Why Men Hate Going to Church - David Murrow

This is unlikely to be my last post on this book; Why Men Hate Going to Church - David Murrow.

There's a good link to some of it's key points here. Some good background reading on the issues raised is at church for men.

I have not yet finished reading the book but it already has provoked quite a reaction in me. Mostly that it's very frustrating and I'd like to throw it away or shred it! I'm struggling to read it partly because I don't like how it's written, partly because the pace of the book is slow and therefore frustrating and partly because I cannot decide what I think about it.

It's either a genius piece of research and commissioning or it's awful rubbish interspersed with a few genuinely useful points. At least David Murrow doesn't present it as a 'complete' work.

I don't wish to be rude about it, but because it focuses so heavily on men, and I believe in family and the usefulness of the unique skills of both of the sexes, it's hard to keep pushing on. I just hope it delivers on it promises.

I'm reminded of a phrase I used to find helpful (I may have coined it, or not)

Feminism stole my masculinity and I want it back!

Anyone else read it?

Song Man, Man Song

So, I'd like to write a song for men. A song men would like to sing. A song 'manly' men would like to sing.

I'd like your ideas and comments.

What would such a song be about?
What kind of words would such a song use?
What style would such a song use?
What other disinctives would such a song have?

Thoughts in the comments section please.

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