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of the howling vortex of the sexual and drug revolution of the 1960s rose
dramatic forces that have robbed young men in the 2000s of the final remnants
of societal and family understanding of true masculinity.
God created mankind male and female, revealing definite functions
for each (Genesis 1:27-28). The world corrupted those gender roles,
but the last 40 years have particularly hammered young men.
The feminist movement sought gender equality under the law, and this helped spawn a huge increase of women in the workforce. Twelve percent of mothers with children under age 6 were employed in America in 1950. By 2000 it was 64 percent.
Some feminist thinkers proclaimed that the sexes were just the same—that traditional gender roles were shaped only by society's expectations. The idea seemed to be that boys would behave better—defined as more like girls—if they were taught to do so early enough.
This unisex philosophy persists to varying degrees in spite of the ageless observation of the obvious male-female differences and the dramatically increased understanding of brain mapping. God wired male brains very differently from female brains—to equip each for his or her purpose in marriage, family and life. Yet feminism's philosophers proceeded to make themselves the arbiters of masculinity.
A masculinity crisis
Male studies scholar and author of A New Psychology of Men, professor Ronald Levant of the University of Akron cites "a crisis of connection between men and women resulting from major structural changes in women's roles over the last 40 years" ("Why Study Boys and Men?," 2002). He says this has "shaken traditional masculinity ideology to such an extent there is now a masculinity crisis in which many men feel bewildered and confused, and the pride associated with being a man is lower than at any time in the recent past."
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