Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Tradition is dead. Over. Done. Gone. We know that much for certain. From the countless women complaining about where all of the "good men" have gone to the countless men complaining about "feminism" polluting women. One thing we can both agree on is that society has changed. We are no longer the same people we were 25 let alone 50 years ago.

Thus it is easy to see why both men and women are frustrated, having inherited a whole new world due to 'progressivism' and violently being thrust into the chains of adulthood. However, I posit that blaming one particular sex over the other for the breakdown of tradition is overly simplistic and false. Rather, I believe that *both* men and women have played a role in the breakdown of tradition, and thus are *both* guilty not only for the problems we are facing today, but for the even worse problems that our children are going to inherit.

#1) Patriarchy: The Abuse of Power and Authority

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

As stated earlier, men are also guilty for the breakdown of tradition in society. I am going to begin by explaining how this is so and how masculine abuses of the patriarchy inevitably led to the parasitic society-destroyer known as feminism. Anonymous misogynistic neckbeards take heed, I am going to tear women a new one too in the next section, but first I am going to address our own sex. My argument is simple: men drove women to feminism because they misused their power and authority.

Whereas patriarchy should have entailed responsibility, love, and selfless sacrifice like how a benevolent father rules his children, bad men abused it so that it was more akin to how a tyrannical monarch rules his kingdom. I will not appeal to history since the practices of the Roman Empire and Confucian China are all but irrelevant to contemporary society today, but I am speaking of the abuses that we allowed to prevail well into the 20th century. And believe me, there were many. This article will focus on three main ones: domestic abuse, cheating, and institutionalized inequality.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Domestic abuse, how any man could be moved to hit a woman is beyond me. Yet for most of history even up to the 20th century, it was alive and well. Even worse, society turned a blind eye to it as merely a necessary measure for maintaining the stability of the household. I have even seen manuals from the late Russian Empire with the approval of the Orthodox Church instructing men on how to hit their wives and the amount of force necessary for the severity of the offense.

The fact that we allowed such a cruel and barbaric practice to persist well into the 20th century and for that matter enable it in the 21st century by still watching #Mayweather fights (cue angry Black men) is a great embarrassment on our part. It meant that instead of resolving our marital disputes through diplomacy and patience like anyone in authority should, we 'resolved' them through fear, intimidation, and violence. That brings me onto cheating, the abuse I personally hate most.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown
This abuse does not need an introduction because fortunately most people already know how bad it is. But what they may not know is how socially accepted it was throughout most of history well into the 20th century. Not only was it sanctioned under the guise of polygamy and concubinage--both just glorified prostitution--but even as Western society progressed to monogamy in the Christian age, a blind eye was turned to the secret liaisons and unfaithful activities of men. In other words, male promiscuity was still alive and well.

Now this abuse really angers me as a man stuck in a world polluted by feminism where women will never be the same. Pardon the profanity, but just how fucking stupid were our grandfathers? What excuse could they possibly have for cheating? My generation will be lucky to find women half as traditional as the women of their generation were, yet these moronic old sons of bitches still had the audacity to be dissatisfied and cheat?

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

When it was common to have a wife as traditional, submissive, and faithful as the woman above? When the type of woman that my generation fantasizes about was actually a reality? When such an awesome and traditional wife would have been more than willing to put-out for you at any time?

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Really? You still felt compelled to cheat?

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

In other words, the men of yesterday did not realize just how fucking good they had it. They were spoiled and had wives that men my age can only dream of in light of feminism. Thank you grandpa, thanks for nothing you sorry old son of a bitch. Now my generation of men will never have it as good as yours did, at least with women. Finally that brings me onto institutionalized inequality.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

This abuse does warrant an introduction because equality and rights have become such loaded terms in our modern 'progressive' society. By utilizing them I am not referring to a woman's imaginary 'right' to systematically slaughter the unborn in the name of 'choice' nor to the erroneous notion that the differences between men and women are merely the result of 'culture.' Rather, I am referring to the perpetual second-class citizenship--again, at best--that women endured in most societies across the world for most of history well into the 20th century.

I am referring to valid social inequalities like the inability to vote, have a source of income, or hold property. The fact that we men so militantly refused to even consider granting women any of these demands bears witness to how undiplomatic and tyrannical we were in our position of authority. It is like when a teenage girl wants to dye her hair and listen to death metal, yet her parents absolutely refuse to let her. So in the end she rebels even worse than if her parents had just budged and gave permission.

