[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: Celebrating Manhood

And premature.

You do make sweeping generalizations about men. Are they based on experience?

Or put it back on if you even think of getting some nookie that night...

Excuse me, but a True Christian™ wife, the only woman who has any business performing the baby-making marital act, knows that she must submit to her husband unless they have agreed to spend some time apart for fasting and prayer (I Corinthians 7:5) or she is having her lady's time of the month (Lev. 20:18).

Oh heck I could go on and on...Whoopsie... Sorry for wandering in the wrong forum. It must be the unconfessed sin in me...Forgive and forget. That would be WWJD

Chapter and verse, please. Also, Jesus said, "Go, and sin no more" (John 8:11), so I trust that you're going to do just that.

[Seeker]

Re: Celebrating Manhood

You do make sweeping generalizations about men. Are they based on experience?

Not just my own but many others.....women.

Excuse me, but a True Christian™ wife, the only woman who has any business performing the baby-making marital act, knows that she must submit to her husband unless they have agreed to spend some time apart for fasting and prayer (I Corinthians 7:5) or she is having her lady's time of the month (Lev. 20:18).

That is why I have 10 kids to prove my submission. Not much if you really think about it.

Chapter and verse, please. Also, Jesus said, "Go, and sin no more" (John 8:11), so I trust that you're going to do just that.

Yes....Just to save you all some time..

Infraction #937502760666

Okay I feel better now. If it was not for those I would never get no pm's at all.. But hey I did want to answer your questions.

[SalvationSeeker]

Re: Celebrating Manhood

I can't believe nobody has pointed out the most obvious difference!

- As men, we're capable of coherent thoughts, and expressing them verbally and/or in writing.
(Well, most of us are capable of this atleast.. Not so many atheist men are.)

Not just my own but many others.....women.

See what I mean? ^
This is what happens when a woman, ANY woman, tries to think and/or express her 'opinions'.

[Brother Temperance]

Re: Celebrating Manhood

A few more:

1. My odds of being hired for a job, when competing against female applicants, are probably skewed in my favor. The more prestigious the job, the larger the odds are skewed.
2. I can be confident that my co-workers won't think I got my job because of my sex - even though that might be true.
3. If I am never promoted, it's not because of my sex.
4. If I fail in my job or career, I can feel sure this won't be seen as a black mark against my entire sex's capabilities.
5. The odds of my encountering sexual harassment on the job are so low as to be negligible.
6. If I do the same task as a woman, and if the measurement is at all subjective, chances are people will think I did a better job.
7. If I'm a teen or adult, and if I can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are so low as to be negligible.
8. I am not taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces.
9. If I choose not to have children, my masculinity will not be called into question.
10. If I have children but do not provide primary care for them, my masculinity will not be called into question.
11. If I have children and provide primary care for them, I'll be praised for extraordinary parenting if I'm even marginally competent.
12. If I have children and pursue a career, no one will think I'm selfish for not staying at home.
13. If I seek political office, my relationship with my children, or who I hire to take care of them, will probably not be scrutinized by the press.
14. Chances are my elected representatives are mostly people of my own sex. The more prestigious and powerful the elected position, the more likely this is to be true.
15. I can be somewhat sure that if I ask to see "the person in charge," I will face a person of my own sex. The higher-up in the organization the person is, the surer I can be.
16. As a child, chances are I was encouraged to be more active and outgoing than my sisters.
17. As a child, I could choose from an almost infinite variety of children's media featuring positive, active, non-stereotyped heroes of my own sex. I never had to look for it; male heroes were the default.
18. As a child, chances are I got more teacher attention than girls who raised their hands just as often.
19. If my day, week or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether or not it has sexist overtones.
20. I can turn on the television or glance at the front page of the newspaper and see people of my own sex widely represented, every day, without exception.
21. If I'm careless with my financial affairs it won't be attributed to my sex.
22. If I'm careless with my driving it won't be attributed to my sex.
23. I can speak in public to a large group without putting my sex on trial.
24. If I have sex with a lot of people, it won't make me an object of contempt or derision.
25. There are value-neutral clothing choices available to me; it is possible for me to choose clothing that doesn't send any particular message to the world.
26. My wardrobe and grooming are relatively cheap and consume little time.
27. If I buy a new car, chances are I'll be offered a better price than a woman buying the same car.
28. If I'm not conventionally attractive, the disadvantages are relatively small and easy to ignore.
29. I can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. I can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch.
30. I can ask for legal protection from violence that happens mostly to men without being seen as a selfish special interest, since that kind of violence is called "crime" and is a general social concern. (Violence that happens mostly to women is usually called "domestic violence" or "acquaintance rape," and is seen as a special interest issue.)
31. I can be confident that the ordinary language of day-to-day existence will always include my sex. "All men are created equal…," mailman, chairman, freshman, he.
32. My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.
33. I will never be expected to change my name upon marriage or questioned if i don't change my name.
34. The decision to hire me will never be based on assumptions about whether or not I might choose to have a family sometime soon.
35. Every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. Even God, in most major religions, is usually pictured as being male.
36. Most major religions argue that I should be the head of my household, while my wife and children should be subservient to me.
37. If I have a wife or girlfriend, chances are we'll divide up household chores so that she does most of the labor, and in particular the most repetitive and unrewarding tasks.
38. If I have children with a wife or girlfriend, chances are she'll do most of the childrearing, and in particular the most dirty, repetitive and unrewarding parts of childrearing.
39. If I have children with a wife or girlfriend, and it turns out that one of us needs to make career sacrifices to raise the kids, chances are we'll both assume the career sacrificed should be hers.
40. Magazines, billboards, television, movies, pornography, and virtually all of media is filled with images of scantily-clad women intended to appeal to me sexually. Such images of men exist, but are much rarer.
41. I am not expected to spend my entire life 20-40 pounds underweight.
42. If I am heterosexual, it's incredibly unlikely that I'll ever be beaten up by a spouse or lover.
43. I have the privilege of being unaware of my male privilege.

HALLELUJAH! PRAISE HIM! SHOUT GLORY!

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Celebrating Manhood

Praise HIS name!!

AMEN!!!

[Larry Lee]

Re: Celebrating Manhood

A few more:
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That's a comprehensive list, brother, and actually, the only not so small thing that you've forgotten is the deep, soul-stirring satisfaction that a man takes in visualizing BAB, Talitha, Mrs. Rogers, Moon, Prune Danish and the nasty-from-the-get-go Miss Noddy wearing a full body, fishnet, crotchless cat suit. Aside from that one omission, Good Job