The Age of the Dominant Male Has Passed

For those who havenamp8217t been paying attention women in the United States are more influential in the familyamp8217s decisions than ever before Women now represent over 80 percent of all consumer spending across almost every category of products and services according to data from Sheconomy Furthermore for the next decade and beyond women will make up 60 percent of students in college and 65 percent in postgraduate classes Included among these grads are a far greater percentage of black Hispanic Asian LGBT and other minorities than represented in the general population This reality covers nearly every college across every region of the country among our educated elite straight white males are a declining minority The political war on women including battles over congressional districting and voter rights is a distinctly male challenge to the fundamental and irreversible transformation of societyOne truth lives in the heart of every man whether we realize it or not our time has passed The first characteristic we use to define ourselves is gender itamp8217s the core genetic trait we inherit the first chromosomal separation in our prenatal existence In Adamamp8217s Curse A Future Without Men geneticist Bryan Sykes describes mitochondrial female DNA as a amp8220model of slimmed down efficiencyamp8221 while describing the Y chromosome male as a amp8220graveyard of rotting genes whose corpses are nonetheless still sufficiently recognizable but whose festering remains contain the evidence of their own demise Without any capacity for repair the mutations keep on accumulating Like the face of the moon still pitted by craters from all the meteors that have ever fallen onto its surface Y chromosomes cannot heal their own scarsamp8221For all of recorded history men have been in control Todayamp8217s geneticists however report that a degeneration of the Y chromosome has been going on for centuries whereas the X chromosome is strengthening Men it seems are relegated to a futureamp8212defined by our geneticsamp8212in which we will be dominated by women And lest the cows sheep fruit flies and dandelions laugh smugly at the stupid human male the same reality confronts all types of animal and plant life Scientific American has documented that among a few species such as the Japanese Ryukyu spiny rat the whiptail lizard and at least seventy species of vertebrates reproduction occurs without the Y chromosomeSociety simultaneously has been experiencing the same pattern of male decline and female rise In the past several decadesamp8212a shockingly short timeamp8212we have witnessed a steady erosion of male dominance that has accelerated past the point of no return The male chromosome is in a downward genetic spiral and the female chromosome is in an upward climb that is being reflected beyond the womb to everywhere we look in Western society today Across television advertising education and business just to start weamp8217re experiencing a shift from a maledominated to a femaledominated culture In some political and societal subcultures the war is intense and the backlash awesome and frightening to behold From North Carolina to Syria battles are being fought over many of the same basic issues of menamp8217s past power and control versus an inevitable future of female influenceIn other areas of our culture such as advertising education and the arts the metamorphosis has been more peaceful Like caterpillars coming of age women are metaphorically shedding their skins turning into butterflies and flying off to explore a new world Femaledominant characteristics are appearing across all of society and in most cultures and will become increasingly prevalentMeanwhile what men are becoming remains an unknown and there is no clear vision for a better future One certain discovery is that men are a confused and schizophrenic group struggling to adapt in radically different ways Men fight to retain their traditional roles holding onto legacy power models that are no longer relevant or sustainable Men still exhibit all the bravado and hubris of their forefathers but they are also bewildered and bewitched by a rising tide of empowered females who by every statistical logical and genetic analysis are moving into positions of strength dominance and powerIn Adamamp8217s Curse Sykes concludes that amp8220the human Ychromosome has been decaying for a very long time and will continue to do soamp8221 He goes on to say that amp8220there are more active genes in the sixteen and a half thousand bases of mitochondrial DNA than in the sixty million bases of Ychromosomeamp8221 The male cells he explains have to work harder producing more toxins with a greater risk of mutation and destructionItamp8217s a deadly cycle for menWomen can look forward to generations and generations of growing dominance The age of the dominant male has passed no matter how aggressively some men may fight to repress females in all areas Although men and women may agree on many common characteristics and differences and may accept and retain their traditional roles and relationships women have won a genetic race that began thousands of years ago Those mired in the past are genetically doomed to growing frustration overtaken by women who are embracing the role theyamp8217ve been preparing for since EveThe fundamental conflict in men between holding on to and ceding control is playing out in families companies schools governments and global conflicts This will continue for the rest of the century although the balance of power has already swung against men The future is already written in genetic code and this reality is everywhere we look As allfemale organizations clubs and professional groups gain popularity and relevance allmale clubs are becoming all but obsolete and those remaining few are populated by men with canes walkers and oxygen tubes Antifemale menamp8217s organizations and initiatives are gaining followers and their misguided diatribes may help soothe menamp8217s egos but they achieve little in addressing menamp8217s real needs and issuesThe restructuring of gender norms is a central issue in US politics as it is for religious groups and societies dedicated to living in a biblical past disconnected from the real world Itamp8217s a central issue as women increasingly dominate the workforce and finally move into and take control of CSuites One of the great societal challenges of the twentyfirst century is how men and women can positively join together and share a common vision for their future relationshipsA new generation of men has been born that is not bound to the same maleimposed rules that have been passed on from generation to generationamp8212rules such as the one lesson every man has been taught amp8220When confronted by selfdestructive behavior and actions just deny deny denyamp8221Our next published excerpt from The Future of Men will be chapter 5 amp8211 Deny Deny Deny Men39s Destructive Instinct 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