Recent generations of men have retreated from their calling to be patriarchs, to provide the spiritual direction for home and society. In more recent times the male leadership role has been relegated merely to the spheres of politics and business. Men abandoned the truly formative institutions of civilization. They left the home, the education of children, and most of the work of the church to women, and they have neglected to infuse the political and commercial arenas with a biblically-defined moral direction. Reinforcing the effects of their own abdication of responsibility, men have also had to contend with emasculation at the hands of destructive cultural forces.
Feminism hates men, and it especially hates men who act like men, men who take charge.
Government undermines the male role of provider by taking on the care of children, the elderly, and the needy. Boys are feminized as they are shaped mostly by females in the home, the schools, and the churches. It is time for men to look back to the past so that they can look to the future with hope. They need to repent of generations of failed leadership and reject the feminizing pressures of today. They need to again accept the burden of godly leadership.