Barbarian Masculinity

Yet another post of mine inspired by something over at Jeff Culbreath’s Stony Creek Digest.  His post is a lengthy discussion of how one may resist feminism, which contains many interesting points worthy of discussion.  However, the most interesting part of the discussion that I saw was near the end.  Mr. Culbreath points out that “The flip side is that non-feminist toys and games are often hyper-masculine in the worst pagan sense. And that is the choice modern children are presented with: feminism, or barbarian masculinity.”  This, I believe, is the origin of many of our societal problems today.  Many of the people described in the aforementioned article as feminists are, simply because they do not see any choices beyond feminism and barbarism.

It may come as a surprise to readers, but I have taken many “women’s and gender studies” courses in college.  This is not really by choice: many of them filled requirements for one of my two majors.   However, I learned some of the arguments and opinions of even the most extreme feminists through these classes.  And, I believe that few of them see the posibility of any kind of system that is neither feminist nor barbaric.  The world as it is today seems to offer those as the only options.  Just look at how people react to any hint of something that goes against the typical feminist worldview, such as making abortion illegal.  To many, there is no thought that perhaps the people seeking to make abortion illegal care about women, that in fact many women believe that themselves.  If you read indymedia or a similar liberal website after a pro-life event, they will typically assume that all the men there are woman-hating neanderthals (which reminds me…I must post about the real neanderthals sometime), and all the women are brainwashed doormats.  There is, of course, little truth to this view: I have yet to see anyone at the Walk For Life, for instance, who seemed to fit this stereotype.  However, the stereotype exists precisely because of the notion that the only masculinity is barbarian masculinity.  Young men who do not conform to the typical feminist line are left with little to choose from in society.  Thus, we are left with a kind of uncivilized masculinity which then appears to be the only kind available, which in turn feeds the idea that men and women are naturally opposed to each other.  In this way, I believe that the barbarian masculinity mentioned in Jeff Culbreath’s article is just as dangerous as the feminism he discusses in more detail.