1. What is a lifestyle
a. The Huffington Post wrote "First of all, masculinity is a socially constructed concept that people selectively use to describe what a man should be and how he should act." - From <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-masculinity-exactly_b_581e290be4b044f827a78dd1>
i. Do you agree with that definition?
b. Regardless of what modern society tells you, please remember that:
i. Your boys are not rapists in waiting.
ii. Your boys are not inherently violent or misogynistic.
iii. Your boys are not privileged by nature of their sex.
iv. Your boys do not need to be drugged up.drugged up. are not broken and in need of being fixed.
v. Your boys do not need to be drugged up.
vi. Your boys are not inherently toxic and there is nothing toxic about their masculinity.
1) https://www.knightstemplarorder.com/raising_boys_in_a_toxic_society
2. Man Code
a. "The rise of a narrative that centered on Jesus as a personal lover, also potentially helped transform the Christian gospel from a public pursuit to a private affair. Men are inherently outward-facing in their disposition – manhood in all cultures and times had to be pursued and proven in the public sphere – but the mysticism of the Middle Ages began to turn the Christian faith in an inward direction." - McKay, Brett; McKay, Kate. Muscular Christianity: The Relationship Between Men and Faith (pp. 28-29). Semper Virilis Publishing. Kindle Edition.
b. "Manhood was never a private affair — a boy was initiated into it by his community and it had to be repeatedly re-proven in the public arena thereafter. A man was thus primarily concerned with his honor — with having a reputation worthy of the respect of his fellow men. To maintain that reputation, if he got pushed, he pushed back." - McKay, Brett; McKay, Kate. Muscular Christianity: The Relationship Between Men and Faith (pp. 8-9). Semper Virilis Publishing. Kindle Edition.
3. Salve Morality - A man that is harmless is a weak man not a virtuous man.
a. Inclusiveness in Christianity under the disguise of tolerance
b. Soft Forgiveness - Forgiveness in modern Christianity has become an easy fix; a soft virtue of just feeling bad about what you did. Does not include any idea of restitution or penance.
c. "Podles and others say that while the loving, merciful, nurturing, gentle side of Jesus represents one part of his character, he has another, often ignored side — a lion in contrast to the better-known lamb — marked by traits like justice, boldness, power, and self-mastery. This is Jesus the carpenter, the desert camper, the whip-cracker." -McKay, Brett; McKay, Kate. Muscular Christianity: The Relationship Between Men and Faith (p. 12). Semper Virilis Publishing. Kindle Edition.
4. Master Morality - Every real man is a killer that has the killer under control.
a. "the Christian gospel hardly disavowed its “us vs. them” ethos; Jesus had no problem drawing lines between the sheep and the goats — those who were part of his tribe, and those who had no place in it. All would be welcome, as long as they lived a strenuous code of ethics. Sharp of tongue, deft in debate, and unafraid of conflict, challenging the status quo, or causing offense, Jesus was anything but safe and predictable." -McKay, Brett; McKay, Kate. Muscular Christianity: The Relationship Between Men and Faith (p. 13). Semper Virilis Publishing. Kindle Edition.