So Let’s See What Manhood101 has got

Originally posted at johnnynotsid.Buzznet.com

Manhood101 is, in it’s own words, “Manhood 101 is a completely FREE resource. We are a growing community of men dedicated to reestablishing male authority and defending the male identity against the emasculating culture of Feminism.” The makers of the site recently published a book online titled “Principles 101: Feminism, Manhood, and You.” You can view the whole book online here.

Onto the description:

“This award-winning work exposes Feminism, the “Seduction Community”
scam, the failure of cliched dating advice and why men find women
increasingly difficult to deal with in this Feminist dating climate.
But more importantly, it will show you what you can do about it by
introducing you to the principles of social interaction. There are
already too many worthless, patronizing, cliched and naive dating
guides floating around that don’t appeal to reason or common sense.
This work breaks that trend with a vengeance. We know you’re sick of
hearing from so-called “dating experts,” and who could blame you.
Mainstream media constantly assaults you with recycled “feel-good”
dating slogans that accomplish nothing. If this book doesn’t
revolutionize your approach to the opposite sex, we’ll jump off a
building. Promise. This controversial work will explore the nature of
social interaction and the most overlooked principle behind attraction.
You’ll soon come to realize that this is MUCH MORE than a mere dating
guide or social work. This is a completely different way to view your
own masculine identity and gender role. We are concerned with
rebuilding you from the ground up, not just giving you a few simple
dating gimmicks. Warning: no punches are pulled. If you’re looking for
a nice feel-good book, stop reading. If you’re looking for the “be nice
to girls” guide, think again. As the saying goes: the truth HURTS. As
you can probably tell from the comments, many bitter women are angrily
shaking their fists at us putting out this much needed information for
men. But once you learn it, your life will be changed forever. And
remember– for all the bitter, angry, rejected Feminists out there who
don’t know what makes men happy and can’t seem to keep a relationship
going, there plenty of attractive women who will benefit from your
newly acquired revolutionary perspective on social interaction. This
book will teach you how to spot the difference between a “bitch” and a
woman worth her weight in gold”

And now, onto an actual paragraph from the book:

“Women lack foresight for the same reason children lack it; they
focus on themselves to a dysfunctional degree. Without male guidance,
women neglect to consider the viewpoint of others. As a result, women,
in relation to men, lack the capacity to bear heavy responsibilities.
Yet, because of Feminism’s reckless encouragement, they happily
volunteer to “steer” the lives of others, oblivious to the dangerous
situation this creates for everyone; our Feminist society lowers
academic, professional, and civil service standards to accommodate
women’s irresponsible desire to accept duties they were never designed
to fulfill. Consequently, our schools, our economy, and our lives must
all sit in the passenger seat, waiting for the inevitable crash.”

A lot of people commented on the books page. lots of feminists spoke
up asking why men should have authority over women, etc. The posters
basically responded every time calling them COWARDS (Yes, in all caps)
and saying they’re not “arguing intelligently” and saying multiple
times that the critics are just “angry feminists who cannot maintain
relationships.” They also invite the feminists to come “debate
intelligently” on their website forum. Unfortunately, the forum is
closed to guests.

Let me just say that this book, the attitude of the people behind
it, and their site. I’m not going to bother being angry. I think it’s
ridculous and asinine. But I’m not going to bother getting angry
because that would really get me nowhere. But that doesn’t mean I’m not
going to do anything. Because even if something is pathetic, it can
still be harmful, and the least a person should do is say something
about it.

So I left a comment. There was a word limit, so I had to cut it up into pieces, but here it is in full:

“This is what I am guessing is going to happen no matter what I
write: 1)You are going to call me a COWARD 2) You are going to say I’m
an angry feminist who cannot maintain a relationship and3) You’re going
to claim I can’t argue rationally and am not DEBATING INTELLIGENTLY. I
base this on all your past comment responses. Apparently, you were
rational enough to put the word “BITCH” on the cover and have shown
your capabilities as an intelligent debater by using the word “COWARD”
over and over again. I am going to assume that, you not being a COWARD
like those angry ball-busters you hate so much have taken the time to
go on feminist sites and debate there.

