america's manhood deficiency

i know, what you are likely thinking. what with America having a massive 2% of the members of congress being female over the years, and even today being under the global average for elected females, clearly we have the manhood.

and remember that is the global average. that includes countries that don't even allow women to vote let alone run. we are below that average. chew on that awhile.

Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, Latvia ,Panama, the Philippines, Sri Lanka; the Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Britain, Finland, New Zealand, Peru, Sâo Tom and Príncipe; the Vice Presidents of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Gambia , Palau, Taiwan; and the Governor-Generals of he Bahamas, Canada , Saint Lucia, New Zealand? all women!

in 1995, Sweden became the first country to have an equal number of women and men in ministerial posts. by the end of 2002, Argentina, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Mozambique, the Netherlands Norway, South Africa and Sweden had reached a goal of 30 percent of parliamentary seats being held by women.

we are behind all of those countries.

but the real problem in America is, it seems, that we aren't manly enough.

behold the evidence:

Palin And America's Manhood Deficiency
By Pastor Matt Trewhella

no, seriously. that is the trouble, and this guy is a pastor, so you know it must be true.

"I was never keen on McCain to begin with, and his decision to add a woman to his ticket sealed my decision. I won't vote for them. Why? Because I'm a sexist (as many accuse)? No. But because I'm a theist."

that is right people. if you believe in god you don't go voting for women. all good god fearing people know a woman's place is 8 months pregnant, barefoot, nursing, and yelling at the 11 other kids. it is right there in the bible. book of asshat chapter 11 i think.

"From the time they are young boys, the onslaught to effeminize, neuter, and rob males of their manhood begins in this culture and continues relentless upon them till the day they die. The agenda creates confusion in males regarding what exactly their role as men is. The agenda results in rampant male irresponsibility."

at this point you kinda have to wonder what color the sky is where this guy lives, don't you?

i have lived here in what some of us refer to as the "real world" for pretty much whole life (not counting that vacation when i was 15) and i am just not seeing it. culture is pretty clear on mens roles so far as i can see. does this guy not have TV? does he see ads? i am pretty sure mens role in the world is to wear suits, make money, and be incompetent when it comes to children and emotions. right?

oh, and we ogle women, buy sports cars, and do manly mechanical things, right? i am pretty sure i got all of this drilled into me during my entire life. so where did pastor moron grow up?

"They have no problem with the man staying home and the woman being the provider. They pompously challenge me (as they condescendingly look at me as though I'm some kind of cultural Neanderthal)"

those bastards!

oh and the cultural neanderthal thing? if the shoe fits...... but i am sure it is a manly steel toed shoe.

but it is the next paragraph that i just love.

"The egalitarian agenda has been pushed in this nation for about 100 years now, and is historically rooted in socialism. The Suffrage movement, wherein women obtained the right to vote, was manufactured by socialists who - because of the Christian consensus in the country at that time - guardedly used Christian words (and dress) to move their God-hating agenda forward. You can go to countless pro-abortion and pro-homosexual (lesbian) websites today which boast of their roots being founded in the Suffrage movement."

those socialist suffragists! they are canny. they are willy. those nasty socialists invented women's suffrage (1718 in Sweden) before there was even socialism (1859), that is how deceiving they can be! and time travel! they invented time travel!

and we know they are god hating, because only god haters would want women to have opinions. the jerks.

but i especially like that he points out that lesbian web sites are rooted in suffrage. i wonder how much research he did on that? and does he know the difference between lesbian sites and all girl porn? (no honey all those girl on girl sex sites are just research for a sermon. what? oh i don't know, maybe next month. second sunday i think. multimedia? oh i haven't decided yet.)

"Men being led by women is also a sad commentary on the state of manhood in a nation."

ya know, (princess bride moment) you keep using that word. i don't think it means what you think it means.

is that really what "manhood" means?

as a taoist i have a natural distrust of words. they hide meanings a lot. so i fire up the ol' dictionary app, and.....

manhood: noun
the state or period of being a man rather than a child : boys in the process of growing to manhood.
• men, esp. those of a country, regarded collectively : Germany had lost the best of her young manhood.
• qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, and sexual potency

we have a shortage of that around here do we?

lemme try out my theory. pastor shinky-dink has such a pathetic manhood himself that he personally is projecting just a bit. i mean we are talking about a man whose courage, strength, and sexual potency are threatened by women being treated as if they might actually be human. the gall. damn uppity women.

just a thought here, but not everyone thinks that manhood equals the worst of the bravado style of stupidity. some of us have evolved a bit from that.

....but i guess as a right wing christian nutbag american taliban type, evolution is something you don't believe in, is it?

so in the end i leave you with a different conception of manhood.

You are the bravest man I've ever met
You unreluctant at treacherous ledge

You are the sexiest man I've ever been with
You, never hotter than with armor spent

When you do what you do to provide
How you land in the soft as you fortify

This is in praise of the vulnerable man
Why won't you lead the rest of your cavalry home

You, with your eyes mix strength with abandon
You with your new kind of heroism

And I bow and I bow down to you
To the grace that it takes to melt on through

This is in praise of the vulnerable man
Why won't you lead the rest of your cavalry home
This is a thank you for letting me in
Indeed in praise of the vulnerable man

You are the greatest man I've ever met
You the stealth setter of new precedents

And I vow and I vow to be true
And I vow and I vow to not take advantage

This is in praise of the vulnerable man
Why won't you lead the rest of your cavalry home
This is a thank you for letting me in
Indeed in praise of the vulnerable man
-Alanis

yeah, me and Ghandi and Buddha and Jesus and a whole lot more are going with a different definition that you are pastor. just a heads up.