A while back I wrote a post on The Case for Post-Patriarchal Manhood, a post that I stand by in terms of diagnosing the current crisis around masculinity and proposing a tentative solution for how to address it.
Notice most mass shootings are young white males followed by middle age white males. Those who survive indicate problems with being accepted, self identity, etc. Apart from the issue of gender ideas from the Bible, many boys (and girls) are experiencing identity crisis. They don't know what they are or what they are supposed to be or how to fit into being masculine.
WWII kids understood an idea of manhood and dealt with bullies and their own sexual misconduct. It wasn't without issues, but boys learned responsibility and their place in the community. A by-product of the social gender issues over the past sixty years is a lot of lost and frustrated men. Their violence is about their own individual psychology. They don't have a particular adversary, so the violence is random - schools, churches, minorities, and business frequented by minorities. Unlike minorities or women, they don't know who the "enemy" is. Therefore, they shoot up symbolic targets to cause as much pain as possible.. Yes, they are angry, but the anger is from the pain of isolation from not seeing a socially acceptable gender role defined by the society. The fact is, society has denied any masculine role is acceptable. Society wants men to be feminine.
Dr Bird,
Will it be recorded for those not in the land down under?
No idea sorry!
Notice most mass shootings are young white males followed by middle age white males. Those who survive indicate problems with being accepted, self identity, etc. Apart from the issue of gender ideas from the Bible, many boys (and girls) are experiencing identity crisis. They don't know what they are or what they are supposed to be or how to fit into being masculine.
WWII kids understood an idea of manhood and dealt with bullies and their own sexual misconduct. It wasn't without issues, but boys learned responsibility and their place in the community. A by-product of the social gender issues over the past sixty years is a lot of lost and frustrated men. Their violence is about their own individual psychology. They don't have a particular adversary, so the violence is random - schools, churches, minorities, and business frequented by minorities. Unlike minorities or women, they don't know who the "enemy" is. Therefore, they shoot up symbolic targets to cause as much pain as possible.. Yes, they are angry, but the anger is from the pain of isolation from not seeing a socially acceptable gender role defined by the society. The fact is, society has denied any masculine role is acceptable. Society wants men to be feminine.
Hope this gets expressed in the seminar.