tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post7213921419530185488..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: A recession is good for men?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-73288104382244840922009-02-24T16:53:00.000+11:002009-02-24T16:53:00.000+11:00Dave Bath said “I’m for allowing the options for p...Dave Bath said “I’m for allowing the options for people to find the place where they are most self-actualized.” In other words, don’t you try and stop me from becoming more selfish, lazy and doing anything that I think will make me happy. I am the captain of my soul, I am my own God! <BR/><BR/>Clive Lewis said it best, “And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history – money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery –the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” (Mere Christianity, pg 54)<BR/><BR/>Here’s a joke….Three men with a PHD walk into a bar; all three can speak 10 different languages all three have a photographic mind and all three are religious, but one is a Christian the other a Jew and the third a Muslim; and the bar tender is a Mormon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-46271036322292591652009-02-24T11:24:00.000+11:002009-02-24T11:24:00.000+11:00This is a tangent to this thread, but it's good pr...<A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1152403/Why-women-feel-ANGRY-Welcome-age-female-rage.html" REL="nofollow">This</A> is a tangent to this thread, but it's good practice for all of us here. Perhaps Mr. Richardson could start a thread on this, but let us pick it apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-3347575537997262142009-02-23T15:08:00.000+11:002009-02-23T15:08:00.000+11:00further,whilst many from this day and age see fath...further,whilst many from this day and age see father hood as a chance to be mummy,being mummy will greatly confuse all the children and instead of having the shocking results we see today with all the nancy boys and dildo girls, we will have allowed to be raised, sexless,multisexual persons who have no consequence for their actions and no need of mummy,daddy or the grandparents.pleeese.gloryfiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533852273163901632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-40577791223001990252009-02-23T15:01:00.000+11:002009-02-23T15:01:00.000+11:00As the fruit of our loins bear witness to our shor...As the fruit of our loins bear witness to our shortcomings as parents, we should all beware, the interferrence by politics to our lives concerning the everyday things of familyhood,Young children without good mentors and role models tend to grow anti social and selfish skills not conducive to a well established social system where the majority turn out to be all the things required to make up, a well oiled clock.Men without masculinity without the sensual flow of man ness cannot deliver to their sons the vibe needed to enable them to grow just like dad,that is to say,normally as a male homosapien.gloryfiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533852273163901632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-54971276435388740972009-02-22T11:39:00.000+11:002009-02-22T11:39:00.000+11:00Nick Clegg has about as much chance of being PM as...Nick Clegg has about as much chance of being PM as I do, but that's what's really interesting about his statements. Knowing that he can say anything (it's hardly going to dent his electoral chances) - this is what he chooses to say.<BR/><BR/>If, like Gordon Brown or Blue Labour's David Cameron, he had a shot at the top job, he might choose to pander to people but since he doesn't have to he says what believes.<BR/><BR/>I've made comments before to the effect that I think many of those who are part of the liberal establishment are just going along with the prevailing cultural norms without any deep belief in liberalism of their own.<BR/><BR/>Nick Clegg is clearly a believer.<BR/><BR/>PeterBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-53284559070553952782009-02-22T02:04:00.000+11:002009-02-22T02:04:00.000+11:00This is not quite on topic.However if you wish to ...This is not quite on topic.<BR/><BR/>However if you wish to see exemplified what is wrong with modern marriage you only have to look at this story from England:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1148369/After-27-years-Maggie-sure-husband-wouldnt-notice-affair--HE-surprise-HER.html#<BR/><BR/>Just look at the concluding sentiments at the end of the article for added horror.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-59118346135022617702009-02-22T00:37:00.000+11:002009-02-22T00:37:00.000+11:00Nick Clegg is a typical liberal nut-head. You shou...Nick Clegg is a typical liberal nut-head. You should not be surprised if he were to proclaim that abortion and divorce are good for the Civilization, as they too liberate women from the "traditional gender" role.<BR/><BR/> In fact I would urge him to be an example. He should end his political career and take up the job of Stay at home Dad. And more, we would be liberated from the pain of seeing some illogical leftist and feminist ideological crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-50430000000975487862009-02-21T22:20:00.000+11:002009-02-21T22:20:00.000+11:00But Dave I'm not the one pushing an orthodoxy here...But Dave I'm not the one pushing an orthodoxy here.<BR/><BR/>I'm confident that if left alone most people would choose something like the traditional arrangement.<BR/><BR/>In Europe in particular the powers that be have no intention of leaving people alone. The push there is to have a single unisex lifestyle in which there are no differences in the extent to which men and women work and parent.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-23260864342847610602009-02-21T21:56:00.000+11:002009-02-21T21:56:00.000+11:00One problem with your analysis is that "In other w...One problem with your analysis is that "In other words, it assumes that masculinity and femininity are entirely socially constructed and aren't connected to an enduring human nature."<BR/><BR/>Gender (and sexuality) might correlate somewhat with the psychological axes (there are two) labelled masculine and feminine, where you can be high in both, or low in both.<BR/><BR/>There is certainly an influence on exposure to female hormones on the developing male brain that can "femininize" it somewhat, make it more attracted to a nurturing role. On the other hand higher testosterone exposure changes the ring/index finger length ratio, increases agressive risk taking, and correlates with tactics used in the finance industry.<BR/><BR/>Exposed to high levels of female hormones (a heavy handed treatment for threatened spontaneous abortion in the late 50s/early 60s) didn't affect my sexuality, but it /did/ affect my finger lengths and parenting drives. While I score extremely high on psychological masculinity at 0.97 (I wrote software used clinically to assess this), I was also "high feminine" at 0.93 - higher than my then wife. Fits with the "flatten my career trajectory and do the single custodial dad thing" choices I made.<BR/><BR/>However society, and your article it seems, would inflict a binary choice where a continuum exists, with the place on that continuum where you are happiest has been significantly influenced by nature.<BR/><BR/>Imposing a binary choice, and then limiting it on the basis of gender, can force people into roles that nature has determined will make them uncomfortable, if not unhappy. I'm for allowing the options for people to find the place where they are most self-actualized.<BR/><BR/>In a way, sexuality is a good analogy for the aggression/nurture axis. Most people prefer women, but some prefer men, and some want both.<BR/><BR/>Nature has made gender, sexuality and role-in-society independent axes. Your article suggests respect for nature, so I urge you to understand and respect its complexities, not grossly simplify it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com