tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653643798419108140.post5148347889562814907..comments2011-10-08T11:39:30.628-04:00Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15315839036861161523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653643798419108140.post-23081682710802219702011-10-08T11:39:30.629-04:002011-10-08T11:39:30.629-04:00Haha, thanks for the pep talk :P I just got kinda phased at the end of my article when I found myself explaining in broad terms why Bennett's argument is awful. I gather that anyone who's going to read this probably agrees with my point, so it made me wonder "Why am I bothering to explain this?" But you're totally right. I've also had enough randoms post strange and argumentative comments on my blog to know that I do get some dissent to my ramblings, which is kinda nice. Maybe Bennett'll come across this post one day and we can get a dialogue going about the naturalism/value of male superiority. Wouldn't that be just a smashing good time?Maxhttp://maxrambles.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653643798419108140.post-88482857196885614882011-10-08T11:36:45.815-04:002011-10-08T11:36:45.815-04:00He more just asserts that male dominance is in decline, that this is a bad thing, and that it's a direct result of the loss of traditional masculinity. He blames movies, music, and video games (especially video games) for resulting in an extended adolescence that makes the current generation of boy-men (my word) into useless, unambitious wastes of life. He critiques contemporary men for treating women like mere sex objects, which sounds surprisingly great until you realize he's arguing for a return to 50s, Mad Men-esque gender power dynamics. So instead of using women he just wants dudes to dominate them. You just kind of want to slap him and yell "Different is not necessarily better or worse!" But yeah, in terms of your comment I think it could be fair to bemoan the decline of traditional masculinity in a sort of abstract way (I'm not gonna make that argument for reasons which should be obvious since you know me and my relationship with things like "sports"). But that's not what Bennett does, his piece both laments and draws a direct analogy between contemporary "masculinity" (his distinction) and the decline of male dominance over women (which I take to refer to patriarchy).Maxhttp://maxrambles.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com