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Raising males is mostly done by women today
and that's no joke! Visit a primary school and see what we mean.
Absent fathers are nothing new and I don't think in real terms you
could hang your hat on that debate because our history books are
full of stories of absent fathers due to world wars, depressions,
and men's work commitments to provide for their
families.
In past days young men were not competing
against young women in great numbers for university places and
employment. Young males at school today face a whole new
generational change. With schools being basically run by women the
sanctuary of male bonding after school is often absent. In a lot of
cases the fathers are not absent, but they might as well be...We at
malenirvana.com are dedicated to reducing the youth male suicide
rate in Australia and New Zealand which unfortunately are some of
the highest suicide statistics in the world. We all need to address
the serious social issues that develop high male youth suicide
rates .Keep Kids Healthy
All sons need to spend time with their fathers
and if there is no father the mother cannot replace the bonding a
young male needs -fathers for life. So many
women are blind to this and many appear to think the less contact
their son/s have with male role models the better off they will be
because they never encourage it. Women know best?
It seems strange that modern western society
has no rite of passage for males. How does a young male know when
it's time to be a man? Looking around the globe at basic
tribal culture there are many 'initiations' for young men to cross
over into manhood not just physically but spiritually as well.
Modern western society ignores that fact and believes young
men will make it on their own. With the decaying of the
patriarch through feminism and the rapid increase of the matriarch
young males are unsure and are confused. Who could blame
them?
Boys and adolescent males need male role
models! We cover in the women's myths section fatherless daughters,
but in a totally different context there is the issue of '
fatherless sons'. For good reading on this go
to "Fatherless Sons". written by New Zealand Author Rex
McCann.
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