I think this woman is a fantastic example of what people are supposed to be – compassionate, of both sexes. This is a feminist mother who isn’t interested in pushing feminist dogma onto her son and training him to be what feminist theory says about men. She’s interested in doing what’s best for him. She is…
Read moreBalancing Acts
I have been fortunate enough to have been a stay at home dad for the past 12 years. I didn’t spend every single day with my kids due to a short period where I chose to live the 9-5 lifestyle to support my family. Corporate jobs were a detour that took me off of my…
Read moreThe Prove It To Me Society
Life is, in a very real way, an act of faith—but not an irrational faith driven by feelings. An excerpt from this article: http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/30/the-prove-it-to-me-society/ In the 1993 movie “The Man Without a Face,” Justin McLeod, a disfigured ex-teacher who had been tutoring a troubled boy throughout the summer for a military entrance exam, has been accused…
Read moreThe Harry Potter Generation
An excerpt from this article: http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/15/the-harry-potter-generation/ Denying that kids do best when both biological parents raise them is not just naïve, it’s cruel and abusive. It doesn’t matter who raises children as long as they have money and basic parenting skills. That’s the gist of Emily Badger’s article at the Washington Post, “Children with married parents…
Read moreFeminism vs. Truth
Women in America are the freest in the world, yet many feminists tell us women are oppressed. They advocate this falsehood through victim mentality propaganda and misleading statistics, such as the gender wage gap myth. In five minutes, ‘s Christina Hoff Sommers tells you the truth about feminism.
Read moreWomen against #WomenAgainstFeminism
An excerpt from this article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/women-against-womenagainstfeminism/article19970342/ Do we still need feminism? According to many younger women, we do not. For the past few weeks, a Tumblr hashtag campaign called #WomenAgainstFeminism has been stirring up a lot of angst in the Twitter/blogosphere. As part of the campaign, young women submit selfies with handwritten signs that say: “I…
Read moreDad’s Don’t Get Work-Life Balance Empathy
An excerpt from this article: http://www.timsackett.com/2014/08/08/dads-dont-get-work-life-balance-empathy/ Friends and colleagues often ask my wife how she balances her job and motherhood. Somehow, the same people don’t ask me.” When we talk about ‘inclusion’ we aren’t really talking about everyone. That’s the problem. We wonder how possibly a woman could handle the pressures of being a CEO…
Read morePrison Math
An excerpt from this article: http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/08/prison-math America’s enormously high incarceration rate is a relatively recent phenomenon. According to a 2010 report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), U.S. incarceration rates between 1880 and 1970 ranged from about 100 to 200 prisoners per 100,000 people. After 1980, however, the inmate population began to grow…
Read moreBearded Feminazis vs Bras, Backbones, and Brains!
An excerpt from this article: http://www.libertyjuice.com/2014/04/24/bearded-feminazis-vs-bras-backbones-and-brains/ Progressives, especially those among the feminists camp, have spent decades clawing at their (bare…hairy) chests while screaming that men don’t have a right to tell them what to do with their bodies. Conservative men, as a result, have become gun-shy and fearful about saying the “wrong thing” about abortion and…
Read moreWhy fathers still matter
An excerpt from THIS article: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-25/opinion/ct-oped-fathers-0625-20140625_1_father-single-moms-terry-crews Take the sentence “there are some things only a mother can provide.” Does anyone disagree with that? You say “nurturing,” everyone nods. You say “unconditional love,” everyone nods. But try saying that sentence about a father — as Crews did — and it’s as if you’re hammering people’s toes. “A…
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