I was surfing through the streets of X and came a cross a post that gave me pause, not that it was wrong, no, on the contrary. The statement was correct, but what made it weigh was the fact that the sentiment was made by a woman.
“Honestly, society has made the male gender almost worthless without money. SMH!” She said.
Well modern man, what do you feel about this?
Many will come blazing at me that these are sentiments from one woman, and that money doesn’t determine the worth of a man. Do you think that argument is correct in the current society.
The society has drawn rules on how they want the man to behave, what is expected of him to even deserve bare attention. Unbeknown, these crystal ball limitations have had a pulsating effect on our society, slowly relegating to tatters the fundamentals of our social lives, and further fueling chaos.
You may ask how; how does this have to do with the dysfunctional society and the outright buffoonery that describes the interactions and behaviors of men nowadays?
Studies have shown that most men are not attracted to the institution of marriage as the older generation was. Single parent families are on the rise and laws of common decency have been greyed. Mainstream ideology has made it so that they don’t even get genuine love unless they have something to provide.
Currently, males are nothing unless they are providing something. The 2024 male is just a meal ticket to females looking to advance their status. Even if you get a girl, she’s still weighing you against the next best option. Love is fickle and fleeting.
However, men do not deserve to complain one bit. We’re hard wired for it. It’s out base instinct as a man to provide and protect. It’s just society that changed what that means from hunting and gathering. to hustling and making money.
Moreover, marriage has been closely related to cultural conceptions of masculinity. As men need to constantly resist stereotypical feminine characteristics. This has put further aggregated the social dynamics of the modern single man. Single men have been depicted as womanizers, mama’s boys, nerds, or sexual deviants, as well as irresponsible, self-indulgent, and immature, while married men have been depicted in terms of traditional gender roles such as father, breadwinner, and head of the family.
The plight of the modern man is a complex tapestry woven from societal expectations, economic pressures, and evolving gender roles. While it is easy to point fingers and lament the perceived worthlessness of men in today’s landscape, the reality is that these pressures are both a reflection of cultural shifts and an opportunity for introspection.
Men must navigate a world that often reduces their value to financial success, yet they are still bound by the instinct to provide and protect, albeit in new forms.
