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Men need help.
A friend asked me recently if I was a fan of the show “Everybody Loves Raymond.” I told her I was “sort of” a fan. I explained that my one grievance with the show was that the husband (Ray) was perpetually portrayed as an idiot who was always wrong, while his wife was always right. Episode after episode shows Ray to be a helpless moron, while his wife rarely makes a mistake against him. For my money (not that I have much), I prefer Roseanne as a show that made a decent attempt to show actual family life.
While Everybody Loves Raymond takes the stereotype against men too far, I also fear the stereotype is too close for comfort. We men do need help. Always have. Probably always will. Especially younger men, some of whom somehow amazingly enter into adulthood without the slightest clue how to do laundry, cook a meal not out of a box, iron a shirt, or treat a lady in public. At least knowing some of these skills would go a long way.
Thankfully, Burnside Writers Collective has recently published an interesting article on the state of the “gentleman” in modern (postmodern? … whatever) Christianity, along with some tips. We have a lot to learn, myself included. What do you think? To old school for you? Desperately needed in today’s world? More important stuff to consider? A little too patriarchal for your tastes?
Start talking, please.
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