Category: Men’s Issues

Can We Stop Fretting About Modesty?

Can We Stop Fretting About Modesty?

[ 13 ] June 17, 2013 AD |

Seems like, lately, everyone’s been writing about how much women should wear, why it matters (or doesn’t), how too-strict standards can be emotionally damaging, and how we’re all contributing to the rape culture. I agree that modesty is important, but I’m sensing an unhealthy dose of fear, insecurity, judgment, and tunnel vision. Guys, we all [...]

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Raise Your Standards

Raise Your Standards

[ 2 ] June 17, 2013 AD |

“To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, and goodness, the more a man has to aspire to [...]

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For Men’s Eyes Only

For Men’s Eyes Only

[ 0 ] May 15, 2013 AD |

What is Jared doing reading a woman’s magazine? Well, why is a woman’s magazine interviewing the Brett McKay, the founder of “The Art of Manliness”? So, enough of the questioning my masculinity for “liking” Verily on Facebook and let’s get onto our discussion of manliness. By the way, you can purchase a subscription to Verily and your beloved can [...]

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Toward a Masculine Spirituality

Toward a Masculine Spirituality

[ 0 ] May 14, 2013 AD |

I had the blessing of growing up in an incredible parish. Holy Cross bore many of the hallmarks of what we as a Church are beginning to recognize as the program for rejuvenating parishes. A perpetual adoration chapel. Beautiful liturgies. Dynamic preaching. Discipleship programs and evangelization retreats. A Catholic grade school that begins each day [...]

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Modesty Only Works When it Isn’t Distorted

Modesty Only Works When it Isn’t Distorted

[ 4 ] December 15, 2012 AD |

If one thing stands out about a trip I took to South Beach back in May, it’s this: I have never seen so much butt on a beach. Our first day there, I stepped off the boardwalk behind the hotel and onto the sand, far too close for comfort to a woman who – while holding [...]

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