The responsive nature of females of all mammal species enables them to nurture the race. Their nurturing nature supplemented by visual thinking has them functioning in an almost continual state of responsiveness as they address the immediate needs they see in their environment.
The males of the species do not have as strong a nurturing instinct and they are assertive rather than responsive. They have conceptual thinking which enables them to provide the environment and means for females to bring forth life and nurture it. As an example, the male will seek an environment conducive to the raising of the young, has an ample food and water supply, and can be readily defended against predators.
The purpose of the male in all mammal societies is to create the environment and the means for the female to bring forth life and nurture it, an interdependent activity that requires the manifestation of the specific traits of each gender. Among humans the males require a spiritual orientation as well in order to develop the ethics from which moral behavior ensues.
In the modern Western society the influence of the male has been eliminated thus producing a society that no longer focuses on the propagation and preservation of the species (and does not have ethical standards from which moral behavior derives) but instead has a materialistic and self-indulgent psyche with a response orientation to all issues.
Whatever happens to interrupt the self-indulgent activities of society meets with a call for responsiveness. The government, preferably in the form of the President himself, is expected to respond to school shootings, stabbings, and desecration; to a faltering economy, gas prices, and joblessness; to poor health issues such as the increase in chronic diseases, depression, and allergies; to environmental issues such as smog, pollution, and destruction of natural habitats. Responsiveness is expected in the event of natural occurrences such as hurricanes, forest fires, tornados, and flooding. International issues are expected to receive prompt responsiveness as well, whether in conflict between nations, within nations, and surrounding nations. The Western world wants to “see” its leaders responding to all the interruptions of its self-indulgent lifestyle.
A society focusing on responsiveness to issues deals with effects rather than causes and also has limited planning ability; two weaknesses evident in domestic and international activities.
On the international scene the United States invaded Iraq under the pretext that it had weapons of mass destruction; however it did not have any viable exit plan. Now, a decade after the war, with more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed, thousands of U.S. Service men and women killed, and many thousands more wounded, with a couple of trillion dollars spent, the situation in Iraq has less stability than before United States involvement began. Wherever “hot spots” arise in this world, the United States responds to them, but there is little planning or understanding of the cause, just a response to “put out the fire.”
The same responsive action takes place on the domestic scene but to a greater degree; with shootings, stabbings, and desecrations of the facilities in the school system, in government institutions, in the cities, suburbs and rural neighborhoods, perpetrators are apprehended, put into prison and enhanced security measures developed. The motivation for these actions does not get addressed because they cannot be addressed; responsive and visual thinking cannot address causative factors because they are unseen. The educational system, which has become completely recitorial, produces people with responsive natures who cannot resolve a problem; therefore, the government is called upon to address it, which it cannot resolve either.
Whatever the age of the reader of this article, upon consideration you will realize that what you considered to be wrong in society at the time of your birth has gotten worse. Increases have occurred in the prison population, street gangs, truancy, school dropout rates, drug abuse, mental illness, unwed motherhood, chronic illness, environmental desecration, and economic disparity. Decreases have occurred in the marriage rate, on time graduation, academic performance, chastity among teenagers, ethical behavior, courteous behavior, respect for the elderly, and respect for each other.
Western society has done the equivalent of removing the bull from the herd, the lion from the pride, and the rooster from the flock. It has removed from itself that ability necessary to preserve its existence, ergo all Western societies are crumbling as are all Western institutions. The Western world has seen this collapse of society occur twice in its history, in ancient Rome and ancient Greece, where the removal of male authority resulted in self-indulgence, debauchery, and purposelessness. Israel during the time of the prophet Jeremiah experienced the same fate.
As the government gets involved in every matter of human existence, it becomes larger and more powerful and eventually the modern Caesars will come into being; however, their reign will be short as there is no power that can circumvent the collapse caused by the absence of the masculine influence.
A completely responsive society cannot sustain itself. A materialistic society cannot sustain itself. The only societies that can perpetuate themselves successfully are those focused on the propagation and preservation of the species and have a spiritual orientation. Such societies have an understanding of the nature of gender and its interdependent function. It’s called patriarchy
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