In these mixed-up, misandrist times, there’s no shortage of articles claiming men are “broken” or lacking. And, surprise of surprises, the solution is always for the fellows to listen to feminization-prescribing social engineers and become more, well, like women. The latest example is “James” Barnes, a woman masquerading as a man who writes, “I’m a Trans Man. I Didn’t Realize How Broken Men Are.”
Now, what follows should be prefaced with: If you look for the brokenness in people, you’re sure to find it. Since we’re all part of a “broken” (i.e., fallen) race, anyone accusing others of brokenness will surely, in principle, be correct. The problem is that Barnes does not critique man, but men; and she doesn’t prescribe God, but gobbledygook.
Barnes begins with her “story.” This is a common literary technique — employed by women more than men — that’s designed to make the reader connect emotionally with the writer so that he’ll then be more likely to accept the former’s assertions regardless of their validity. In Barnes’ case, this includes asserting that she always felt like a boy “on the inside.”
After making her case that she really is male, deep down, Barnes writes at Newsweek, “When I enthusiastically started the transition process at 26 years old, I thought I had prepared for all the significant side effects: Acne, sweating, having an enormous appetite, and everything else that comes from testosterone” (note: the most horrible ones she perhaps omits).
She then continues, “The one thing I didn’t prepare for was how lonely it is to be a man.”
In reality, of course, Barnes could only have prepared for how lonely it is to be a woman pretending to be a man.
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