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“<\/strong>The increasing complexity and precariousness of our economic life have forced Government to take over many spheres of activity once left to choice or chance. Our intellectuals have surrendered first to the slave-philosophy of Hegel, then to Marx, finally to the linguistic analysts.”<\/em><\/span>
\n – C. S. Lewis from “Willing Slaves of the Welfare State”<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

Last fall, David Horowitz’s FrontPage Mag<\/em><\/a> published an article by Mallory Millett titled “Marxist Feminism’s Ruined Lives<\/a>.” \u00a0 The article described what Millett saw as a young divorc\u00e9e in the 1960’s at the birth of the modern (second-wave) feminist movement, and the toll it took on her and others. \u00a0 Millett’s older sister Kate Millett was one of the key figures in the movement — Kate Millett and her book Sexual Politics<\/em><\/a> deserve full credit for helping spawn women’s studies programs in nearly every American university.<\/p>\n

\"Victor<\/a>

It’s a trap!<\/p><\/div>\n

The unholy litany<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

In her article, Mallory Millett describes a meeting she attended with her sister — a Marxist consciousness-raising event that included a call-and-response chant between the leader and those in attendance. \u00a0According to (Mallory) Millett, it went like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

“‘Why are we here today?\u201d she asked.
\n\u201cTo make revolution,\u201d they answered.
\n\u201cWhat kind of revolution?\u201d she replied.
\n\u201cThe Cultural Revolution,\u201d they chanted.
\n\u201cAnd how do we make Cultural Revolution?\u201d she demanded.
\n\u201cBy destroying the American family!\u201d they answered.
\n\u201cHow do we destroy the family?\u201d she came back.
\n\u201cBy destroying the American Patriarch,\u201d they cried exuberantly.
\n\u201cAnd how do we destroy the American Patriarch?\u201d she replied.
\n\u201cBy taking away his power!\u201d
\n\u201cHow do we do that?\u201d
\n\u201cBy destroying monogamy!\u201d they shouted.
\n\u201cHow can we destroy monogamy?\u201d<\/p>\n

Their answer left me dumbstruck, breathless, disbelieving my ears.\u00a0\u00a0Was I on planet earth?\u00a0\u00a0Who were these people?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cBy promoting promiscuity, eroticism, prostitution and homosexuality!\u201d they resounded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Surprise! You’re a target<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Did you understand that if you are or intend to be a husband and a father — a patriarch — that you are also a target? \u00a0According to the Marxist feminists, it would only be possible to supplant the culture of the United States by destroying the family as its central institution, and it would only be possible to destroy the family by destroying its\u00a0spiritual head. \u00a0That would be you and me.<\/p>\n

Why are we talking about this?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

I recognize that this is a bit off the normal track for this blog, but we have discussed the ongoing crisis in masculinity, and the need for us to become men who live out of our masculine strength. \u00a0Now perhaps you see what is at stake. \u00a0We always want to offer practical encouragement here, and this post is no different. \u00a0If I sent you on an errand, and I knew there was danger along the route, I would tell you — consider this a friendly warning.<\/p>\n

In the same way you wouldn’t enter a lacrosse game without your helmet, pads, gloves and stick (and, of course, \u00a0your cup), you must go into today’s classrooms, workplaces \u00a0and entertainments aware of the plan to destroy men. \u00a0So consider the aim is to take you out, to neutralize your masculine strength, to render you powerless, impotent, emasculated and ineffective. \u00a0Worst of all, the plan is not to overpower you, but to entice you into surrendering.<\/p>\n

What time is it?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Men, it’s late. \u00a0If you are in doubt about the effectiveness of this strategy, consider your own opinions and attitudes concerning promiscuity, eroticism, prostitution and homosexuality — and how they may have changed in the past ten years. \u00a0Now consider the opinions and attitudes of your friends, classmates and colleagues. \u00a0Next consider the messages concerning these four forces that you’ve encountered in classrooms, news articles and reports, in movies and television programs and in social media.<\/p>\n

As you see, America has undergone a cataclysmic change in its mores since the consciousness-raising event attended by Mallory Millett.<\/p>\n

Is it hopeless?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
I think the answer is no, but it will not be easy. \u00a0Remember, promiscuity, eroticism, prostitution and homosexuality can influence your environment, but since each of us has moral agency, you do not have to participate in any of it. \u00a0Here are some suggestions:<\/div>\n