Sit back and just try to imagine how much further along this country would be if it had – from the very beginning – utilized the full potential of this country’s women. (Obviously, the question applies equally to Black Americans, new immigrants, LGBTQ, and other marginalized groups, but for the purposes of this story, we’re focused upon gender alone.)

It is hard to imagine because we will never know. Toxic masculinity, suppressing the talents and willpower of women put us in a place where only now can we parents look at our daughters and say, “You can do anything,” even though, deep down, we still know it will be harder. Women who are lesser physically attractive often get passed over, women who are physically attractive are often harassed and assumptions made (See Vice President Harris). Some men consider them “too emotional.” It is still harder. (Even though some women would make a good point in saying that many men are not emotional enough.)

Obviously, the problem is rooted in a toxic culture where an “alpha male” is one who puts women in their place. A “metrosexual” who values women’s opinions and contributions as equals is immediately cast off as a “p*ssy.” (Trust this writer and gird-dad on that).

Madison Cawthorne is a man who continually fights for the title of “Worst MAGA in Congress and he wants more of those guys who put women in their place. From “The Independent:”

Citing “historically low” testosterone levels in young men, Mr Cawthorn is seen in videos circulating on social media and reportedly filmed at a recent event, saying that “our culture today is trying to completely de-masculate all of the young men in our culture (sic)”.

We have NO idea what he’s talking about with respect to actual hormone levels. If there are new issues with hormone levels in any child, check with Tyson chicken and the hormones they use to grow birds faster and faster to turn them into nuggets.

We do not want to know what Cawthorne considers “masculine.”

If you are raising a young man, please raise them to be a monster,” he said.

Fellow girldads, (and, of course, mothers), consider our daughters away at college, attending the inevitable “house party,” where everyone is drinking, and consider whether you want your daughter within ten feet of a guy Cawthorne considers “sufficiently monstered’up.” And now shudder and shake.

Now try to imagine that same daughter, she is a hard-working young lawyer at a big city law firm and it’s time to make the cut or not on whether to make her a partner. She is either a bit frumpy, having been brain-powered all her life and not all that concerned with looks, or she is very attractive, with perfect hair, chest, bottom, and has been relentlessly flirted with the entire time, either daughter is up against a guy her age of roughly similar abilities. How comfortable are you that the “monster” will make the right decision based upon the right factors in a manner fair to your daughter and her future?

Repeat the processes above over and over, millions of times, whether your daughters want to stay at home as moms, be the breadwinner, be a school principal, a pilot, a software engineer, an orthodontist, an environmental law attorney, or a president, over and over and over, the monsters stand in the way of women, holding the country back.

Thankfully, there is an increasing likelihood that society sees Cawthorne as the monster, and will – ever so slowly – raise boys to see our daughters for who they are, people, with faults, abilities, feelings, and potential that society shouldn’t suppress.

If we only do that, then 100 years from now, perhaps the United States can look back and say, “look at what happened when they decided to start really respecting women and moving them to the boardroom, the Oval Office, the operating room, and the superintendent’s office.

New video from Madison Cawthorn tonight: “Our culture is trying to completely demasculate all the young men. You can look at testosterone levels in young men today, and they are lower than throughout all of history .. If you are raising a young man, raise them to be a monster!” pic.twitter.com/ZhHSghQ5zt

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 18, 2021

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