment who only agree with you is ridiculous.

Hannah said...

I left a comment on your first post about men being "feminized", and I would like to reiterate that feminists DON'T all want to dominate. They want equality. I am a feminist, and I am very happy in my equal partnership with my boyfriend.
I agree that women shouldn't reverse-discriminate against men, either.