"We don’t need a balance or moderate solution, we need a radical one that transcends this dichotomy altogether. One based on synthesizing male and female needs in the modern era."
That about sums it up. The divide between the sexes is a symptom of the analytic disease of our time.
The synthesis of men and women is humanity. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When we divide men and women we diminish humanity and both suffer.
Feminism and the "manosphere" (I was actually one of its pioneers in the aughts along with Roissy, Dalrock, Jack Donovan et al) are the result of an analytic or "critical" view of society as opposed to a holistic one.
The radical solution is to dethrone the critical school of thought, with force if necessary. Steps are already being taken in that regard (thanks in large part to your fellow Italian culture warrior Chris Rufo), but clarity of purpose is of the essence.
So keep it up, Alessandra! It's a worthy struggle.
It’s really been post-2020. Dating was challenging for millennials after the Great Recession, and with everything being so hypersexualized; guys were putting off proposing due to finances which lead to a lot of breakups, that probably would have been marriages; but it had still been romantic, so long as you had clear intention, honesty, and boundaries… After Me Too and the lockdown, guys have been kinda cruel to those of us that really don’t deserve it
I very much agree with your mission here and have been trying to get at root causes. Choosing to use the relative objectivity of ChatGPT to rediscover basic virtues, independent of ideology or belief, I got this response:
“If courage is the highest masculine virtue, then mercy may be the highest female virtue – not just acceptance, but the ability to restore without enabling weakness.”
I think we could all use a lot more courage. More importantly, we all need to remember how to be merciful. Thank you for your thoughtful piece.
You are right to present feminisn, especially of a certain kind, and the manosphere, as mirror phenomena.
The manosphere is not at all Conservative, though. It'a an entirely post-modern movement. Exactly like Futurism wasn't conservative at all.
There's a world of difference between Conservatism as those fundamentally Hegelian phenomena that we see both on the Left and the Right.
I think that the strength of the West was always its unflinching attachment to monogamy. It's the couple, not the individual, that made the West great. The interplay of man and woman, with the man fighting against and taming nature to remove danger as far as possible for his woman and their children, and the woman endeavor to expand and and enrich the space of the civilized and good life as much as possible, it's what made the West such a wonderful and unique place. This understanding, that the West has been built not by men or women alone, but by the effort and endeavor of the monogamous couple, from Kings and Queens to farmers.
All we need to know about the proper relationship of man and woman has been told in the Bible. Genesis and Ephesians 5:21-33.
By a mirable coincidence, the Jewish and the Indoeuropean culture; Greek, Roman, Celtic and Germanic, agreed upon the alliance of husband and wife.
So, the question is, how do renew this divine teaching and this civilizational foundation in our age?
"We don’t need a balance or moderate solution, we need a radical one that transcends this dichotomy altogether. One based on synthesizing male and female needs in the modern era."
That about sums it up. The divide between the sexes is a symptom of the analytic disease of our time.
The synthesis of men and women is humanity. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When we divide men and women we diminish humanity and both suffer.
Feminism and the "manosphere" (I was actually one of its pioneers in the aughts along with Roissy, Dalrock, Jack Donovan et al) are the result of an analytic or "critical" view of society as opposed to a holistic one.
The radical solution is to dethrone the critical school of thought, with force if necessary. Steps are already being taken in that regard (thanks in large part to your fellow Italian culture warrior Chris Rufo), but clarity of purpose is of the essence.
So keep it up, Alessandra! It's a worthy struggle.
Really liked that one Aly. I don’t know if there are any easy answers. Narrate with your voice next time :)
It’s really been post-2020. Dating was challenging for millennials after the Great Recession, and with everything being so hypersexualized; guys were putting off proposing due to finances which lead to a lot of breakups, that probably would have been marriages; but it had still been romantic, so long as you had clear intention, honesty, and boundaries… After Me Too and the lockdown, guys have been kinda cruel to those of us that really don’t deserve it
I very much agree with your mission here and have been trying to get at root causes. Choosing to use the relative objectivity of ChatGPT to rediscover basic virtues, independent of ideology or belief, I got this response:
“If courage is the highest masculine virtue, then mercy may be the highest female virtue – not just acceptance, but the ability to restore without enabling weakness.”
I think we could all use a lot more courage. More importantly, we all need to remember how to be merciful. Thank you for your thoughtful piece.
Dear Alessandra,
You are right to present feminisn, especially of a certain kind, and the manosphere, as mirror phenomena.
The manosphere is not at all Conservative, though. It'a an entirely post-modern movement. Exactly like Futurism wasn't conservative at all.
There's a world of difference between Conservatism as those fundamentally Hegelian phenomena that we see both on the Left and the Right.
I think that the strength of the West was always its unflinching attachment to monogamy. It's the couple, not the individual, that made the West great. The interplay of man and woman, with the man fighting against and taming nature to remove danger as far as possible for his woman and their children, and the woman endeavor to expand and and enrich the space of the civilized and good life as much as possible, it's what made the West such a wonderful and unique place. This understanding, that the West has been built not by men or women alone, but by the effort and endeavor of the monogamous couple, from Kings and Queens to farmers.
All we need to know about the proper relationship of man and woman has been told in the Bible. Genesis and Ephesians 5:21-33.
By a mirable coincidence, the Jewish and the Indoeuropean culture; Greek, Roman, Celtic and Germanic, agreed upon the alliance of husband and wife.
So, the question is, how do renew this divine teaching and this civilizational foundation in our age?