The Price of Soft Societies

They say toxic masculinity is the problem.
It’s not.
The problem is the absence of masculinity.

Weak men.
Bent, withdrawn, afraid.
Excuses instead of responsibility.
Overthinking instead of strength.
Sensitivity instead of action.

Raised without fathers.
Without discipline.
Without rebellion.
Without wounds that teach you you’re tougher than you think.

Soft societies.
Everything safe, everything comfortable, everything “inclusive.”
But underneath — emptiness.
More therapy, more anxiety, less courage.

A culture that castrates men mentally so that no one feels offended.
A system that rewards passivity and punishes assertiveness.
An environment that tells boys not to stand out, not to take risks, not to fight — because they might hurt someone.

And women?
More and more often, they want a man who is strong — but not too strong.
Dominant — but not too firm.
Decisive — but only when he agrees with her.
He must be a rock — but never say he knows better.
He must lead — but only where she already wants to go.

In the name of balance — we dismantled masculinity.
In the name of progress — we turned men into caricatures who no longer know whether to protect, apologize, or disappear.

And then we wonder why nothing works.
Why no one takes responsibility.
Why relationships fall apart.
Why women feel unsafe.
Why men choose porn over life.
Why men no longer know how to build, protect, lead.

Because soft societies produce weak people.
And weak people create fragile times.

And someone always pays the price.

Usually the generation that still believed masculinity wasn’t violence —
but strength in service of something greater.