I would like to discuss a few things in this book with you. For
instance, “Women lack foresight for the same reason children lack it;
they focus on themselves to a dysfunctional degree. Without male
guidance, women neglect to consider the viewpoint of others. As a
result, women, in relation to men, lack the capacity to bear heavy
responsibilities. Yet, because of Feminism’s reckless encouragement,
they happily volunteer to “steer” the lives of others, oblivious to the
dangerous situation this creates for everyone; our Feminist society
lowers academic, professional, and civil service standards to
accommodate women’s irresponsible desire to accept duties they were
never designed to fulfill.” Let’s break this down. “Without male
guidance, women neglect to consider the viewpoints of others.” I
wonder, what do you consider to be “considering the viewpoints of
others”? My own definition might differ from yours, but I have hardly
seen men do this in my lifetime. However, when I read women’s magazines
and such, there are constant articles about what “he’s thinking” one
recent article in Cosmopolitan comes to mind where they discussed why
your boyfriend might have shared your dirty text or photo with his
friends. Is this not considering another person’s viewpoint and
feelings? I am not suggesting that women are great at considering other
people’s viewpoints, but I really don’t think anyone is good at that.

Another sentence, “As a result, women, in relation to men, lack the
capacity to bear heavy responsibilities.” This is rather interesting to
me, considering how you never seem to hear about a man skipping out on
his girlfriend after learning she’s pregnant, or a man leaving his
family. And of course, we all know mothers do these things all the
time, and never spend the amount of time with their children that
fathers do. There is also, of course, the profession of teaching, a
heavy responsibility if there ever was one, helping young minds develop
and mature. Obviously, this is a male-dominated field and has been for
a long time, especially before feminism came along and we started
asking for equal pay.

Next, “because of feminism’s reckless encouragement, they happily
volunteer to ‘steer’ the lives of others’, we all know, of course, that
before feminism, women weren’t arrogant enough to take over primary
childcare responsibilities within the family. We also know that men
have never been guilty of trying to steer other peoples’ lives for
them, except when exercising their rightful male authority. That is why
it is never the male politicians that try to steer things like health
coverage, gay marriage, and education. Onto “our feminist society
lowers academic, professional, and civil service standards.” Okay, even
I can’t find a way to be sarcastic in tackling this one. First of all,
before women even had the right to vote, the majority of people who
graduated high school were female. Also, even today in our “feminist
society” lowering our academic standards, boys still fall behind girls
in test scores and college attendance/graduation rates in this country.
If we’re lowering academic standards, it’s certainly not for the girls’
sakes. As for professional standard, ok ay. I’m going to be sarcastic
here, we all know that standards have not fallen at all in male
dominated fields and only in places where women are prevalent among the
population of workers. And because men are the harder workers, and
standards have fallen to accommodate women, that’s why in this
recession, more women are being laid off than men, right? And we know
when it comes to civil service, we have far more men doing charity work
than women, right? Oh…. Wait…

“women’s irresponsible desire to accept duties they were never
designed to fulfill.” What duties are women “designed” to fulfill? What
duties are you talking about? But you must be right, since we all know
that women in the workplace has been a disaster, and women have never
excelled in male jobs. Oh, wait…. And let’s talk about how on page 27,
you talk about how women lie and make up facts. We all know that
historically, men are not at all prone to lying.

I could go on, but I fear I’m wasting my time. But, before I leave,
I have to know, why is it so important that we go on your site to
debate? You put this book here, with a comment section, so you’re going
to get replies. Why not talk here? That’s what the comments are for,
anyway. If you’re so adamant about us coming to your site, why do you
bother responding in the comments section at all? If you’re so eager
for “intelligent debate” why not go to another site and debate there?
It would seem like a really brave, manly thing to do to have the balls
to go on a site like Jezebel, or Feministing. Also, have you considered
that maybe the reason we don’t want to post in your community forum is
because we don’t want to register and therefore add to your membership?
Why isn’t there a guest post option (Yeah, I went to your site and
visited your forum, I am not signing up for a new account just to argue
with men who believe they have rightful authority over me because of my
gender)? Please reply to me, I’m sure it will be hysterical.”

I am also extending an invitation to the folks over at Manhood101 to
come to this blog and comment here, and DEBATE INTELLIGENTLY with me
and anyone else who would like to chime in. Comments are open to guests
and the word limit is liberal. I’m not a moderator on the site, so I
can’t tamper with their comments. They would be perfectly free to
debate here and I won’t delete their comments unless they a) start
making threats b) attack any member here personally, or c) Use the
words “cunt”, “slut”, “skank”, “whore” or “feminazi”.

So come on, Manhood101, show us what you got.

I’d also like to invite Manhood101 to come to this posting on feministing to debate us. It’ll be such fun.