Revolt of the Fatherless

Protestors in Manhattan demonstrate on Nov. 19, 2021, after the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse of charges related to deadly shootings at a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin (Jeenah Moon / Associated Press)

The crash of Western civilization can be traced to the state’s surgical removal of the father’s authority and to the feminized blind rebellion that has followed . . .

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Baskerville is brilliant but I think his message is often overlooked by conservatives and others on the right because most people cant relate to what he is talking about, unless they were also victims of (say) family law themselves. Its a brilliant point he makes that a lot of time is spent on the right working out how the far left subverted all institutions over the course of the last 40 years, its not a mystery, the legal groundwork was done by no fault divorce (and other feminist laws) that paved the way and made woke apparatchiks necessary for the function of the modern post-truth woke state. Remove the innovations of the sexual revolution and Western society falls back to how it was previously.

May 11, 2022 Joe Reply
I feel very sorry for any woman who ever has any contact with Stephen Baskerville. This screed is one step away from advocating wife-beatingZ

May 12, 2022 Karen Reply
- Typical feminist comment: no facts, no argument, no mentioning of specific points in the article that are over-stated or inaccurate, just go straight to ‘Poor women!’ and personal attack. The fact that adults think this is an appropriate way to have conversations about fatherlessness shows why we are in the mess we’re in.
  
  May 13, 2022 Janice Fiamengo Reply
- If you’re going to make such an inflammatory charge, you should be specific and make your case.
  
  June 19, 2022 Walter Myers Reply
The woke left has not simply won across the board, look at state legislatures and governorships across the country (also the virus is not a complete hoax and it is irresponsible to characterize it as such).
Arguably the reason the 68ers rebelled against their parents was the latters’ emphasis on safety and security, born out of the traumatization of the Second World War. Also the move towards feminization was a result of that conflict and the development of nuclear weapons, the male domain of martial activity now threatens the entire species (although this is potentially exaggerated). Plus warfare nowadays can be conducted through electronics and other sophisticated means, making muscle power less necessary (as is also true of agriculture, not that any anthropologist will ever acknowledge these things). Plus it’s hard to be a father when the culture’s very values are under assault because that undermines any kind of parental authority (although the U.S. let the fox into the chicken coop itself by admitting certain European intellectuals as refugees).

May 12, 2022 oliverlu70 Reply
Brilliant analysis.Indeed a mother and a father are needed to raise a child by creating the necessary environment.
So called primitive societies understood this or rather sensed it.Both boys and girls need a fathher.In the societies I just mentioned the boys are in the mother’s care until about age 7 years old after which they move on under the father’s attention.Women ar the loosers when they derided and belittled men.Men and women can be co equal yet in diffrent roles.
A lady

May 12, 2022 Anca Popa,Md Reply
But how to explain the millions of fathers in intact families who freely ceded their authority to their wives? And they the sons of the “Greatest Generation” who were raised by strong fathers? Over and over they allow the wives to override their authority with decisions that are disastrous to family unity and peace. They demand nothing of their children, spoiling them, funding their bad behavior well into adulthood, and creating entitled, petulant perennial adolescents who struggle to function independently.

May 12, 2022 Moira Reply
- bingo…
  
  May 13, 2022 m Reply
- I don’t know if I would say they ceded any authority at all. Most men I know, even today, are soundly in charge of their families. The wives didn’t do anything without the knowledge and agreement of their husband. Some of the loudest feminists I know are actually absurdly servile to their husbands/boyfriends.
  
  Also, women usually are “ceded authority” by their husbands. A good marriage does not have that kind of power struggle. See Proverbs 31.
  
  May 16, 2022 Mme Duras Reply
Typical feminist comment: no facts, no argument, no mentioning of specific points in the article that are over-stated or inaccurate, just go straight to ‘Poor women!’ and personal attack. The fact that adults think this is an appropriate way to have conversations about fatherlessness shows why we are in the mess we’re in.

May 13, 2022 Janice Fiamengo Reply
You cite Mercola, referencing psychobabble, then proceed to lengthily engage in it!

May 13, 2022 Scenario Reply
This article correctly suggests that no-fault divorce and not giving custody of the children to the father in the event of a divorce are the root of a number of problems. I would concur. However, men have benefited far more from no-fault divorce and from being the non-possessory parent than this article likes to admit. The truth is that leaving the children and the responsibllity with the woman permits the man to wander about and chase women like a tomcat – which he does. It’s somewhat unlikely that no-fault divorce will ever be reversed as long as we have a legal system. Maternal primary managing conservatorship is also unlikely to be reversed. Honestly, it’s too good of a deal for the dudes, even though I feel bad for the fathers who lost out in family court.

About the word “feminism”, we have to be careful with that. Are we talking about women’s right to vote? To own property? To apply for their own credit cards? To go to law school or medical school? With all respect to Mr. Baskerville, the word “feminism” is bandied around somewhat loosely.

May 16, 2022 Mme Duras Reply
Technology and innovation have turned the parent/child relationship upside down—- the young are teaching the old how to use the new tools of daily living- this is unprecedented in human history It will take a generation to return things to their proper balance.

May 17, 2022 William Taylor Reply
This is extremely perceptive, but only to a point. Thereafter, it seems to fail rather miserably. Restoring the standard for manhood (Christ) and fatherhood (The Eternal Father) fixes no-fault divorce and ends welfare, not the other way around. Feminism and anti-patriarchal post-modernism grows into the void left by absent, spiritually shallow, emotionally stunted, lazy, Christless men who don’t love and lead their wives well, don’t love, guide and discipline their children, and fail not only to provide, but more importantly to create meaning and direction for their families. There is no quick fix. The radical left recedes as the standard of Biblical manhood is recovered, man by man, year by year. To modify a phrase: the judgement will continue until morals improve.

May 18, 2022 Russell Reply
Missing detail for the world change happened. We le.ft the land we left servitude to God. We created our little worlds of steel and plastic. We are not what God made.

May 19, 2022 Stephen Feldman Reply
I’m a father, with two children, who is married to a woman who has been wholly swept into the post modern woke feminist movement. She has adopted a persona of Alpha female and actively tries to marginalize my contributions as the family’s sole bread winner. She’s also an alcoholic manic depressive with suicidal tendencies. I’ve stuck this marriage out for years for fear of losing out on being with my kids and my ability to have a positive influence on them. Is it better to break away from this toxic relationship and try to get joint custody or is it better to weather the storm to keep the semblance of a healthy household in tact. I really want what’s best for my children. I don’t feel I can be the father they need me to be without a divorce.

May 30, 2022 CURT Reply
One thing missed that I think should be kept in mind is how fathers are portrayed on TV. We went from having wholesome fathers to buffoons. No more Atticus Finch’s only Jerry’s (Rick and Morty).

November 11, 2022 Bradley Marshall Reply

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