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This book
outlines the consequences of the destruction of the two-parent family
and the need to stabilize it by strengthening its weakest natural link,
the role of the biological father. It is written from a secular
perspective and includes a few things with which the owner of the
FishEaters Website would definitely quibble, and it doesn't
even
mention the importance of chastity on the part of men, too, which is
sad. But it most certainly makes its case about the need for
patriarchy, destroying the myth of women being innocent, sexless little
fluffballs in the process -- a quite necessary destruction in that
reaching the goal of chastity shouldn't be based on lies and pious
tales about the reality of human nature -- women being a little more
than half of all humans. Failure to deal with actual human
nature, rather than sentimentalized versions of it, can only lead to
failure, resentment, neuroses, and backlash.
At any rate, this book is must-reading for all who are
concerned about the future of Western civilization -- and is definitely
the book to give to the radical
feminist who decries "the evils of the patriarchy" (which is not at
all to belittle real evils suffered by women at the hands of those
with sentimentalized, condescending, un-Catholic attitudes towards
them, or by the small sub-set of men who actually do behave like brutes
toward women).
Just think of what our world is like in the West --
the Maury Povich "Who My Baby Daddy" shows with the paternity tests
given to ten different men in an attempt to find out who a child's
father is, the newspaper birth announcements which amount to lists of
names of single women. Think of the women, bewildered about why men
won't commit, and the men who'd love to commit, but know that doing so
is to risk being raped by the judicial system because of no-fault
divorce, unfair custody laws, etc. Consider our
"pornified" culture in which women compete to "out-slut" each other in
how they dress, in what they're willing to do to arouse men and get and
keep their attention -- men who likely refer to them as "pump and
dumps" and will never call them again. Think of how a rating scale
exists out there, with women being judged as being a "4" or a
"solid
9," all based on their "hotness," with no regard for their intellects,
their hearts, their dreams, their souls. How far we've
fallen. Pope Paul VI nailed it
way back in 1968 when he wrote, in Humanae Vitae, about the effects of
artificial contraception:
Responsible men
can become more deeply convinced of the truth of the doctrine laid down
by the Church on this issue if they reflect on the consequences of
methods and plans for artificial birth control. Let them first consider
how easily this course of action could open wide the way for marital
infidelity and a general lowering of moral standards. Not much
experience is needed to be fully aware of human weakness and to
understand that human beings—and especially the young, who are so
exposed to temptation—need incentives to keep the moral law, and it is
an evil thing to make it easy for them to break that law. Another
effect that gives cause for alarm is that a man who grows accustomed to
the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a
woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional equilibrium, reduce
her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires,
no longer considering her as his partner whom he should surround with
care and affection.
Before jumping
into the book, you might be interested in watching this
video that touches on the same subject and is so well-done I must share
it:
See also "Bitter Pill" to learn
how contraception is a prisoner's dilemma that destroys marriage
Now, on to "The
Garbage Generation"...
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