Your words are beautiful, refreshing music to my ears, Dr. McDonald. It will take a massive pushback on the assault upon masculinity so rampant today, but let it start with courageous men like you taking a stand and calling out to other men to shake off the hypnosis of the leftist media campaign to crush men's balls and be real men who will fight for what's right and protect freedom, their women and children and country. Women too must educate ourselves and our sisters and daughters how to be real women who respect their good masculine men, respect themselves and love and nurture their children. We all have work to do in the foregoing regard, and I appreciate your call to men to be real men. The women who have their heads screwed on straight will respond positively with cheers.
The secret that no one talks about is just that--all healthy women rejoice at the sight of strong men. Once a man takes a risk and openly challenges the weak-man propaganda, he is met with resounding embrace, and the chatter of hysterical individuals diminishes in power and relevance.
As a radical feminist, mother, grandmother and human being, I'm so very weary of feminism being blamed for men not being responsible adults. I'm DEEPLY disturbed by the misogynist terminology you're using such as 'harpie' and 'nag'. Toxic masculinity is a thing, just as toxic femininity is a thing and it's essential to call it out.
We have 90% of the prison population that's made up of men. THAT'S the problem in our society. Men are suffering and rather than exploring ALL the reasons why they're acting out their pain on society, men, as always blame women.
The assumption that women 'nag' for no reason is especially problematic. What if, just maybe, it's because HE'S actually causing her extreme difficulty? What if she's asked him countless times to take responsibility for something he should be doing without being asked? By labelling her calling him out on this issue 'nagging' you perpetuate the stereotype of a 'harpie' housewife and dehumanize her into a caricature of the full human she actually is. You've set up this scenario where the poor man would just be a stronger, more dominating husband and father if only his wife wouldn't constantly get on his case. Give me a break, already.
By the same token, toxic femininity is the expectation that a man will automatically provide for her which effectively infantilizes her. This is regressive and unhealthy for any adult. BOTH men and women need to become adults, but men clearly have lost their way. It's ludicrous that an adult male requires the woman in his life to be more long-suffering, quiet and obedient and THEN everything will be ok.
Now for some background, it's important to understand that today's feminism is not the same feminism as women's liberation movements in the past. Today's young feminists - often referred to as 'third wave feminists' represent a brand of feminism that has been coopted and corrupted by pornography and mass media. Third wave feminists do NOT represent the original values of women's liberation movements of the past. This type of feminism in fact accommodates the idea of 'sex work is work' and 'makeup and clothes are empowering' and thus serves the patriarchy and betrays the movement to liberate both men and women from rigid gender constraints. Given that 50% of the world's population is women, when people say 'feminazis' or 'karens' or any other derogatory term used against women to silence all of us, it demonstrates that we STILL aren't regarded as fully human.
Radical feminism, which means getting back to our roots, was about empowering women to vote, have reproductive freedom, right to work and support ourselves and own property and many other advantages which we have achieved primarily in the west. However, the majority of women in third world countries do not have these rights so our work is far from done.
It's important to understand the conditions under which the suffragettes lived and why they fought and died to achieve basic human rights for themselves and for their children. At the time, women and children were treated like chattel, often left to starve - as many women in Asia, Africa and South America still do. In other words, their husbands, fathers, and sons at that time had little sense of responsibility for their families and often left their wives and children destitute. Think about it - why would a mass movement for equality for women even exist if women were treated with dignity and respect and their children provided for by the majority of men in their lives? Fact is, the living conditions at the turn of the century in the industrial revolution were a hellscape for women.
Fast forward to today, over 25 million people are enslaved globally. The vast majority - estimates say 80% - are women and children in the sex trade. Who is victimizing them? Men. 99% of pedophiles are men. As we speak men are claiming to be women in order to get access to women's private spaces, gyms, sports, scholarships and so many other areas of public life. Thousands of men in prison have applied to become transgender in order to access women's prisons. Nothing women say matters about any of this. Truly, if women were so powerful and intimidating to men, this would have halted immediately or never even come up in anyone's mind.
Here in the US, 30,000 women get pregnant from rape every year. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8765248/ Does that sound like women are powerful and intimidating? Sex trafficking is rampant, the average age a women gets into prostitution is 13 years old. Yes, that's the AVERAGE age. Average life span of a prostitute is 27 years old. Does that sound like women are powerful and intimidating?
