Category Archives for Culture

Sick and Angry? Me too.

I was intrigued by some of these “Me too!” threads, so I read a few of them that looked interesting. After reading some and replying to a couple, I realized how bad I was feeling; i was sick and angry, but probably not for the reasons you think.

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Meme Culture

Questions? Do you have a question?  About anything?  From simple questions about cats to more complex queries on quantum mechanics, the answer exists out there, somewhere, on the internet. The internet has made information so easily available that complete and well thought answers to complicated questions can be communicated in gory detail just as easily […]

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Real Men Don’t Walk This Way

As I post this, Donald Trump has been President of the United States for 14 days, and the United States is still holding together. I’ve had a bunch of Facebook friends talk about participating in some of the protest marches around the country after the inauguration.  Some of the most popular ones are the women’s […]

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Gentleman, or Obsessive?

I have written before about love song lyrics.  It’s not a pretty picture.  Love songs are extremely bad representations of love and romance.  No guy should ever copy the behavior portrayed in the songs. The roles of men reflected in the lyrics paint a picture of guys who fail at anything remotely masculine.  At best, […]

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12 Signs for Spotting a Misandrist

Women, especially feminists, love to bandy about the word “misogynist”, that is, a term to designate someone who hates women.  To a radical feminist, every person with a Y-chromosome (every man) is a presumed misogynist by nature, evidence be damned.  (Fortunately, radical feminists are few and far between.) Regular feminists are less likely to be […]

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The Lie of the Anti-PUA

I was a young engineer many years ago when I learned a lesson that has stuck with me over the years.   Unfortunately, nobody was teaching guys about women at the time, but the lesson applies to any industry, including the Pick Up Artistry (PUA) industry nowadays. As a young engineer, the latest business and […]

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I’m Glad my Girlfriend Cheated On Me – Here’s Why

We seldom get to hear both sides of a story.  Sometimes we need to imagine what the other side has to say, or even speculate on what they should have said.  Here’s how I think the imaginary “Justin” should have responded to a recent popular post on http://thoughtcatalog.com.   Hi, my name is Justin and my […]

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6 Things Modern Men Need to Know About Rape Culture

(updated from a prior version to test the appeal of different formats)If you are a man, you’ve probably heard about “rape culture”.  I know that sounds terrible, even terrifying in fact, but don’t worry.  Well, maybe worry a little.  Feminists have assembled a jumbled set of attitudes and behaviors and labeled them “rape culture” in […]

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Speech: Living La Vida Caveman

This year (2014) I entered the Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest in my division a little late.  I jumped in for my home club at the last minute in the area contest, and took this speech to the division contest. I had thought that if GEICO could make cavemen funny, then the Paleo Diet, which is […]

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Don’t Take the Red Pill!

Recently, the Red Pill Movement has gained some attention from the press as a men’s rights movement, so it’s worth taking a look at the movement.  The principle behind the movement is that men need to see the world for what the world really is, not the way men have been indoctrinated by society, gender […]

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Reframing Money

Sometimes in life things just don’t work the way we expect them to, and we don’t understand why.  We either don’t get the results we want or think we should get better results.  Maybe we feel we should be making more money, or getting better results in the gym, or any of a myriad of […]

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A Dose of Reality for Both Genders

(Note: This article got corrupted during some reformatting efforts a while back.  I have fixed it and republished it here.)   In an earlier article, I compared a view of gender issues, as written by a woman, with gender issues if that same article had been written by a man. Let’s face reality now.  No […]

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Bruno Mars is Really From Venus

If I were asked to think of names that sound truly manly, the list might include names like Silas, Burke, Leroy, Zachary, Isaac, among others.  A rugged name like Bruno might even be near the top of the list.  Bruno might be a good name for a bouncer at the local bar.  “Look out guys, […]

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Feminism vs. masculism – are they the same?

( you might also be interested in this: A Dose of Reality for Both Genders) A while ago, a feminist web site, jezebel.com, posted an article in defense of feminism by Lindy West. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I don’t think feminism needs any particular defense.  The article prompted some discussion on a men’s […]

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Speech: Dancing Your Way to Success

I’ve spent a couple weeks doing the Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest circuit.  First the club level, then the area level and finally the division level, where I placed third with this speech.  Admittedly, that’s not much of a circuit, especially when you consider there is only one higher level anyway.   The purpose of speech […]

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Thoughts: Dedication and Purpose

The other day I was discussing with friends the topic of purpose.  “How do I find my life’s purpose?” was posed as the question that day.  One person responded, “What would you sacrifice your life for?  That’s your purpose.”  I thought about that, and it didn’t seem quite right for me.  Sacrificing your life is […]

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