Manchild Syndrome

Look, I recognize that there is a problem with my generation of men.  Studies such as this one are numerous, and nobody is denying their credibility.  I myself happen to fall partially* into this category, which is probably why these articles get my goat enough to distract me from writing my epic fantasy to fire off a reply into the black hole of the blogosphere.

My main issue with these studies is that they are falsely attributing the blame for the epidemic of the "man-children" (thank you Onion) upon the men themselves.  I don't believe this is fair, or true.  Women are to blame!  Ok, so maybe that's a bit sensationalist, but I think there is a sliver of truth here.  No!  More than a sliver, half-the-freaking-pie!

It only stands to reason that as women become more dedicated to education and careers that less of them are going to make themselves available to marriage and raising children.  Oh, they say they want a man, but unless he is a Norse god, or some exotic looking model, he just isn't good enough to choose over a good career.  Without women to devote themselves too, men have nothing.  Seriously, men don't work because they love it more than anything else.  Men work because of duty, providing for a wife and family is what we do.  We're made for this, but without a devoted woman in our lives there's really no point.  Work ethic stems from devotion to a cause and, frankly, in our society the only cause worth a man's devotion is a family.  But as women become less interested in that ideal more and more men are being left out in the cold, and they're being blamed for it.

Yes, I kind of have a serious issue with the way Feminism (with a capital f) has undermined the male sex.  I've written about this before.  Sure, women can vote, own land, and get educated and stuff like that.  Women should be free to pursue their dreams, the same as men.  But until women place family first, over all their dreams, they shouldn't be blaming men for not doing the same thing.





* Technically, I am a manchild because I don't have a job, wife, or kids, I'm not going to school, I tend to stay at my residence, and yes, from time to time I play video games, and I'm approaching 30.  However, let me add this in my defense: I do not live with my parents, I work for the government during the summer, I'm writing a novel, I go to the gym every day, I'm cleaner than the average manchild, and I often live in the wilderness for weeks at a time.  Just sayin'.