It is called taking a strategic loss for the sake of the greater good. In this case, was granting women the right to vote, have a source of income, and hold property really that unreasonable? For that matter, was no longer abusing our wives and cheating on them really that unreasonable either? Only a lunatic would think so. The point I am making is that maybe if we had been more diplomatic in the first place, then feminism and all of this 'progressive' garbage could have been averted. We could have resolved the patriarchy's abuses within the context of the patriarchy instead of driving women to resolve them by overthrowing the patriarchy entirely. Thus in that regard, men are also guilty for the breakdown of tradition. We abused our power and authority. More than that, we refused correction. So is it really a surprise that the women rebelled? We led them to feminism.

#2) Feminism: The Destruction of the Family Unit

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Having unleashed my fury upon my own sex, I will now proceed to do the same with the opposite sex as promised. Women are likewise guilty for the breakdown of tradition in society. I am going to continue by explaining how this is so and how royally screwed up we are because of feminism. Once again, my argument is simple: women destroyed the family unit through feminism. What began as a just and necessary reaction to the abuses of the patriarchy effectively overthrew the patriarchy as we know it, and thus degenerated into something toxic and parasitic.

Instead of compelling men to perform their job and meet reasonable demands so that women could more easily perform their job, feminists threw out the notion of the family unit altogether. And with it went tradition, chivalry, and everything that women today complain about being absent in men. This article will focus on three main ways in which feminists have destroyed the family unit: divorce, promiscuity, and careers.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Divorce, the first and perhaps the most tragic feminine abuse on here for obvious reasons. Not only does it tear asunder what God has joined together, but it destroys families as we know it. Children find themselves stuck in a perpetual state of transition as they are shuffled between both parents like mere chattel and forced to grow up in single parent households. What should have remained a last resort only for the most extreme and unredeemable of cases like domestic abuse or cheating has become as common as masturbation. In the United States alone, nearly half of all marriages end in divorce.

Yet the rate of domestic abuse and cheating is not nearly as high. You can blame feminism for that because at least 70% of divorces are initiated by women (Source), and that was back in 2000. We have grown a lot more 'progressive' since then so I would not be surprised if women are initiating up to 90% of divorces today. The fact that feminism allowed the institution of marriage to be degraded into such a joke is a great embarrassment to women. It means that selflessness, dedication, and sacrifice among other ingredients for a successful marriage have gone out the window for selfishness, laziness, and instant gratification. That brings me onto promiscuity.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Initially I was not going to address the topic of promiscuity for fear of allowing emotion to cloud my judgment when I am trying to remain objective. But this article would not be complete unless I addressed it. For as long as I could remember, my dream in life was to marry a beautiful traditional girl and have two daughters. I wanted to be a husband and father raising my family in bliss. But due to the complete upheaval of traditional sexual morality at the hands of feminism, this will never be a reality because most women are content being sluts with no interest in marriage whatsoever.

Plus my daughters will never truly be innocent because they will have endured a lifetime of 'progressive' indoctrination teaching them that promiscuity among other sexual perversions are normal and to be encouraged. So right off the bat, thank you womenkind for singlehandedly destroying the hopes and dreams of a genuinely good man who only wanted a Christian family.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

I am speaking of course of the widespread acceptance and even glorification of promiscuity that has pervaded society at the hands of feminism. No longer is it just a fixation on sex or even explicit (and sexy) information about sex as in the magazines above. I hold no moral objection to that. But rather it is about the normalization of sexually deviant behaviors like fornication, homosexuality, and orgies that has destroyed the family unit. Promiscuity is taken not as the exception but as the norm for female behavior. This means that whatever values used to exist in the patriarchy have all but disappeared except in the ultra religious circles. Yet you spoiled and entitled little sluts still have the audacity to complain about this generation's crop of men.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Oh I'm sorry. I guess I missed the part where we were supposed to be spineless doormats who settle for damaged goods and work our asses off as traditional husbands and fathers for promiscuous women who, after years of rejecting us for Chad Thundercock, have finally decided that they want to settle down and be our wives. Yet this is exactly what feminism expects. Science gives women the pill in 1960 and instead of using it responsibly within the context of marriage as a healthy way to space out their children, women go mad with power and use it as a license for promiscuity. Their behavior only reinforces the patriarchal notion that women cannot handle freedom or the responsibility that comes with rights. Good job giving your sex a bad name.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown

