The evil man is the child grown strong – Thomas Hobbes
The same applies to women.
Not much good has come from feminism. A little bit, perhaps (after all,
nothing is totally evil). But being that feminism is almost exclusively
left-wing – and leftists are emotionally four years old – it has done
far more damage than good.
Two of the most destructive four-year-olds, who conned a lot of women,
and quite a few men, were Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. Neither of
them, being Compleat Leftist Hypocrites, followed in the slightest their
prescriptions for other women. They were female children who grew
stronger but never grew up. Both, not surprisingly, completely ignored
the damage their ideas were responsible for when women put them into
effect in their lives.
Leftists hate society and many lesbians hate men (although both deny
their hate and project it on “rightists.” This projection is typical of
any four-year-old.). Since feminism is leftist/lesbian, how could good
come from such hate? The fact this hate disguises itself as “justice” or
“fairness” is something bad ideas always do. Evil always pretends to be
good.
Feminism is also parasitical, and only exists because of the technology
and civilization created by men. If civilization collapsed and went
backwards 200 years, do you think feminism would exist, when people had
to spend most of their time merely surviving? Luxury and leisure –
thanks to men’s creativity and inventiveness – allowed feminism to
flourish.
One of the bad things feminism has done is essentially demolish
chivalry. I get the impression that many people don’t really know what
the word means anymore – to be disciplined, to protect the weak and
helpless, to be loyal and generous, to tell the truth.
Sounds like the Boy Scouts, doesn’t it? (By the way, I was in both the
Cub Scouts and the Boy Scouts – and at their best they are very good
organizations for young boys).
Chivalry originally exemplified the better warrior virtues, and in some
ways still does. To protect the weak and helpless you’d better have some
warrior spirit in you, or you’re not going to be much help at all. And
it does take some courage to tell the truth when you don’t want to.
Chivalry came from Christianity, which is close to being on life support in this country (you might want to read about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to have some understanding of chivalry). And putting women on the front lines in combat is the antithesis of chivalry. How any decent man can support that is beyond me.
For that matter The Canterbury Tales also speaks of chivalry. Unfortunately neither the tales of King Arthur or The Canterbury Tales is taught anymore. Or even Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and writer of those wonderful tales of Barsoom (what we call Mars).
It was from the first Burroughs' novel I read - A Fighting Man of Mars - I found what chivalrous behavior was, although Burroughs never used the word "chivalrous." He did what all good story-tellers do - he didn't tell; he showed. But then, Burroughs was born in 1875.
Hell, even Superman was chivalrous, before the modern version gave up his citizenship (there goes Truth, Justice and the American Way).
As I’ve noted several times, the Manosphere blogs are a reaction to feminism, which
blames nearly every problem in the world on men. Specifically, white men
(“The white race [white men] is the cancer of human history,” lied the
envious leftist-lesbian hater Susan Sontag). In response to this
hostility, most men have ceased to be more than minimally chivalrous
because of all the abuse heaped on them, and have become hostile in
return. What else could you expect? What goes around comes around.
In 2010 (not 1971, as you’d expect) I had two women tell me, “Men are
responsible for all the problems in the world.” Both were spinsters on
psychiatric drugs (I can’t call it medication), who lacked husband, home
and children. They tried desperately to fill that void with cats and
jobs they called “careers.” I occasionally wonder how they ever thought
they’d get what the wanted with such hostility instilled in their
characters through four decades of lies/propaganda/brainwashing.
One concept in the Manosphere is that of “the Alpha.” Alphas are
supposed to be good-looking guys with money who get all the women and
lead wonderful lives. It’s the Manosphere ideal of a man. At least, to
the more bitter Manosphere bloggers.
That ideal definition of an Alpha hasn’t been my experience. Mine has
been that many of them are drug-abusing cowards who ruin their lives by
middle-age. The word that has historically been used to describe them is
“cad” (the dictionary definition of that word is “a man who behaves
crudely or irresponsibly toward women”).
I've had women tell me cads are lousy in bed. After all, since it's always about them, why should they care about you. Hump 'em and dump 'em is their motto.
