The "Dumming Down" of the American Male

Many of us sit in front of our TV sets during the evenings, anywhere in America to watch a string of sitcoms, from the boring to the offensive, and the truly funny because “clean” fun programe is seriously lacking today?

If you watch carefully, you will notice that most of the sitcoms have one object in mind: to poke fun at the expense of the leading male character. Why, do you suppose is that?

These men are made to look dumb, stupid, dense, or ignorant. Did anyone make fun of Rosanne Barr during “Rosanne? She was considered by most to be funny, entertaining, and many times it was at the expense of her “husband.” Since then many other sitcoms have come and gone with that same male-demeaning theme.

If you watch some of the “funny” commercials you will also notice how the men are the ones depicted as dumb or stupid. Also, you have to admit that a lot of the “funny” forward e-mails also make men look stupid or dumb.

I believe this thinking began with the feminist movement. Women had to prove that they are just as capable and able as men are for most jobs, etc. More women today seek careers that used to be dominated by males, and many do execute their jobs with just as much zeal and expertise as any man.

But what is that doing to the American family? You’ll have to admit that there are more females today, who work outside of their homes, leaving their kids in the care of someone else, not their own family. There are many more women who feel the income their husbands bring home is not adequate to meet the family’s needs. So, they go and join the rat race for a few more dollars that usually go to pay the babysitter, the taxes, and not much left to do anything else!!

I believe that daycare centers and babysitter do provide tremendous support to career parents, and their work must not be underestimated. It takes a lot of love to care for someone else not your child even if it you do it for the income. I praise God for people who so willingly give of themselves for the sake of caring for someone else’s child. Those people deserve much praise, especially those who give the children under their care the nurturing and spiritual encouragement they need.

Aside from all of that, whose relationship would you want to develop in your child? His/her relationship with you or with the babysitter? Whose values do you want them to grow up with: yours or hers? Whose arms do you want to comfort them when they hurt? Whose face would you want them to see up close when they need attention?

Bringing a child into the world brings with it a tremendous responsibility, and those who want a career should be cautions as to what place their children will have in their busy lives, and those who want children should think carefully about what they will have to give up if they also want a career. The concept that a woman “can have it all,” is a feminist cliché, and not a proven fact. Most people can have it all; children and career, but not all at the same time. Children need their parents, and no babysitter no matter how good she is, will ever take the place of mommy and daddy at the end of the day.

In the famous “It takes a village to raise a child,” Hilary Clinton hails the benefits of non traditional mothering. Far from the truth, children don’t need a village as long as they have a mother willing to sacrifice her career goals for him/her, and let the fathergoes to work daily to bring home the bacon.

We hear the comment that "one income families are not making it." That is a falsa ssumption made up by the kings and queens of consumerism. The more money you earn, the more you spend. Perhaps we need to learn to live withing our mens, cut up the plastic money, and maybe then the money will stretch as far as it is supposed to.

Perhaps the "dumming down" of the American male is making many believe he does not have what it takes to care of his family.

If we grow up in an atmosphere where male figures are usually put down, and it does not bother us, perhaps we are most likely to think that WE are the glue that holds the family together. Where does God figure in all of this? God says the husband is the head of the wife. Do you believe it?

Families sucumb to the stresses brought on by outside pressures to perform, so they can have what the Jones next door have. In so doing they forsake their spouses and down goes the marriage.

It does not have to be like that.

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