Why I'm Speaking Out for The Future of Men

The book anticipated the current destructive political gender debate In my introduction explaining why I wrote the book I commentedquotAs I wrote this book I recognized how our society culture companies and lives are permeated by inappropriate sexual activity sexism misogyny and pornographyamp8212and how accepted this has become I listened with more awareness as my male colleagues engaged in obviously inappropriate sexual banter and behavior none of them considering that it was dangerous painful destructive and offensivequotI also recognized an emerging cultural backlash in the media and among both male and female organizations that is polarizing gender issues and creating more distance between men and women instead of building healthier relationships and moving us forward on a path toward mutual respect and understanding It became apparent that as society appropriately focuses growing attention on women39s equality and issues young men need an advocate and support as they navigate the challenging and confusing new world that the growing success of the women39s movement is creatingquotIn Chapter 5 of The Future of Men I predicted Donald Trump39s response to his recent woman problemquotWhat are we teaching our sons For generations men have lived in a state of constant denial For many the earliest lesson taught to them by their fathers was that if caught in a compromising situation the one single rule to live by was to deny deny deny This code permeates society from 39Weinergate39 and Chris Christie to Bashar alAssad39s refusal to admit to using chemical weapons and from Bill Clinton39s 39never had sex with that woman39 to the Republican Party39s steadfast refusal to admit that the attack on Iraq was misguidedquotFor those who may wonder at the vitriol being leveled at our future President Clinton I called attention to its history in chapter 20quotA 2010 studyamp8230 found that political cartoons from the 2008 presidential election represented Hillary Clinton as smaller in size uglier and more violent than her male counterparts Barack Obama and John McCain Even more disturbing a statistically significant number of cartoons showed Clinton being the target of violence and much more than the male candidatesquotI concluded The Future of Men with this commentaryquotBoth men and women who grew up with a fundamental belief in traditional malefemale roles will hold on for dear life to their prescriptive place in the worldamp8212a world in which the man has dominance over his kingdom exerting physical financial and emotional control over his kingdomamp160 his family and workplace But it39s a serious error to assume that the same dynamics that formed the male and female realities of the past one hundred plus years will be those that inform the next hundredquotWe are entering a new age of female dominance and a reshaping of the male psyche the male libido and the male ego This is the new reality and it will gain greater and greater momentum Nothing in the history of humanity can prepare us for this newly upsidedown world We cannot look to the past or even the present for rules to help us navigate the future We can only accept or fight the inevitable ascendency of women and the dramatically shifting roles of men We can it seems rely on the genetic stability of women to guide us into the future collaboratively and cooperatively with men to achieve a more stable and healthier gender balancequotMarketers agency creative writers and art directors video and music producers performers and writers news directors journalists and editors and all those invested in media advertising and marketing must heed the changes in gender norms that will sweep through government business culture and society in the next four years amp160Pay attentionClick the social buttons above to share this content with your friends and colleagues

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