tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post361149930752401283..comments2023-08-07T05:58:59.078-07:00Comments on Random Musings: True masculinity?Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847552432061325769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-11606387054548708542008-02-16T10:30:00.000-08:002008-02-16T10:30:00.000-08:00Something else I find extremely unmasculine is a m...Something else I find extremely unmasculine is a man being selective about whom he'll extend courtesy to. Even the heathens love those who love them. But if they feel justified in ripping apart those who dare to disagree with them, how are they any better than an unbeliever (in their Christ-signifying love, that is)?Psalmisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844681463669483309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-66355659875858837382008-02-15T18:38:00.000-08:002008-02-15T18:38:00.000-08:00That is what I've believed for a long time is behi...That is what I've believed for a long time is behind the inordinate focus on sex and sex differences for so many pro-patriarchalists: perpetual adolescence. We expect teenagers to have sex on the brain. We expect adult men and women to have mostly got over the "ooh, check it out -- she's got ******* and I don't!" stage.<BR/><BR/>Yet we have authors who don't just stick to titles of books in that regard (thinking here of Rob Bell's SexGod) but really do write whole books devoted to how God is engaged in sex with creation. I'm not joking. One of the big names in the Manhood/womanood movement wrote such a book. If anyone wants proof, I'll provide a link upon request. Ugh...it's awful!<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I want to say, "Just get over it!"Psalmisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844681463669483309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-56543434501375774092008-02-15T14:23:00.000-08:002008-02-15T14:23:00.000-08:00Rebecca, all this talk of "feminization" of discou...Rebecca, all this talk of "feminization" of discourse, of church worship, etc.. makes what is feminine out to be bad, and what is masculine out to be good.<BR/><BR/>It makes me think these men are still going through their identification as being boys (something that needs to take place before a boy is of kindergarden age). You know -- the little kid that wanted "the boy shubble" type of stuff. Yes, I read that entry of yours.<BR/><BR/>Psychologists claim this identification is a more intense and precarious thing for boys on account of females being the primary caregiver to both boys and girls, so at some point little boys must make a transition away from mom that little girls don't need to make.<BR/><BR/>Whatever goes on in the minds of little boys, the behavior of these grown men is reminding me of what the psychologists say about the little boys. I wish they could know how juvenile they look. This gets me frustrated, and makes me want to smack them, tell them to grow up, and quit denigrating what is feminine in order to make themselves feel more masculine.<BR/><BR/><I>That</I> kind of behavior ought to have run its course long before a boy hits puberty.simplegifts3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08000500581749760466noreply@blogger.com