Yet you wonder why men view women as sexual objects and are only after one thing. Here is a hint: if you act like a slut then people are going to treat you like one. And no man wants to take a slut home to his mother nor is any man proud to have a slut for a wife. Yet this is the delusion that feminism considers 'normal.' Apparently the family unit is oppressive to women but promiscuity is empowering. It is the same insanity which leads them to believe that it is objectifying for a young boy to look at sexy women in lingerie but liberating to give a young girl the pill and encourage her to engage in three-way anal sex with men who are not even her husband. Yet they are so blinded by estrogen and caramel macchiatos that they do not even realize the blatant contradiction there.

So in conclusion, women destroyed the family unit through feminism. I am not even going to address careers anymore and the unhealthy tendency to vilify motherhood as if it were something to be ashamed of. After railing against women so harshly already, I will leave the topic until next time. But the overall point still stands. Men may be guilty for the abuses that occurred under the patriarchy, but women are guilty for the destruction of the family unit through feminism. Thus in that regard, women too contributed to the breakdown of tradition in society. Is it any surprise that men are so shitty nowadays? Through destroying the family unit, feminism destroyed their incentive.

The Unfortunate Aftermath...

The meaning of all this is that we have been forced into a new society where everything we ever learned is inapplicable. No longer do the conventional rules applies. The breakdown of tradition in society has forced us to shoulder a whole new set of problems that our predecessors never even fathomed. It is why men are so shitty today, losers with no ambition who are only after one thing, and why women today are so utterly appalling and unworthy of marriage. Yet we have no one to blame but ourselves, and grandpa. Seriously, fuck you grandpa.

I still cannot get over how in an era when wives were so freaking amazing, a man could still choose to cheat and thus drive women to feminism. Either way, the few traditional people left are not going to want to settle for anything less than other traditional people. This almost exclusively means the really religious, who in a couple generations will probably be statistically insignificant. This means that the rest of us are truly and utterly screwed, misplaced relics from an older generation doomed to the threshold of history.

Yes, Tradition is Dead: Why BOTH Sexes are Guilty of its Breakdown
'Progressivism' is inevitable. With every year comes another generation of liberally indoctrinated college students ready to pull the rug right out from under us. And with the conservative majority on the Supreme Court lost with Scalia's death, the impending change seems that much more imminent. Society is changing whether we like it or not. In fact, we are to blame for it because we are responsible for the breakdown of tradition. Alluding to my favorite book I am Legend once again, I feel like Robert Neville trapped in a world I no longer belong in, all because I am normal.

So what do we do?

My advice: hope for a miracle and try desperately to find someone who shares the same values as we do, then try to live as silently and independently as possible. Whether we like it or not, society is irredeemable now. We lost. All we can do is make the most of the little bit of time we have left then leave this world to rot. This is not the type of world I want my children to be raised in. Perhaps it would be better not having any.

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  • Okay first patriarchy does not and did not exist. We have lived in a gynocentric society for pretty much all of civilizations existence. Think about it, who told you women where oppressed? Feminist. Who has a vested interest in you believing that? Feminist. Feminist took over schools, over 80% of teachers are female (ie more likely to be feminist) no male in site because schools don't have them to counter the feminist statements, fathers working outside of the home (they didn't do that until the industrial revolution came along and took the work out of the home and into factories and offices). For instance domestic violence was never acceptable. In the 1950s a man was publicly flogged for beating his wife, in delaware, because it was an old law that was still on the books. The operative word is "old" meaning in 1950s their where even older laws that severly punished men for domestic violence. Its actually ironic that you mention it since the exact opposite of what you said is true, that is it was never acceptable for men to abuse women but it was never acceptable for men to BE abused by women. It was called riding the donkey backwards, if a man beat his wife he would be publicly humilated and beaten, if his wife beat him, he would be publicly humilated and beaten. That is how it actually was, we have ample evidence for it so why is it that its never mentioned? Because that would hurt the feminist argument of always being oppressed. They can't demand more privledges unless they argue that they are somehow lacking or guilt tripping men into giving them more all of which rests on the populace presuminig that women where oppressed (again ironic since women where protected under the law to a greater extent then men ever where from rape (only applies to women) to alimony (a man has to provide for his wife/exwife for life) to child custody (tender years doctrine) to civil service (women could not be forced into military/fire or police services unlike men). This is actually why women where the biggest opponents to the suffrage movement, because they did not wish to have the same responsibilities men had. As for cheating it was as common then as it is now, about 15% which in my opinion is way to high but that still is a small group. Again playing the victim only works if you are percieved as the victim so the goal is to exaggerate or even falsify "facts" in order to be percieved as a victim. So the Start of the decay was with feminism convincing women

