Boys in the Age of Anti-Masculinity
written July 7, 2002
We live in a country and in an age where Patriarchy is reserved to small communities--Hollywood being the largest. Our society, as a whole, has become increasingly feminist. Over time, a strong form of social man-hating has developed. Masculinity, that rugged cowboy of America's past, is no longer striven for.

What is remarkable is that these exact same overly effeminate women who started this man-hating have been giving birth to fewer and fewer masculine children. Fifty years ago, boys as a group, had wider shoulders and more masculine features than they do today. Today, among white boys especially, there is less roughhousing and a higher percentage of frail and sensitive boys. There are more effeminate or "gay" boys today and, even among those deemed "straight", they are more sensitive and more often "bi". Although they mostly accept their "straight" side, these boys would still be attracted to males if the male is beautiful. For example, he'd be attracted to people like Taylor Hanson, Leonardo Dicaprio, or other males who look almost like a girl they are so cute or attractive.

Today, it's very unpopular for men to be brutish and hairy. Boys born after the baby boom generation are less likely to have hair on their chest than in the past. Fifty years ago, chest hair was normal. Today, most males below thirty don't have any. "Boyish" features are cherished today and that means more effeminate features in males. It's no coincidence that society is changing. And, this change may be just what is needed for women to finally accept a man showing affection for his son or other boys. Attraction to boys has long been a part of human nature. At least seventy percent of the American population finds the sight of a shirtless boy stimulating. Only the most masculine "brutes" aren't affected. And, if trends continue, that stimulation will overpower the conscious mind of enough people that America as a whole will have no choice but to wake up to the truth: If we hate masculinity, then we'll have to learn to live without it.

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