tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post5000393210318254097..comments2023-10-31T11:27:58.514-05:00Comments on THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST: A TIME FOR 'MENAISSANCE'?Jack Jodellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-60367164595924833902010-04-20T09:10:26.982-05:002010-04-20T09:10:26.982-05:00Infidel753,
Let us hope that is a passing (rather ...Infidel753,<br />Let us hope that is a passing (rather than growing) phase. Our country and our species as well will not accomplish much more if half its population turns into a group of big, fat, lazy sloths!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-62591459788814435372010-04-20T07:14:05.954-05:002010-04-20T07:14:05.954-05:00"Menaissance" is fighting against an irr..."Menaissance" is fighting against an irresistible tide. Growing numbers of males these days want to just watch football, drink beer, play video games, and generally turn into hippopotami while leaving the work of running the planet to the females.Infidel753http://infidel753.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-23605376926302031412010-04-19T22:34:05.910-05:002010-04-19T22:34:05.910-05:00mud_rake,
They have certainly been mismanaged for ...mud_rake,<br />They have certainly been mismanaged for far too long. The hierarchy runs things like a corrupt bureaucracy, but the latest scandal is opening a lot of eyes all across the world, as it should.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-14264727240546136822010-04-19T20:36:57.133-05:002010-04-19T20:36:57.133-05:00...except in the Catholic Church. Jack. That excl......except in the Catholic Church. Jack. That exclusive club is still going strong and is XY chromosomal-limited. Which, by the way, is why it's in free fall.mud_rakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786611698569598023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-23702812832404566392010-04-19T18:37:35.442-05:002010-04-19T18:37:35.442-05:00Jerilyn,
I would say you are definitely ahead of y...Jerilyn,<br />I would say you are definitely ahead of your time and out on the cutting edge of things. I hope you'll always keep that progressive, activist, and slightly feisty persona. I love it! :-)<br />---------------<br />Tim,<br />Thanks for stopping by. You're always welcome here. I, too, don't know if it's true, but I agree that the perception of which you speak is out there.And I applaud your desire to be a better husband, father, and male. In my humble estimation, that's what being a real man is all about, and you certainly fit the mold with ambition like that! I encourage you, and all other males, to continue to strive for the good and the improved rather than sink into complacency. Striving for improvement as you do makes this world a better place!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-24309000347133870342010-04-19T14:16:36.816-05:002010-04-19T14:16:36.816-05:00I think there's a perception, fair or otherwis...I think there's a perception, fair or otherwise, that men nowadays are more reluctant to "grow up" and accept responsibility than they were in the days of yore. This isn't exactly news. Every generation of parents from Adam on down has thought the next generation to be feckless slackers. This looks like more of the same.<br /><br />Still ... I always like to see a call and challenge for men to be better. I want to be a better man tomorrow than I was yesterday, a better husband, a better father. My own father was an excellent example, but now that he's passed, I occasionally need other sources of inspiration. There's a lot of nonsense associated with some of the "Menaissance" sites, but there are some jewels buried in there, too.Tim McGahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10344033690443344729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-40974145863111223122010-04-19T13:09:41.089-05:002010-04-19T13:09:41.089-05:00Jack, I couldn't have said it better myself. I...Jack, I couldn't have said it better myself. I really resent the media's portryal of gender stereotypes. I hope they will start to chage soon. No one around me seems to mind and I can't understand why. Maybe I am ahead of my time. I don't mind when a man opens a door for me nor do I find anything wrong with opening a door for a man.Jerilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452343824061050196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-42980172822318335182010-04-19T08:49:03.864-05:002010-04-19T08:49:03.864-05:00I think you've nailed it, Max's Dad. There...I think you've nailed it, Max's Dad. There are so many insecure people today, and their fear keeps them from being real, from being understanding, and from contributing. It is a terrible tragedy in that it is so limiting and so self-defeating.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-24376724972302348642010-04-18T23:40:31.586-05:002010-04-18T23:40:31.586-05:00Hey Jack. I think who you are is the key. If you a...Hey Jack. I think who you are is the key. If you are who you are, nobody can take that from you with a judgement or a prejudice. If everybody was allowed to be who they are, this world would be fine. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened. Now if I could just find a woman who knew anything about fixing cars, I'd be a happy man. :)Max's Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10279218439042723141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-6997393543073187042010-04-18T17:47:17.520-05:002010-04-18T17:47:17.520-05:00Lisa G,
"Men that can't accept a woman ma...Lisa G,<br />"Men that can't accept a woman making more than them are not real men in my opinion." I'm with ya all the way, sister!<br />---------------<br />Good point, Judge Truth101!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-48929470292181883652010-04-18T15:20:35.015-05:002010-04-18T15:20:35.015-05:00Half our marraige my wife made more than I did. I...Half our marraige my wife made more than I did. I made more than her while I was selling cars and that was the only time, 9 years, that she objected to me making more. That was mostly because she is an RN and was offended that used car salesmen made more than RN's. <br /><br /> I lived with the shame.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-78540528375536971272010-04-18T11:21:49.956-05:002010-04-18T11:21:49.956-05:00Men that can't accept a woman making more than...Men that can't accept a woman making more than them are not real men in my opinion.<br /><br />My boss created a "Women's Network"; it was universally hated by all and about 30 years late. We can't do fin on our own with out so group of women telling us how to be 'empowered'. Thanks for playing.Lisa G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02909155560510148815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-7028350395625219252010-04-18T09:07:55.272-05:002010-04-18T09:07:55.272-05:00BigmacInPittsburgh,
You took the words right out o...BigmacInPittsburgh,<br />You took the words right out of my mouth. As for the media telling us anything, they are corporatist and grossly oversimplify and dummy-down everything. They try to create absolutes based on an "either-or" model, and anybody with half a brain knows that life is not that simple. Of course, we real people don't have to constantly cut ourselves short to rush to the next commercial break every 3 minutes...<br /><br />Bigmac, thanks for dropping by with this. You, sir, are a real man! :-)Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-35394434931724746292010-04-18T05:11:26.802-05:002010-04-18T05:11:26.802-05:00What a timely post,most of what you write I'm ...What a timely post,most of what you write I'm in agrement with.<br />I don't like the ideal of the media telling me what a man is.<br />I can clearly look in the mirror and my heart and see what a man is.<br />I still hold the view of being a protector of the family.<br />I respect everyones opinion,but that doesn't mean I agree with it.<br />I'll listen to your point of view and if it's something that is relavent to my life,I'll try to incorporate it into my life.<br />The whole point of my comment is to say I respect you as a person,and that should be enough for me to get along with you no matter who or what you are.BigmacInPittsburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727923795293367521noreply@blogger.com