The Masculine Genius (Guest: Fr. Carter Griffin)

We hear a lot about the feminine genius.

We don't hear much about the masculine genius.

And yet men are behind in many ways.

I think both genders are affected by the culture negatively.

But men, I don't know if it's more, but they seem like they're falling behind in many ways.

No, I think that's true.

I mean, I think the, and the numbers support that, right? We have fewer men going to college, fewer men going into professional world, fewer men getting degrees, you know, that it's, the myth of men sort of continuing to be on the ascent and sort of dominating in the patriarchy and all of that is gone.

I mean, you know, there's just no sense of Right now, men need to be reaffirmed.

They need to be given, I think, reasons to be confident in their manhood, reasons to rejoice in their manhood.

Kind of the very real problem of so-called toxic masculinity, because there is such a thing as toxic masculinity, But that has been sort of used as a bludgeon, I think, for a lot of men.

And now they sort of assume that all masculinity is toxic.

And the way it sometimes is talked about, it seems that people are saying that all masculinity is toxic.

And we need a complete reset in that regard.

We need a real sense that being a man is a great gift to the church and to the world.

Men can and should do great things.

They should be proud of being a man.

and rejoice in being a man.

So I think there is a real need for this without ever losing the gains that we've made in terms of appreciating femininity too.