That was an outstanding essay. Thanks for it. Our modern age with its high tech toys and soft beds has made for some odd maladaptations and imbalances alright. Hence the rise of the Digital Amazon, LOL. But some things simply never change. Like gender, which is based on the abilities of sexed bodies. And our masculine and feminine archetypes. The Left is riddled with the poison of radical feminism which seeks to destroy the sacred archetypes that served and defined humanity for forever. Oddly enough in that futile mission, the archetypes continually pop up and are still recognizable. That Ms. Cox is a classic Scold who hisses "With your shield or on it!" as she bids her son or husband farewell as he heads to battle for her sake. Scolds have only feminine powers: spinning gossip, leveraging persuasion, shame, etc., because they can't swing actual violence. But they sure know how to use those to get what they want, alright.
Women goad the men then watch the results, unaffected by whatever pain or injury is inflicted. Women feel they are not allowed to be affected by their actions because America is very permissive and indulgent with women. Look at the behavior of so many Congresswomen behaving like foul mouth high school girls. They use obscenities, lies, screaming, costumes. Essentially throwing tantrums. Someone should send them to their room for a time out.
The first "random cognitive misfire" upon reading this, was to speculate about how promiscuity became "hookup culture" and how that becomes an incentive.
There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when bestowal and withholding of amorous favors, was an incentive to provide and protect within a permanent pair-bond.
The juvenile version of that, was what a certain generation experienced in adolescence. Beginning (it appears) in the seventies, that adolescent flirtation no longer held the promise of practicing for a pair-bond; marriage was to be deferred.
When you wrote of the "left," my thoughts went to quid pro quo. Youth, not yet understanding the mechanism of social contract, does lean "left." When it comes to sacrifice, what forms the incentive for young men to avoid bestowal of "the white feather" by the females seeking to exercise manipulative power when serving their own self-interest?
These things are always multivariate, Mr. Remington, so I offer only a speculation on one possibly-contributory element.
That was an outstanding essay. Thanks for it. Our modern age with its high tech toys and soft beds has made for some odd maladaptations and imbalances alright. Hence the rise of the Digital Amazon, LOL. But some things simply never change. Like gender, which is based on the abilities of sexed bodies. And our masculine and feminine archetypes. The Left is riddled with the poison of radical feminism which seeks to destroy the sacred archetypes that served and defined humanity for forever. Oddly enough in that futile mission, the archetypes continually pop up and are still recognizable. That Ms. Cox is a classic Scold who hisses "With your shield or on it!" as she bids her son or husband farewell as he heads to battle for her sake. Scolds have only feminine powers: spinning gossip, leveraging persuasion, shame, etc., because they can't swing actual violence. But they sure know how to use those to get what they want, alright.
Women goad the men then watch the results, unaffected by whatever pain or injury is inflicted. Women feel they are not allowed to be affected by their actions because America is very permissive and indulgent with women. Look at the behavior of so many Congresswomen behaving like foul mouth high school girls. They use obscenities, lies, screaming, costumes. Essentially throwing tantrums. Someone should send them to their room for a time out.
The first "random cognitive misfire" upon reading this, was to speculate about how promiscuity became "hookup culture" and how that becomes an incentive.
There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when bestowal and withholding of amorous favors, was an incentive to provide and protect within a permanent pair-bond.
The juvenile version of that, was what a certain generation experienced in adolescence. Beginning (it appears) in the seventies, that adolescent flirtation no longer held the promise of practicing for a pair-bond; marriage was to be deferred.
When you wrote of the "left," my thoughts went to quid pro quo. Youth, not yet understanding the mechanism of social contract, does lean "left." When it comes to sacrifice, what forms the incentive for young men to avoid bestowal of "the white feather" by the females seeking to exercise manipulative power when serving their own self-interest?
These things are always multivariate, Mr. Remington, so I offer only a speculation on one possibly-contributory element.