Welcome back to Good Life, a newsletter about navigating our modern culture and staying sane in the process. This week, I discuss how men should respond when they are blessed with a good woman in their lives.
Men, We Need To Have A Talk
I typically write my newsletter about motherhood and the issues that pop up during the week. I use it as part guide for young or expectant mothers and part journal for myself to document what this time in my life was like. However, I feel compelled to talk about a major story out of Michigan this week that coincides with my friend and colleague Geoff Ingersoll’s newsletter Thursday.
Before you get mad, you can blame Geoff. In his “Mothers of Men” newsletter, he correctly stated, “If you are a woman in a man’s life and he’s not doing what he should be doing, get after his ass.”
So this week, I am talking to the men who read me in hopes we can come to an understanding about the gender divide.
I’m sure you’ve heard about it. A recent survey found that a historically high number of women in America no longer view marriage and motherhood as a noble pursuit. Men, this isn’t entirely your fault. We can largely blame it on our increasingly feminist culture that tells women that they are worthless without a degree and a job.
Women are advised to measure themselves on their ability to grab corporate power. Rising in the ranks at their job is infinitely more desirable than settling down with a man who loves them or, God-forbid, starting a family.
This obviously upsets the divine balance of the sexes. While men largely haven’t changed their views on marriage, meaning that most men are still looking for the traditional set-up, women are looking outside the home to fill the void left by the absence of a family.