What I would like to see is men stop demonizing strong women who call out their misogynist behaviour and instead teaching men and boys to take responsibility for their own emotions. Women are losing their reproductive rights one state at a time. Women are fighting on so many fronts - trans ideology, rape culture, parental rights, worker rights. Mothers continue to be demonized no matter what their choice instead of being respected for doing the best they can in extremly challenging times.
I was raised by a single mom as one of five children. She was beaten and raped by my father for the 10 years she was married to him. My older sister and I were molested by my father over a 4 year period. She fought to get the support she needed back 50 years ago but was told by the Catholic priest that it was her duty to endure the abuse. There were no shelters back then.
Today, trans idenified males, who have had no surgery, are demanding and winning positions as administrators in women's shelters and demanding that male-bodied trans people have access to these shelters. They are vilifying women who speak out about this and the laws in every country in the world are being changed to accommodate male predators under the guise of 'trans inclusion' to the point of lunacy. A male bodied swimmer Lia Thomas obliterated the women's swimming record in recent months.
Does all this sound like women are getting too powerful and intimidating to men? You see, you only see the examples of women who have had to become angry and aggressive to be heard and you think that all feminists are the same. Behind the scenes, mothers, sisters, daughters are trying to survive in a world that seems to hate and despise them more and more each day. It's harrowing hearing some of the stories of violence and abuse of women I hear about every. single. day.
So, no thank you Dr. Macdonald. Women will not become weaker, softer, more feminine and gentle towards men so as to not frighten then. Like any mother, we must become warriors for ourselves and for our children. It's on MEN to EARN respect from women and from each other. If only for our children. It's on MEN to seek help for their violent, predatory behaviour which terrorizes women around the world. The reason women have lost respect for men is not because men are weaker, it's because they are bullies and continue to demand high standards of women - be sexy, by smart, be feminine, be chaste, be this, be that - while they abandon their children, seek out sexual thrills through porn and prostitution, drink themselves to oblivion, escape through video games and sports and otherwise refuse to grown up.
Women love men enough to call them out on their behaviour. If you shame and vilify women for doing that, you break the contract between men and women that should hold BOTH to a higher standard.
Thank you for joining and supporting Dissident MD, and for taking the time to share your thoughts.
You may be surprised to hear that we actually agree. In such a short column, I don't have the space to go into detail in the way you did above in distinguishing between first, second, third, and fourth wave feminism. When I use the word "feminism," I am not referring to the suffragette or equal (legal) rights movement for women. I'm referring to the way feminism is currently implemented, as it's reached an apogee that began decades away with the shift away from equal rights to an anti-male, and even anti-female perversion. Also, I certainly am not placing all of the blame for the emasculation of men on the shoulders of the feminist movement--men are equally responsible for relinquishing their masculinity in the face of feminist and other left-wing bullies.
In my book United States of Fear I offer more information about this hijacking of what was at its origins a virtuous, true civil rights movement. Now it has become nothing other than an obscenity.
Superb piece by Dr. McDonald on a very important matter with obvious wide-ranging consequences. I would add that young men need to learn that there is nothing gained by surrendering their dignity, integrity and honor to some dire need for approval. Self respect is aligned with strong individualism. Say “No” when you mean No. Otherwise, say “Yes” to something worthwhile or noble and follow through.
As a retired educator, I’ve had my junior high principal send younger teachers to observe my class and witness good class management of changeling students. But underlying any specific technique was my firm belief that I am not there to be liked. I am there to teach Algebra 1 and make it as engaging and interesting as possible. But you will respect me. Failure to do so would be met with consequences. Respect first! After that, almost everything else is easier. And many students express their appreciation anyway.
Given the utter disgraceful, unnatural, and irrational precepts of the Woke cult, our young men would do well to be reminded that they don’t need the approval of others. You’ll live!
Let's remind them to act in accordance with their conscience, armored with reason and courage. The sooner we teach and remind our youth of this, the sooner we can hopefully be rid of the Woke Marxist Feminstas and their diabolical aim of destroying the family.
But thank goodness for the men and women who recognize these deceptions for what they are. I. A time of utter, brutal repression - tantamount to previous desperate attempts of over reach in order to control - such as witch trials, Nazis, and the other brutal dictatorships. Without the support, words and deeds of real men we all will fail. It is weak men and women who commit atrocities and destroy civilizations, families, and themselves from within.
Long after the virus alarm bell stops goes silent, the catastrophe of male emasculation will continue. We cannot have a viable civilization without strong men.
