🧠Man and Woman: Not Opponents, But Two Halves of a Whole
At the very root of all stable society is balance between masculine and feminine. Men and women are not competitors, not enemies. They are complementary, but distinct. And when that built-in balance is thrown askew, the aftershocks are experienced throughout our own individual lives, families, communities.
⚖️ A Transformed Public Discourse
In recent decades, there has been a great emphasis of social attention on women’s rights, empowerment, and affirmation. Though this made many necessary adjustments, there has been a price paid as well: men’s voices are frequently muted or made sport of.
Men today are told:
- “Right yourself.”
- “Be firm but compassionate.”
- “Give, but do not worry about material compensation.”
- “Lead, but don’t dominate.”
And if one dares to criticize modern mores, he’s censured as an – “incel,” “misogynist,” “toxic.”
Morality can’t be gendered, however. There can be manipulative, selfish, destructive behavior on both sides. If all we do is document male weaknesses and downplay female ones, we’re not calling for fairness — we’re engaging in ideology.
🧨 Short-Term Harm, Long-Term Fallout
In the short term, this imbalance is hurting men most:
- Emotional isolation
- Identity loss
- Mental health conditions
- Retreating from relationships and society
But women also suffer in the long run.
Why?
Because when men retreat, disconnect, or are no longer clear about where they fit, there are no fixed partners anymore. Women feel frustration, loneliness, depression. Many start to notice that societally-promulgated promises — career first, then family later — carry a biological cost with them.
⏳ Biology Won’t Wait
One of most harmful myths to which modern women are subjected is:
“Construct your career, motherhood can wait.”
But nature pays no attention to career prospects. Fertility drops dramatically after 30 years of age. Most women learn this by bitter experience — and by then, such lost opportunities are not just that, but crushed illusions, damaged sensibilities, and an ordination that possibly the feminist mantra lied to us.
Some learn from it and pass along the lesson to others. Others become bitter — at men, at life, at themselves. And within that bitterness, a new wave of militant feminism is born, fueling the very imbalance that created it.
🔄 A Vicious Cycle
The bigger confusion, the bigger the frustration. Blame is proportional to frustration.
And as men and women grow further apart — emotionally, mentally, sexually — the whole system unravels.
🧩 The Way Forward
The solution isn’t to re-establish outdated gender roles, but to build a new foundation that includes mutual respect, shared responsibility, and integrity.
- Shall we refrain from making as if one party is defective?
- Educate young people that men and women can have strengths as well as shadows.
- Let us advance truth, not ideology.
- Let’s stop dividing — and start rebuilding.
🗣️ What are your thoughts regarding this?
Leave a comment below or email me. Let’s have those real conversations again.
