Jul 26, 2022
More and more blockbusters feature “deconstruction” of established strong characters. This isn’t a good thing – it is harmful for viewers uncritically absorbing this nonsense.
We typically advise against men opening up about their weaknesses to women they date. But won’t showing vulnerabilities strengthen a relationship? No, and here’s why.
Women don't respond to timorous men. But they respond (in almost shocking ways) to strong, driven, valiant ones… with beauty as valor's reward.
There isn’t a single event or ritual that can make you a man, yet many believe there is – and that they’ve missed it. Becoming a man has always been a process of choices.
What makes a “real” man? Depending on who you ask, you’ll get different answers. But are there basic, rudimentary elements of masculinity common to everyone?
Great Man Theory states that men with outsize power can have outsize impacts on society and history. Does this theory have legs – or is it all illusion?
Inside every man is a beast. Yet how to use this beast in the context of civilization? In civil society, the man must tame his beast – but not kill it.
To rekindle your own raw masculinity, you must become comfortable with those most familiar of masculine friends: struggle and pain.
What is masculinity? Who defines it – who makes the rules? Is it intrinsic, or culturally determined? And is it even “real”?
What separates the good from the wicked? These go deeper than ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ – and carry lessons for how to lead your own life.
A dominant man is one who wins. He’s one who holds sway over his dominion. And he does it with his aims, responsibility, interdependence, and victory.
In the quest to pass into full manhood in a society unmoored from tradition, what makes a man a truly respected and respectable man?
