Full title: ’50 Maxims for Men in an Age of Toxic Masculinity and Identitarian Craziness’.
Michael Bird has created/collected a set aphorisms by way of advice that a father might give to his son.
Unusually (for me) I’m reproducing the list as it comes from the pen (or typing finger) of Michael:-
# 1: Marriage is a lot like a US airport, by law it must always be under construction and improvement.
# 2: Real men do not hit women.…
11. Male obligations have been re-branded as “privileges”. The male obligation to provide for his wife and children is now regarded as a privilege. No-one has bothered to ask men whether they would prefer to go out and work in an office, mine or factory, rather than spend more time with the family. But if a woman thinks she would be more fulfilled by going out to work, rather than staying at home, she should have the choice. …
In the family of:-
A recent change in UK law means that women in same-sex relationships can now register both their names on the birth certificate of a child conceived as a result of fertility treatment.
Instead of the usual allocation of one mother and one father, one would suppose that the child would therefore have two mothers in the sight of the law. However, this will not be the case: a birth certificate will be used which, instead of having a ‘mother’ and a ‘father’ section, with have two ‘parent’ sections.…
