[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Melissa

It does sound interesting. So is she blaming the behavior of men on feminism?

M

I am still mulling this over but it seems her premise is that societies have certain rituals/rites to bring children into adulthood and the roles associated with them. In this society the rituals included jobs, marriage, having a family...in that order.

Now, as women are becoming more self sufficient financially, foregoing marriage, and having children without husbands or active fathers, the change in rituals for males is leading to a prolonged adolescence or pre-adulthood. The loss of rituals is leading to role confusion and males are struggling to redefine purpose/roles.

Seems more like systems theory applied to humanness i.e. a change in one part of a system, requires a change in another. Just observing the process of change as it is evolving rather than a blaming thing.