Nice article! I thought of the way some children are being taught to either hate themselves, the other sex, or both depending on the BS they're being fed. The boy whose mother is compelled to let him know he's a default mysoginistic predator day in and day out, will either grow up to hate himself in which case he won't be building an empire or hate women all together. I think there's a real responsibility in older generations to lower the snark and spite when discussing "the other".
Thank you, Sarah! I hold out hope that the scenarios your describing are far and far between, but I’m not so sure—at least in the West. I absolutely agree: snark doesn’t help anyone, the sexes have got to come together again and learn to appreciate our differences; if we can’t, we’re in trouble. As you say, the boy who grows up to hate women can never understand the beauty and gravity of the Empire he could build with a woman.
All of this really does underscore how important it is as adults to infuse our children for inherent love for the opposite sex, while maintaining a healthy dose of skepticism, weariness, and restraint. Exploring love is complex.
Still, overall, I lean towards an optimistic perspective. I think love between us can be remade and leveraged for good, for creating and maintaining good families.
I mean fundamentally the white pillers must be correct, because it is basic natural selection that will vindicate them. Those that rediscover that Love is indeed an Empire, and deduce all the logical fallout of this essay, will make great actual Empires. The incels femcels women-hating men-hating feminists and progressives who seek to make humans inhuman cannot win. They will get outbred.
It's not so much about being correct in terms of logic and reason, but that having such an outlook can bolster one's life so significantly that seemingly endless possibilities are within grasp. Children are crucial to this, and yes, in some sense it is natural selection.
To your latter point, indeed, all the factions that divide us by sex or seek to vilify one of the sexes are wrong. Winning arguments is not what this is about: men and women need to come together again and build the Empires of the future. Others, whatever ails them, will get left behind.
The context of love as an empire is an interesting take. The direction my mind took this — is that sometimes love can be a hard-fought battle, or at least a series of skirmishes. One must be attentive to the concerns of their significant other, and sometimes conflict can arise. There are so many challenges in a relationship, just like running an empire. Even more so when one has children. Love isn't easy!
I like the concept of battle here, too. Pat Benatar knew what she was talking about: love IS a battlefield. It is a hard-fought struggle absolutely, especially love that's worth fighting for. But we must fight for it, we really must. In so many ways, it's at the core of who we are.
Nice article! I thought of the way some children are being taught to either hate themselves, the other sex, or both depending on the BS they're being fed. The boy whose mother is compelled to let him know he's a default mysoginistic predator day in and day out, will either grow up to hate himself in which case he won't be building an empire or hate women all together. I think there's a real responsibility in older generations to lower the snark and spite when discussing "the other".
Thank you, Sarah! I hold out hope that the scenarios your describing are far and far between, but I’m not so sure—at least in the West. I absolutely agree: snark doesn’t help anyone, the sexes have got to come together again and learn to appreciate our differences; if we can’t, we’re in trouble. As you say, the boy who grows up to hate women can never understand the beauty and gravity of the Empire he could build with a woman.
All of this really does underscore how important it is as adults to infuse our children for inherent love for the opposite sex, while maintaining a healthy dose of skepticism, weariness, and restraint. Exploring love is complex.
Still, overall, I lean towards an optimistic perspective. I think love between us can be remade and leveraged for good, for creating and maintaining good families.
I mean fundamentally the white pillers must be correct, because it is basic natural selection that will vindicate them. Those that rediscover that Love is indeed an Empire, and deduce all the logical fallout of this essay, will make great actual Empires. The incels femcels women-hating men-hating feminists and progressives who seek to make humans inhuman cannot win. They will get outbred.
It's not so much about being correct in terms of logic and reason, but that having such an outlook can bolster one's life so significantly that seemingly endless possibilities are within grasp. Children are crucial to this, and yes, in some sense it is natural selection.
To your latter point, indeed, all the factions that divide us by sex or seek to vilify one of the sexes are wrong. Winning arguments is not what this is about: men and women need to come together again and build the Empires of the future. Others, whatever ails them, will get left behind.
The context of love as an empire is an interesting take. The direction my mind took this — is that sometimes love can be a hard-fought battle, or at least a series of skirmishes. One must be attentive to the concerns of their significant other, and sometimes conflict can arise. There are so many challenges in a relationship, just like running an empire. Even more so when one has children. Love isn't easy!
I like the concept of battle here, too. Pat Benatar knew what she was talking about: love IS a battlefield. It is a hard-fought struggle absolutely, especially love that's worth fighting for. But we must fight for it, we really must. In so many ways, it's at the core of who we are.