Beautiful essay...I am an older woman who chose to not have children in my early 30’s. I have never regretted my decision. I have been in long ‘relationships’ with men who have children, over the years and never married either. Having children doesn’t make you more of a ‘man or women’. It just fulfills the ‘karmic contract’ these men and women had with these other ‘souls’, when they came into this world.
My younger brother had two daughters, my nieces, who now have two daughters. They are all like my children. My love for them runs deep and pure.
Jan 19, 2023·edited Jan 19, 2023Liked by William Hunter Duncan
Nowhere has it been more clear that the postmodern emperor has no clothes than in the area of critical "gender studies," the insane excesses of the LGBT+ movement, and whatever wave of feminism we're on now. Turns out, gender roles are deeply rooted in human nature, and we're not such blank slates after all.
So now increasing numbers of folks are asking similar questions that sound radical to out 21st-century ears, but the search for answers has us rediscovering the simple wisdom of previous generations and figuring out how to apply that wisdom in our current culture. Thanks for writing on this theme and sharing your thoughts! John Carter and Jay Rollins really got this idea of tonic masculinity rolling, and in this essay, you did a great job adding some momentum to this much-needed movement!
If we're talking about the mystical aspect to the ideal archetype of a man, then the Father in the Heavens has to be mentioned. It was traditionally understood that we were children or emanations of the big sky daddy.
Entire nations were his "sons".
To be a man is to feel the connection to the spiritual father. To his heavenly family. And to the material manifestation of this which is the nation.
Masculinity and the ideas of Authoritarianism and Nationalism are inseparable. The reason they attack the former is because it leads to the latter.
True re-embracement of one's masculine nature is to also re-embrace dangerous "right-wing" ideas.
But in the Anglosphere, masculinity is associated with a kind of Libertine "fuck you, I've got mine jack" image and mentality.
My 2 cents. Good blog! John Carter recommended you!
Beautiful essay...I am an older woman who chose to not have children in my early 30’s. I have never regretted my decision. I have been in long ‘relationships’ with men who have children, over the years and never married either. Having children doesn’t make you more of a ‘man or women’. It just fulfills the ‘karmic contract’ these men and women had with these other ‘souls’, when they came into this world.
My younger brother had two daughters, my nieces, who now have two daughters. They are all like my children. My love for them runs deep and pure.
Nowhere has it been more clear that the postmodern emperor has no clothes than in the area of critical "gender studies," the insane excesses of the LGBT+ movement, and whatever wave of feminism we're on now. Turns out, gender roles are deeply rooted in human nature, and we're not such blank slates after all.
So now increasing numbers of folks are asking similar questions that sound radical to out 21st-century ears, but the search for answers has us rediscovering the simple wisdom of previous generations and figuring out how to apply that wisdom in our current culture. Thanks for writing on this theme and sharing your thoughts! John Carter and Jay Rollins really got this idea of tonic masculinity rolling, and in this essay, you did a great job adding some momentum to this much-needed movement!
"Trans “women” are quite often toxic too, for the same reasons."
Was just saying this to some of my guys the other day! Thank you for the validation. ;) And for the great piece.
If we're talking about the mystical aspect to the ideal archetype of a man, then the Father in the Heavens has to be mentioned. It was traditionally understood that we were children or emanations of the big sky daddy.
Entire nations were his "sons".
To be a man is to feel the connection to the spiritual father. To his heavenly family. And to the material manifestation of this which is the nation.
Masculinity and the ideas of Authoritarianism and Nationalism are inseparable. The reason they attack the former is because it leads to the latter.
True re-embracement of one's masculine nature is to also re-embrace dangerous "right-wing" ideas.
But in the Anglosphere, masculinity is associated with a kind of Libertine "fuck you, I've got mine jack" image and mentality.
My 2 cents. Good blog! John Carter recommended you!
Beautiful essay.
Do you have children?
I forgot to mention that I had read the enchantment article by John Michael Greer.
What happens when a masculine archetype enters into a relationship with a feminine non-archetype?