Television is a huge influence on our culture. It influences our opinions on everything from shampoo to the Presidency. TV says a lot about manhood, and what it’s saying isn’t very accurate.
The following examples are funny in individual scenes or gags – I laugh at them- but if you look at them as a small part of a much larger pattern you’ll understand what I’m talking about, and hopefully see the danger they pose our society’s understanding of manhood.
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I was married almost two years before my wife told me what a wuss I was when I was sick. I was totally unaware of how whiny and helpless I became each time I had a fever. More than that, I didn’t realize that this was commonplace among married couples. Here’s a video about this phenomenon: The Man Cold
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If you’ve been with a woman for any length of time, you know that things can get… well, blah. Life becomes routine, and when that happens problems can get swept under the rug; situations that need to be dealt with aren’t. Over time, this can cause distance. Is there trouble brewing? Here are a few diagnostic questions to help you gauge the health of your relationship. Read more →
I’ve always viewed marriage as a partnership, two people teaming up to take on the world. It’s as though you put all of your dreams onto a sled and pull it through life together. But what I didn’t know is that the load isn’t always shouldered equally. In fact, it never is, and those who expect it to be will be severely disappointed.
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Today I was joining in the fun on Twitter’s #unwifeable thread, and I got to thinking about what it takes for a girl to be, for lack of a better term, “wifeable.” Finding a good spouse is something that’s on every man’s mind, and it should be. It’s an important search. What does it take to find a good wife?
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