How $4 Gas Can Help Men
by Marc H. RudovThe Death of Manhood
According to the CDC, heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in men. These maladies pale in comparison to the leading causes of the death of manhood: denial and inertia. Because so many men have their heads in the sand and refuse to fight for their waning civil rights, feminism continues its nonstop, high-octane, uncontested control of American laws and culture.
Ignoring inevitable reality never produces a happy ending. American politicians, who disallowed drilling off the coasts of California and Florida for three decades, are now running amok like decapitated chickens, balking at spiraling gasoline prices, desperately searching for alternative energy sources, and hypocritically exhorting new lifestyles.
Their panic began instantaneously about three months ago, when the price of gasoline first hit $4 per gallon in California — ostensibly the magic tipping point, the pain threshold. Now, the national average price exceeds $4, causing lifestyle hardships to 90% of Americans.
Was this fuel crisis predictable and predicted many years ago? Absolutely. Did anybody take it seriously? Absolutely not. But, what does one expect from inert people who eat a steady diet of denial?
TV’s talking heads and business columnists, on any given day, alternately and collectively blame OPEC, commodities speculators, oil companies, state and federal governments, environmentalists, and drivers of SUVs for this situation. Is there a practical solution in sight — such as offshore drilling, inland drilling, solar, wind, nuclear power, flex-fuels, or electric cars — in any reasonable timeframe? No. Fact is, we’re all screwed for the foreseeable future.
Unacceptable Copout
Every week, I receive hundreds of e-mails from men who have been hosed in divorce court, falsely accused of domestic violence and rape, and unable to see their children because of paternal alienation. They don’t know what to do, but they also have a history of complaining without acting.
Feminists are engaged in an endless campaign to worsen men’s lives. This situation is severe and crisis-bound. But, as long as men ignore it, mutter under their breaths, complain under aliases on blogs, and drink beer while watching SportsCenter, they have no right to squawk. Their unacceptable copout will lead to a day, akin to the current era of $4 gas, when the increasingly oppressive system of American gynojustice will be unstoppable and unfixable. It’s as certain now as $4 gas was when Thomas Friedman told us three years ago, in The World Is Flat, that China and India would be dictating fuel prices.
What does $4 gas have to do with men’s rights? Nothing and everything. If you think this article is about gasoline, go back to your beer and your fantasy football. The point is simple: Men must act today to defeat the future total domination of feminists. No more excuses.
Irreversible Consequences
One good example of how to fight back — using pragmatic, effective tactics — is the lawsuit filed by the Vienna, WV-based group called Men and Women Against Discrimination (MAWAD), which seeks to stop West Virginia’s unconstitutional and discriminatory (pro-female) funding of domestic-violence programs and shelters. In another effort, MAWAD is working to eliminate the anti-father West Virginia Family Court culture.
If men would copy MAWAD’s approach, at both state and federal levels around the country, they can dismantle the lopsided gynocracy — without resorting to counterproductive stunts like illegally scaling the Lincoln Memorial.
Remaining inert and living in denial, however, will lead eventually to crisis, the blame game, and irreversible consequences. To wit: VAWA (the unconstitutional but increasingly oppressive Violence Against Women Act) is already 14 years old, has ruined thousands of men’s lives, and knows no bounds. Moreover, as the national average percentage of out-of-wedlock babies approaches 50%, child-support fees, like the price of gasoline, will continue to escalate. Why not?
The NoNonsense Bottom Line
This, the third article in a trilogy — along with “Men’s Silence Is Women’s Gold” and “Obama’s Baby Mamas” — is designed to:
- Remind men that they live in a gynocracy
- Admonish them to remove their heads from the sand
- Warn them that their window of opportunity to prevent the death of manhood is almost closed
- Stir them to take action — ASAP.
Despite its economic cost, the emergence of $4 gas can help men by exhibiting what happens when people foresee future perils but do nothing to prevent them. The question is, Will $4 gas help men? Doubtful. Men have sat back for years while elected gynocrats abridged their reproductive and civil rights. The current energy crisis presents an opportunity to learn something. Think of $4 gas as a two-by-four between the eyes, a crystal ball for the final destruction of men’s rights.