Your words are beautiful, refreshing music to my ears, Dr. McDonald. It will take a massive pushback on the assault upon masculinity so rampant today, but let it start with courageous men like you taking a stand and calling out to other men to shake off the hypnosis of the leftist media campaign to crush men's balls and be real men who will fight for what's right and protect freedom, their women and children and country. Women too must educate ourselves and our sisters and daughters how to be real women who respect their good masculine men, respect themselves and love and nurture their children. We all have work to do in the foregoing regard, and I appreciate your call to men to be real men. The women who have their heads screwed on straight will respond positively with cheers.
The secret that no one talks about is just that--all healthy women rejoice at the sight of strong men. Once a man takes a risk and openly challenges the weak-man propaganda, he is met with resounding embrace, and the chatter of hysterical individuals diminishes in power and relevance.
As a radical feminist, mother, grandmother and human being, I'm so very weary of feminism being blamed for men not being responsible adults. I'm DEEPLY disturbed by the misogynist terminology you're using such as 'harpie' and 'nag'. Toxic masculinity is a thing, just as toxic femininity is a thing and it's essential to call it out.
We have 90% of the prison population that's made up of men. THAT'S the problem in our society. Men are suffering and rather than exploring ALL the reasons why they're acting out their pain on society, men, as always blame women.
The assumption that women 'nag' for no reason is especially problematic. What if, just maybe, it's because HE'S actually causing her extreme difficulty? What if she's asked him countless times to take responsibility for something he should be doing without being asked? By labelling her calling him out on this issue 'nagging' you perpetuate the stereotype of a 'harpie' housewife and dehumanize her into a caricature of the full human she actually is. You've set up this scenario where the poor man would just be a stronger, more dominating husband and father if only his wife wouldn't constantly get on his case. Give me a break, already.
By the same token, toxic femininity is the expectation that a man will automatically provide for her which effectively infantilizes her. This is regressive and unhealthy for any adult. BOTH men and women need to become adults, but men clearly have lost their way. It's ludicrous that an adult male requires the woman in his life to be more long-suffering, quiet and obedient and THEN everything will be ok.
Now for some background, it's important to understand that today's feminism is not the same feminism as women's liberation movements in the past. Today's young feminists - often referred to as 'third wave feminists' represent a brand of feminism that has been coopted and corrupted by pornography and mass media. Third wave feminists do NOT represent the original values of women's liberation movements of the past. This type of feminism in fact accommodates the idea of 'sex work is work' and 'makeup and clothes are empowering' and thus serves the patriarchy and betrays the movement to liberate both men and women from rigid gender constraints. Given that 50% of the world's population is women, when people say 'feminazis' or 'karens' or any other derogatory term used against women to silence all of us, it demonstrates that we STILL aren't regarded as fully human.
Radical feminism, which means getting back to our roots, was about empowering women to vote, have reproductive freedom, right to work and support ourselves and own property and many other advantages which we have achieved primarily in the west. However, the majority of women in third world countries do not have these rights so our work is far from done.
It's important to understand the conditions under which the suffragettes lived and why they fought and died to achieve basic human rights for themselves and for their children. At the time, women and children were treated like chattel, often left to starve - as many women in Asia, Africa and South America still do. In other words, their husbands, fathers, and sons at that time had little sense of responsibility for their families and often left their wives and children destitute. Think about it - why would a mass movement for equality for women even exist if women were treated with dignity and respect and their children provided for by the majority of men in their lives? Fact is, the living conditions at the turn of the century in the industrial revolution were a hellscape for women.
Fast forward to today, over 25 million people are enslaved globally. The vast majority - estimates say 80% - are women and children in the sex trade. Who is victimizing them? Men. 99% of pedophiles are men. As we speak men are claiming to be women in order to get access to women's private spaces, gyms, sports, scholarships and so many other areas of public life. Thousands of men in prison have applied to become transgender in order to access women's prisons. Nothing women say matters about any of this. Truly, if women were so powerful and intimidating to men, this would have halted immediately or never even come up in anyone's mind.
Here in the US, 30,000 women get pregnant from rape every year. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8765248/ Does that sound like women are powerful and intimidating? Sex trafficking is rampant, the average age a women gets into prostitution is 13 years old. Yes, that's the AVERAGE age. Average life span of a prostitute is 27 years old. Does that sound like women are powerful and intimidating?
