The 21st Century Man

An invisible balance sheet has been passed down to us from generations to generations on how we ought to live and measure standard of success as a man. A lot is going on in the minds of this fraction of human race that meets the eye. Being a man is not easy in this age. I tell you, it's quite easier to be a man few generations ago. Then a man is expected to provide a home, acquire a farmland and marry as many wives as he can. These wives in turn help cultivate his farmlands, raise his children, and a bowl of meal is expected to be ready for him when he comes home.

 The men of olds live like lions in a pride. Their function is to defend the domain, have little or nothing to do with raising kids and kitchen. You’ll agree with me that, in today's world, the more wives a man takes, the nearer he gets to the grave. In most families today, women earns better than men. As a man, you literally, have nothing to show to a woman; talk about cars, money, house, education etc. most women have better.

Sadly, our fathers don't make easy it on our young men. We’re groomed with that same mindset that was passed to them by their fathers also.  And that is the problem. This pattern that worked for men in that era is no longer relevant. It’s totally obsolete in this era. I bet you, men of those days can't survive women of today.  Now men, gets involved in children, chores, and some decisions are even taken at home without his consent.

 There is nothing wrong with men helping at home, but everything is wrong with the obsolete mindset instilled into the minds of our young men. This outdated method of training has led men into depression and the feel of emasculation. A typical African man would help at home with the chore and the kids without having to understand why he should do those and it tells on his ego

 the solution to this problem is to understand the era we're in. A lot have changed and it's no longer just 'the men's world', it’s ‘the revolution world'. Our parent should take it upon themselves to instill the proper and functional mindset in our male children.

                                                                          I.J. Kalia