    • that being feminine was bad and was a weakness. They convinced women to act like men while claiming everything wrong with the world was due to men. This caused women to act in a manner that did not endear them to men ie they stopped being feminine they stopped providing what they initially provided while still demanding men continue to do as they had always done. Thats like going to a store for milk paying them money for it, and then not being allowed to take the milk. Without both parties equally dedicated to the system its collapse was and is inevitable. Now yes plenty of men where short sighted and whent along with it because of womens sexual "liberation" ie women where no longer having sex responsibly but impuslivly and many men wanted to take advantage of that. So yes in this regard men absolutely carry some of the blame, however in the end it was feminism that shoulders the brunt of it, they initiated it they intended for all of this to happen (as per their own words).

    • As for domestic violence and cheating, 12% of all divorces filed by men ie 60% of all male initiated divorces) are due to their wives infidelity. In fact female infidelity has increased significantly because no one is willing to punish women in our current society everything is a mans fault ergo even when she cheats its his fault (some how). For domestic violence as per usual, the statistics show its not common however it also shows that men are far more likely to be the victims of domestic violence then women are (historicly it was called being "henpecked" and was considered funny, not unlike today). 70% of all non reciprocal violence between intimate partners is perpetrated by women, when its reciprocal its 50/50 but studies have shown that while violence in a relationship is an indicator of violence in past and future relationships for women, it is not for men. Meaning the violence follows her so she is most likely the one perpetuating it, most likely through verbal abuse which

    • women also are far more likely to do then men. The reason isn't because women are evil, far from it, its because as a society we refuse to allow men to defend themselves (historicly if your wife was abusive you could hit her it was not fround upon as it is to day) and we refuse to hold women accountable for their actions. Think about it every man from the day he is able to speak is told you are not allowed to hit a girl. And every girl from the day they are able to speak is told boys are not allowed to hit you. This creates an inbalanced system where women hold greater power then men while men hold the greater responsibility. I would agree with the promiscuity parts, however again you can't really blame women at least not entirely. The problem is, again, feminism. It has been able to train entire generations, starting with the previous generation and has only increased its influence since then. So thats why we keep repeating "facts" that are provably wrong, because we where trained to.

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  • This take is dramatic af lmao. Tradition isn't dead since there are still plenty of traditional people out there that yearn for that lifestyle, it's just not rigid and forced upon everyone. In our current society, we have the freedom to choose what kind of lifestyle we want which is not a bad thing.

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  • Thank you for sharing the article. At least, you're putting the blame on both genders rather than the bitter men that think it's only women's fault in the dating and relationship world.

    • But it is mostly women's fault for the breakdown of the family unit.

    • @Careless_Whisper I see. So it's wrong for a woman to have both a career (or job) and family? Both of my parents worked when I was kid.

    • Can you please quote me where I said it was wrong for a woman to have both a job and a family, or are you just pulling stuff out of your ass, which most women do?

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  • The USA is full of corruption and is not a good place to raise a family.

  • No offense but I find it insulting that you think only traditional, Christian women and men have morals.

    I'm an atheist and don't sleep around nor go out getting drunk. I'm a virgin waiting for a relationship. Not really thinking about marriage and kids at this time but don't mind having a normal, intimate relationship.

    • Most atheists are not like you.

    • @Careless_Whisper I'm agnostic (technically leaning towards Christian but I find believing in a God harder and harder) but I don't sleep around and I'm a virgin (in a relationship but we're waiting for later) but I probably will get drunk. There are more of us than you think

    • @FallOutBoy2001 But the majority are not like you.

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  • I am a traditional woman. But not exactly like those from the 50's. More like traditional modern woman. We are still here, still alive. I very well understand your frustration.

    • Meaning what

  • Not traditional, you'll take me to the kitchen kicking and screaming. Is society broken? It was always messed up anyways. I don't want to be traditional or submissive, cos I'm not a second class citizen. And women ask for the majority of divorces, because we are less willing to accept abuse

    • "And women ask for the majority of divorces, because we are less willing to accept abuse" Most divorces initiated by women these days are "no fault."

