{"id":2194,"date":"2018-05-01T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2018-05-01T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:00:13","slug":"masculinity-as-a-mental-health-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deanriffs.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/01\/masculinity-as-a-mental-health-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Masculinity As A Mental Health Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Man up.” “Act like a man.” “Real men don’t cry.”<\/p>\n

The University of Texas at Austin claims these are examples of “restrictive masculinity,” and it is the latest college campus to shine the liberal light of wussiness on the theory that masculinity<\/span><\/strong><\/a> could be a mental health issue.<\/p>\n

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Traits like assertiveness, taking charge and being a “breadwinner” are discouraged because they restrict men to harmful stereotypes.\u00a0 Unlike cry closets and safe spaces for college-aged men.<\/p>\n

Promoting such attitudes can lead to unhealthy activities like violence, drinking or punching the lights out of a cis-gendered individual that has a problem with your heterosexuality<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The MasculinUT class<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is being offered through the University of Texas at Austin’s Counseling and Mental Health Center.\u00a0 (Apparently including the “e” in masculine is patriarchal.)\u00a0 Patriarchal types dismiss the new program as a virus on virility and a form of Longhorn mad cow disease.<\/p>\n

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It’s actually a sign of our times that the program is being offered through the university’s counseling and mental health center.\u00a0 According to the program’s founders, masculine gender identities include female, transgender, genderqueer and non-binary students. Huh?<\/p>\n

Cross dressing and assuming the opposite gender role of the factory installed equipment you were born with used to be considered a mental illness that required professional counseling, not a celebration.<\/p>\n

Today,\u00a0many enlightened gender bender advocates<\/span><\/strong><\/a> insist that the concept of gender is optional and can be changed at anytime – despite any lack of scientific evidence validating that premise. (Watching the Sisters<\/em> number in White Christmas <\/em>150\u00a0times doesn’t count.)<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, masculine qualities like poise, bravery and resoluteness have been historically respected, but now they are rejected as discriminatory and biased. Guess you could call such qualities a “manstrosity.”<\/p>\n

Manly attributes formally revered are now considered “restrictive” and are believed to lead to sexual violence and interpersonal issues, therefore masculinity must be counseled and treated as a form of mental illness. Like believing in prayer or wearing a MAGA hat.<\/p>\n

What’s happening on college campuses<\/span><\/strong><\/a> today is enough to make a real man cry.\u00a0 Or not.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading Dean Riffs. For those who love American liberty, free enterprise, and who believe God has blessed our country, welcome. For those who believe in open borders, safe spaces, and who tolerate everything but free speech and conservative ideals, move on \u2013 there\u2019s nothing here for you to see.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sources: pjmedia.com,<\/em>\u00a0cmhc.utexas.edu<\/em>,<\/p>\n

Photo sources: magazin.aktualne.cz<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>wildgender.com, pinterest.com<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright 2018, Dean A. George\u00a9<\/p>\n

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