Where Have All The Men Gone?

I read this article on how the "macho" man is out, and the new man is taking over.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050608/lf_afp/afplifestylefashion_050608142956

It's baffling. Can this be real? Men are somehow rejecting all that society believes make a real man, and are instead embracing a new lifestyle filled with self-serving, self-destructive debauchery. Gone are the days when a man looked forward to finding a wife, settling down & having children. Gone are the values that made men proud of what they could provide for their families. Gone are the ideals of strength and steadfastness that history considered synonymous with masculinity.

Supposedly, these "new men" are not afraid of anything. I think it's quite the opposite. They are afraid of everything that being a man stands for, and they are running from it. Why put in the work to support a family, why deny your most selfish whims for the sake of others, when you can put on a pink flowered shirt and go partner swapping instead?

How did this happen? Feminism, plain and simple. Defying the laws of nature, denying the roles God set up for us, upending centuries of tradition cannot come without consequences. When you usurp men's traditional power and hand it over to women, when you devalue the traditional role of women in society, and disparage men for being men, you wind up with women who don't want to stay home and have babies, and men who don't want to be men.

Well, these aren't men, they're overgrown, overindulged boys who aren't bothering to grow up because society allows them not to. We are so focused on feminism, and giving women power, that we are allowing men to sink back into the background and shirk responsibility. They aren't even taking over the role previously held by women (an impossibility really, but they aren't even trying). They are simply throwing up their hands and running off to play. They are becoming like the fops of previous eras, but at least the fops had some sort of responsibilities. These fellows are doing good if they get themselves breakfast in the morning.

My brother is one of these "new men". He babbles on with great pride about how sensitive he is, and what a wonderful modern man he is, meanwhile he doesn't bother to hold down a steady job, preferring to party his nights away, and hang out with his friends instead. His masculine qualities begin and end in the bedroom. He knows how to dress sharply. Beyond that, he's pretty much useless. And he wonders why he can't keep a girlfriend.

Thing is, while this new lifestyle may be fun and easy, it is self-defeating. Eventually, these new men will still want a steady partner, swapping aside. They will want someone to settle down with them, even if they intend to keep roaming themselves. That's when the awful truth will dawn on them. Women don't actually love men who aren't real men. They may find them fun for a while. They may be boyishly attractive for a time. But when it comes down to finding a mate to raise a family with, women will seek out the steadfast, virile, strong masculine type as their ideal. Feminists may latch on to them for a time, but the relationship is doomed to failure, because no one can respect a man like that, and no woman can love a man she doesn't respect. It isn't necessarily a conscious decision. It's just the call of nature. Real women are attracted to real men.

So rest assured, in spite of its current rise in popularity, the new breed of male won't be on the scene for long.