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High Noon: An Alpha Male Shortage?

Posted by DFO

Sept. 8, 2010 12:20 p.m. • 42 comments

I’ve asked the question for years: with the devastation of the “family” through neglect, divorce and indifference what will happen to the next generation of males? Raised by over-worked and very tired single mothers, “little-men” need male mentors. Taught, by and large in the early years by females, these mini-males need real, love, sweaty and burly men around them to show what a man is…and therefore what a man does. Too harsh to say it in that fashion? If you say “yes”, then you misunderstand me. Do you notice that I am NOT saying “little-ladies” need females to mentor them? Why omit that? Because women have been so wildly successful in mentoring both their girls and their boys/Dennis Mansfield. More here.

Question: Do you agree with Dennis that today’s many of today’s boys aren’t be raised well enough to embrace the responsibilities facing tomorrow’s men?

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