Moral Courage Channel and Alfred Blake team up to help you break the rules
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A woman’s place is in the home. Marriage is between a man and a woman. These are rules that, as men, we have consciously or unconsciously written for our society. Once we began to identify our core values, we’ve realized that many of these rules need to be broken in the name of universal human rights. But we also have unspoken norms among our friends that can be more difficult to break out of, even if we know they’re wrong. For example, it’s difficult to “be that guy” who constantly calls out his friends on their sexist jokes. Alfred Blake, author of The Student’s Handbook to Breaking All The Rules, explains in this short clip why it’s fundamentally crucial for us to start breaking rules.
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I understand what you’re saying and I agree with the concept but here’s the thing, Many years ago someone started “breaking the rules” which has now resulted in countless fatherless kids, marriage at a all time low, etc. Rules many years ago were said to be outdated, wrong, oppressive and needed to change. And here we are, things are not looking so good.
“Moral Courage” is a great concept but there’s some confusion as to what morals are and who has the right to enforce them. I commend you for your efforts.
You’re confusing people breaking the rules with people breaking the rules and being reckless, making bad decisions and outright stupid at times or rather, just the latter of that. Also this is personal, but marriage being at an all-time isn’t a sign that things have gone awry and just because you want to get married doesn’t make you more moral than the next. I say that was personal because, I absolutely loathe the concept of marriage and think it is outmoded. I’m some what stretching your comment; however, in my defense, I’m just thinking critically of it and connecting dots.… Read more »
Brandon, thanks for making my case.
BTW, I grew us in a time of “free love,” so I know of what I speak. Thanks again for proving my point.
Okay… and thank you for the specious and the (likely) facetious statement.
Tom, I think the point being made is that we need new ways to perform manhood, not just the straight jacket of outmoded expectations that we are expected to conform to. Responsibility often breaks down when we are expected to perform manhood in outmoded and restrictive ways.
Well said, Mark. Can you think of any other rules that men need to break as they outgrow these outmoded expectations?
Tom, so you think we are worse off now then decades ago? How far back should we go to reclaim the supposed “golden years”? We certainly do still have social problems to fix. But I doubt most women, minorities, or varying sexual groups would wish to go back to the time where social rules were maintained. I doubt most men would either on that note. And I don’t think it was about “breaking the rules”, I think people have more courage to live their truth. And what resulted wasn’t always pretty because the veneer of the perfect family unit came… Read more »