Catholic MANifesto - 1. The Introduction: The Crisis in Masculinity and the Catholic Man's Response
Introducing a new project! We hope to produce a regular video aimed at Catholic men. In this episode I talk to Catholic businessmen James Leatherland, Alex Cooper and Sam Baker. We aimed to cover the following topics, which we sort of did, even though we may have achieved it in a meandering way: 1. Establish what we know: that masculinity is in crisis. Even the secular world is wringing its hands about it but can’t necessarily put its finger on the cause or the solution. It often focuses on mental health issues (the symptoms) and advocates men’s groups as a way of getting in touch with emotions. Men like Andrew Tate promote an aggressive appropriation of perceived masculine values, such as wealth, power, prowess and strength as a way of re-establishing male integrity. Somewhere in the middle are a few groups and individuals recognising that a lack of present fathers and good fathering is what is tearing society apart. They’re often working frantically on the frontline with y...