Chivalry Gone Awry

Faryshta · 2011-01-14T10:59:48+00:00

Chivalry died like two decades ago and is better this way.

bopopop · 2011-01-14T16:30:20+00:00

There has always been just a small percentage of men who felt “called” to this lifestyle; those who aren’t now and never were bad men or masculinity rejects. Society needs the poet, the engineer, and the brainy scientist and all other sorts of men just as much as it needs its warriors.

Interesting to see the idea of being "called" to this lifestyle. This reminds me of the lifestyles in the Catholic church: laypeople and those endowed with holy orders. While those with holy powers are doing the rougher work of the Christian god, the layperson is also doing work of a different kind. Both are Catholics, but neither is justified in being "more Catholic" than the other.

Similarly, a masculinity can be defined in a much looser sense in a postmodern society. While there are those that fall under a very traditional sense of masculinity (like a war hero or a fire fighter), masculinity can also come from the musician or Kindergarten teacher. I feel like masculinity is largely defined as sticking up for the way you are and dismissing those that try to push you one way.

Title	Chivalry Gone Awry
Author	avoiceformen
Upvotes	8
Comments	2
Date	January 14, 2011 7:38 AM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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