Actually, a cad could be considered the Bad Alpha. A good Alpha is the
exact opposite of a cad. A Good Alpha would be a chivalrous man.
A cad exhibits in his character and behavior most of the Seven Deadly
Sins. For him these traits are chronic since they are part of what he
is. I have found that all of them show lust, greed and gluttony. Ennui,
too, since most of them cannot tolerate being alone, so they go from
woman to woman – none of whom they get emotionally involved with.
Four out of seven is pretty bad. I could make an argument they’re
afflicted with Biblical Pride (what the Greeks called Hubris) since they
never believe what they are will catch up with them – they’re convinced
they’re above the moral laws written on their own hearts. Eventually
those laws mow them down, as they always do (one told me, “I got a taste
of my own medicine”). Then their lives collapse.
That makes five out of seven sins. That’s a terrible score. I generally
don’t see wrath or envy, although one cad I know quite well nearly had a
seizure when one of the very few women he was seriously interested in
when we were in college dumped him for me.
Perhaps most cads do show wrath, since I have found they don’t really
like or respect women. Not that the more foolish and naïve women can see
this contempt. Or the lies and attempts at manipulation.
For that matter, cads are also short on the Four Cardinal Virtues of
Prudence, Justice, Temperance (restraint) and Fortitude (courage).
(They’re called “cardinal” because they are of fundamental importance
for morality - “cardinal” means “hinge,” as in on which everything else
swings.)
The opposite of a cad would be a man with self-discipline and honesty.
He’d have most of the opposite of the Seven Deadly Sins. He’d have the
Seven Heavenly Virtues of prudence, justice, courage, temperance, faith,
hope and charity (actually the first four are the Four Cardinal Virtues
and the last three are the Three Theological Virtues). He’d be a
grown-up Boy Scout – and that is a fine thing to be.
The word “virtue” is an interesting word indeed. It translates as “the
powers of man.” Obviously, the Seven Deadly Sins are not virtues, in any
culture in the world.
For that matter, the word “sin” isn’t accurate. It comes from the word hamartia,
which comes from archery and means “to miss the mark.” That’s why
current translations of Jesus’ sayings use “You have missed the mark”
instead of “You have sinned.”
Incidentally, the world “repent” is from the Greek word metanoia,
and the correct translation is “to change your heart and mind.” So,
“repent from your sins” means “You have missed the mark so change your
heart and mind.”
There is nothing in that phrase about changing yourself because of any
“sin” against God. The offense is against the health and integrity of
your own character (the word “holy” comes from the same root word as
“health” and “wholeness” – and that is why health and integrity is the
same thing).
The Seven Virtues would show themselves in chivalrous behavior, something that the Seven Deadly Sins don’t support at all.
These things – sins and virtues – are not taught anymore, even in
church. They certainly aren’t taught in the catastrophes that our public
schools have become. Even private schools don’t teach them. They don’t
know they should.
Instead, men, trying to understand what is going on, have made a detour
in the Manosphere concepts of Alpha, Beta, Sigma, Omega – inaccurate,
simplistic ideas, none of which support any kind of civilized,
chivalrous behavior.
Those Manosphere terms are from evolutionary psychology, and neither
evolutionary theory nor psychology is a science. What is a science, and
has been for over a thousand years if not longer, is the effect of
“sins” and virtues on the life a person leads (these studies used to be
called “natural philosophy” before they were shattered into worthless
fields such as sociology and economics).
A society based on the Seven Deadly Sins wouldn’t be a society worth
living in, except perhaps if you were a psychopath. And psychopaths are
closer to monsters than human beings.
On the other hand, a society based on the Seven Heavenly Virtues and the
Four Cardinal Virtues wouldn’t be a bad place at all. I think everyone
instinctively know that. Unless, of course, if you’re a deluded,
destructive leftist.
I’m a bit surprised it’s taken over 40 years for this reaction against
feminism to manifest itself. Of course, when something is destructive
there always is a reaction against it. Unfortunately, it’s going to take
a while for that pendulum to swing back into sanity again.
This swinging back of the pendulum means feminism is on its way out. Its
leaders will die and the world will be shut of them. It’ll take less
than a generation before they’re gone. If we’re lucky, far less.
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