Men who hate women are finding traction in the world’s major faiths. — A trend to note: The pick up artist to fundamentalist religion pipeline is thriving. It should come as no surprise that men like Roosh who got rich extolling the virtue of controlling women are shifting to the patriarchal monster that is fundamentalist religion. For those who may not know Andrew…

Unable to fathom equity, men in dominance-based masculine culture are convinced Harry’s “her puppet.” Prince Harry sold 1.5 million copies of his autobiography Spare in a single day. It is a startling level of success by any measure. Spare is Harry’s response to years of vitriolic hate aimed at Meghan Markle and himself by a British tabloid press that is besides itself with anger…

Clarkson knows his standing in male dominance culture is faltering. — Recently, a major British media outlet published an incredible nasty editorial about Meghan Markle by Jeremy Clarkson. Almost immediately, some on social media began saying Clarkson has gone a little too far, but that he’s “an entertainer.” This either intentionally or unintentionally seeks to hide how hate and incitement to…

Why is religion immune to the diversity, equity and inclusion movements sweeping the world? — The world’s major religions are patriarchal. All may not have begun that way, but across centuries have been distorted by men to empower themselves over women. Until these faiths free themselves from their addiction to power over women, they will continue to harm us all. Extremist patriarchal religions openly subject…

“I’m sorry I wasn’t here to protect you.” — Given how much trauma is done to boys and men over the course of our lives by our Man Box culture of masculinity, by the time we even CONSIDER doing some self reflection, some kind of men’s work, it can feel like looking into a dark well with no bottom. …

We all suffer from a dominance-based culture of masculinity that attacks the feminine at every level. — Feminism isn’t the problem. It’s the response to it. Our collective problem is our dominance-based culture of masculinity which relies on the hourly denigration of the feminine to bully young boys out of emotional expression and connection. Once our culture breaks their emotional expression and connection, boys and men are…

Boomers fueled the MAGA movement and now the bell curve is descending. — The MAGA movement, based on aging white conservative boomer victimhood is now a descending bell curve. Boomers, of which I am one, are dying off. Far too many of us (more than half) helped start and are still driving the MAGA movement. How we got here is a combination of…

Republican candidates are trying to hide their anti-democratic beliefs but if they win the Congress, they won’t hide them any longer. — The Republican Party has gone fully Trump/MAGA/QAnon/extremist. Candidates nominated by the party at this point will be from those circles. In terms of their histories, their policies, their past statements, they will “feel” a little off as they struggle to hide their more extreme beliefs.

An epidemic of male loneliness is at the root of the violence and aggression threaded though modern masculinity. — NYU Professor Niobe Way’s research in her book Deep Secrets reveals how boys are trained out of close male friendships by our culture of masculinity. Seeking to prove they are not “little kids, girly, or gay” boys in late adolescence give up close friendships leading to lifetimes of male isolation.