Every man has two options going forward:
- Work with and fund groups like MAWAD and the National Coalition of Free Men to force pro-female politicians to create a gender-neutral government
- Awake every day — out of gas and out of luck — with his manhood marginalized.
Based on what I’ve witnessed so far, I’m betting that men, unfortunately, will just pay the $4 for gas, the $5 for beer, and keep muttering under their breaths while saluting the gynocratic flag.
About the Author
Marc H. Rudov is a globally recognized radio/TV personality and author of 80+ articles and the books Under the Clitoral Hood: How to Crank Her Engine Without Cash, Booze, or Jumper Cables (ISBN 9780974501727), and The Man’s No-Nonsense Guide to Women: How to Succeed in Romance on Planet Earth (ISBN 0974501719). Mr. Rudov hosts The Marc Rudov Show, a radio talkshow for men, and is a regular guest on Fox News Channel’s Your World with Neil Cavuto and The O’Reilly Factor.
Rudov’s books, articles, blog, and podcasts are available at TheNoNonsenseMan.com.
Copyright © 2008 by Marc H. Rudov. All rights reserved.
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July 6th, 2008 at 10:54 am
No comments yet? On such an important subject? Marc, you may be dead right about the lethargy of defeated men.
However I will take issue with you on a couple of points. I do believe there is considerable value in “complaining under aliases on blogs” – otherwise I would not be doing it myself!
Blogs can be a vital way of keeping in touch with news and events, encountering other people of a like mind and exchanging ideas. It can be a lifeline for men who feel alone and alienated in a male-hating environment. Of course, you are right in that just moaning does not get you very far; but helping to educate others, hearing alternative views and getting information about events are positive results that can come from contributing to blogs. Where else do you think I heard about you? I live in the UK, and I would never have heard of you if I had relied on the UK mass media to tell me about your views. We have feminist censorship over here, too. But they can’t censor the internet and men’s rights blogs, which is how I found you.
Also the “counterproductive stunts” are not counterproductive if they grab headlines and highlight injustices.
Before there can be any effective action, there has to be awareness of the cause, and both the blogs and the stunts raise and increase awareness. They represent a first step from which others can follow. But you are right in that the other practical, active steps then have to be taken.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Sorry, Paul, but there is no value in being anonymous. If you don’t have the courage of your convictions, you have neither, and nobody will respect or follow you.
Stunts are a waste. Awareness without results is meaningless.
July 8th, 2008 at 12:22 am
I don’t think you should be so dismissive Marc. We can’t all be leaders, and many of us don’t want to be; but we can still contribute behind the scenes. The male sex is under assault on many fronts, so the battle needs to be fought on many fronts, and different tactics may be appropriate in different circumstances. What you consider a pointless stunt can nevertheless have a big impact. If you had been a citizen of Boston in 1773 and a bunch of guys had said to you “Hey Marc, we are going to dress as Indians, march down to the docks and tip all the tea from those British ships into the sea – are you with us?” Would you have told them they were wasting their time on a stupid stunt? If so, you would have just missed your place in history.
I also think there is nothing wrong in using a pseudonym. I use my real name when it is necessary, such as corresponding directly with organisations from whom I expect a reply, and a pseudonym when I am commenting on blogs – for a good reason. Blogs are public forums and could be read by anyone on the planet, including nutters of all shapes and sizes. If any of them decide they don’t like me and would like to know who I am, where I live and what family I have, then I am certainly not going to help them by giving them a real name to start with. I guess that is the main reason why so many others remain anonymous or use an avatar. It’s standard practice, and doesn’t necessarily mean nobody has the courage of their convictions. Plenty of bloggers are just letting off steam or play-acting, but there are also some serious people behind the masks, doing seriously important work. It is the message that counts, not the identity of the guy delivering it. If what is say is either right or wrong, it remains right or wrong regardless of whether I call myself Old Mother Riley or Donald Duck.
I am also not your enemy! I think you are doing great work and deserve more attention than you seem to be getting here.