Original post: https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/stop-shaming-men
Archive post: https://archive.ph/JzmQy
It’s one of the most well known facts in social science that women initiate the vast majority of divorces – around 70% or so depending on the source you look at. It’s a fact I have never heard an evangelical pastor mention. In fact, as one feminist scholar found in her academic research, in evangelical sermons ‘women are framed primarily as receivers of divorce rather than initiators.’ And, while there have been improvements, divorce court and child custody practices still favor women. . . . It’s also worth asking what Blake – and by extension the rest of the evangelical leadership class – are doing to reduce these risks, help men manage them, or to create an environment in which men have a better chance of marital success. The answer is basically nothing. . . . They could tell men, “Get married and we’ve got your back.” But they don’t. Instead, should some man actually get married and any troubles arise, they will almost certainly blame him for it.”
Evangelicals, is there nothing they can't fuck up?
I don't see liberalism ending until the global economy crashes, or the apocalypse. I suspect Sargon is correct that there will eventually be a synthesis of liberal and conservative values. "I can do what I want - after fulfilling obligations to my family and nation." Maybe that's just wishful thinking on his part as a classical liberal.
No man can serve two masters.
Either he lives for himself or for something greater than himself.
Since self-serving is a part of human nature our best case is where some people genuinely serve a higher purpose and the rest do so performatively when in public. That way the genuine people aren't being demoralized.