What I would like to see is men stop demonizing strong women who call out their misogynist behaviour and instead teaching men and boys to take responsibility for their own emotions. Women are losing their reproductive rights one state at a time. Women are fighting on so many fronts - trans ideology, rape culture, parental rights, worker rights. Mothers continue to be demonized no matter what their choice instead of being respected for doing the best they can in extremly challenging times.
I was raised by a single mom as one of five children. She was beaten and raped by my father for the 10 years she was married to him. My older sister and I were molested by my father over a 4 year period. She fought to get the support she needed back 50 years ago but was told by the Catholic priest that it was her duty to endure the abuse. There were no shelters back then.
Today, trans idenified males, who have had no surgery, are demanding and winning positions as administrators in women's shelters and demanding that male-bodied trans people have access to these shelters. They are vilifying women who speak out about this and the laws in every country in the world are being changed to accommodate male predators under the guise of 'trans inclusion' to the point of lunacy. A male bodied swimmer Lia Thomas obliterated the women's swimming record in recent months.
Does all this sound like women are getting too powerful and intimidating to men? You see, you only see the examples of women who have had to become angry and aggressive to be heard and you think that all feminists are the same. Behind the scenes, mothers, sisters, daughters are trying to survive in a world that seems to hate and despise them more and more each day. It's harrowing hearing some of the stories of violence and abuse of women I hear about every. single. day.
So, no thank you Dr. Macdonald. Women will not become weaker, softer, more feminine and gentle towards men so as to not frighten then. Like any mother, we must become warriors for ourselves and for our children. It's on MEN to EARN respect from women and from each other. If only for our children. It's on MEN to seek help for their violent, predatory behaviour which terrorizes women around the world. The reason women have lost respect for men is not because men are weaker, it's because they are bullies and continue to demand high standards of women - be sexy, by smart, be feminine, be chaste, be this, be that - while they abandon their children, seek out sexual thrills through porn and prostitution, drink themselves to oblivion, escape through video games and sports and otherwise refuse to grown up.
Women love men enough to call them out on their behaviour. If you shame and vilify women for doing that, you break the contract between men and women that should hold BOTH to a higher standard.
Thank you for joining and supporting Dissident MD, and for taking the time to share your thoughts.
You may be surprised to hear that we actually agree. In such a short column, I don't have the space to go into detail in the way you did above in distinguishing between first, second, third, and fourth wave feminism. When I use the word "feminism," I am not referring to the suffragette or equal (legal) rights movement for women. I'm referring to the way feminism is currently implemented, as it's reached an apogee that began decades away with the shift away from equal rights to an anti-male, and even anti-female perversion. Also, I certainly am not placing all of the blame for the emasculation of men on the shoulders of the feminist movement--men are equally responsible for relinquishing their masculinity in the face of feminist and other left-wing bullies.
In my book United States of Fear I offer more information about this hijacking of what was at its origins a virtuous, true civil rights movement. Now it has become nothing other than an obscenity.
Superb piece by Dr. McDonald on a very important matter with obvious wide-ranging consequences. I would add that young men need to learn that there is nothing gained by surrendering their dignity, integrity and honor to some dire need for approval. Self respect is aligned with strong individualism. Say “No” when you mean No. Otherwise, say “Yes” to something worthwhile or noble and follow through.
As a retired educator, I’ve had my junior high principal send younger teachers to observe my class and witness good class management of changeling students. But underlying any specific technique was my firm belief that I am not there to be liked. I am there to teach Algebra 1 and make it as engaging and interesting as possible. But you will respect me. Failure to do so would be met with consequences. Respect first! After that, almost everything else is easier. And many students express their appreciation anyway.
Given the utter disgraceful, unnatural, and irrational precepts of the Woke cult, our young men would do well to be reminded that they don’t need the approval of others. You’ll live!
Let's remind them to act in accordance with their conscience, armored with reason and courage. The sooner we teach and remind our youth of this, the sooner we can hopefully be rid of the Woke Marxist Feminstas and their diabolical aim of destroying the family.
The loss of models of strong men, such as yourself, is also a contributing factor to the disappearance of masculinity in contemporary America.
But thank goodness for the men and women who recognize these deceptions for what they are. I. A time of utter, brutal repression - tantamount to previous desperate attempts of over reach in order to control - such as witch trials, Nazis, and the other brutal dictatorships. Without the support, words and deeds of real men we all will fail. It is weak men and women who commit atrocities and destroy civilizations, families, and themselves from within.
Long after the virus alarm bell stops goes silent, the catastrophe of male emasculation will continue. We cannot have a viable civilization without strong men.