    • Women ask for the majority of divorces because it is the only way you can continue to sponge of men.

    • @bobbyxx lol ok

  • Pfft speak for yourself, but tradition is very much alive for me and quite a few other people and as long as people like me and me, myself exist tradition shall remain.

    • I think living in the Bay Area all my life has made me perceive the nation as being more 'progressive' and anti-traditional than it actually is.

    • Yeah a little bit my friend.

  • according to guys on g@g it's all women's fault for wanting rights. 😛 *shrug*

    • Except that isn't how it happened. 70% of women surveyed in england stated they did not want the right to vote. Why? Because they didn't want to be forcibly conscripted into police fire or military services, something only men had to do. Rape was only applicable to women not men, thanks to the tender years doctrine women always got custody of children in a divorce and alimony was paid for life (kind of ironic that we say women where the ones oppressed when it was men that where dying and being extohrted by both women and the government). This is the issue, that we claim something is true because feminist have claimed it is true. Not with evidence, not with statistics, not with historical facts, but rather only their word. And the fact that they have a vested interest in keeping you believing these things hence women, who have always had more rights, having even more then before while men are suffering in every single catagory all the while we claim women are the ones who are oppressed

    • No, it's women's fault for destroying the family unit.

    • @Careless_Whisper its feminisms fault. Not women. Women where just as indoctrinated as men where. Look around, no one knows the truth (despite how easily it can be found) because they are all part of the same system of manipulation. Some women want the family and then some men shun them for it, claiming they are lazy or unambitious or what have you. Its an ideological problem that affects the genders not a gender problem that affects ideology.

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  • Wow. Absolutely brilliant. No offence to your other takes, but this one was the best one by far! Perfection

  • It's not as it seems, really. You see, if a girl feels desired enough, she will be submissive and traditional (however one interprets it).
    Women are emotional, not rational. Flirt with her enough, worship her, over-complement her enough, and she will be submissive. Girls only want to hear that they are precious, beautiful and special.
    You know how it is. There is something she doesn't want to do at the moment (a chore), sweet-talking her into it is not hard.

  • You sound bitter. Have a Red Bull and a sugar cookie.

  • Good Take. I would however like to add that one of the reasons women became promiscous was men chasing qnd running after the promiscous women leqvlonely

    • *leaving the other traditional lady like women lonely and feeling undesired. This made some of them become promiscous and slutty so that they may not remain lonely for the rest of their lives!

    • That is an absolutely great point and one that I should have mentioned. Thank you for pointing it out.

  • So you are grieving the death of tradition but condemn smacking women, hmm.. Guess you actually expect people to be good on their own accord. Even though that has never happened in the history of man ever

  • Idgaf if tradition is dead.

  • I'm yet to hear any self-declared "traditionalist" actually be in favour of any traditions that don't benefit them. In fact, why not bring back slavery altogether?

    • And "another generation of liberally indoctrinated college students"? Are conservatively indoctrinated students any better, then?

    • A quick read through this also tells you that you're a homophobe and that you feel that society pressures you into not indoctrinating your daughters so that they'll worship your fun Sky Friend™ forever. Fuck you.

    • Atheists are as brain dead as a zombie.

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  • i know it talks about women getting abortions and taking birth control, but what about a women who is forced by her man to get an abortion and listens? Is that still the traditional women?

    • I would say that that is an example of a traditional woman stuck in an abusive relationship, the same sort which led feminism as stated in the Take.

  • I'm glad traditionalism is dead. It means I can get sex without having to wife a bitch up. I can be in my 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond, and not be expected to be married. I won't be denied housing because I'm not married. I won't be denied promotions at work because I'm not married. I won't be shunned socially because I'm not married.

    You may want to rethink your condemnations of men. There were only a small percentage that were beating their wives and cheating. Same as today. And same as today, these are the men women want. Odd, isn't it?

    Also, women cheat more than men, they just have a better PR campaign. And back in the day, there was no DNA testing, so the only way anyone would know is if the kid was the wrong color.

    There were controls on female behavior, rights, and privileges for thousands of years because people understood something that western society, and later all modern societies, forgot: women are basically children, and they require responsible adult guidance to help them stay out of trouble.

    But you know, I'm glad things have worked out the way they have. It's nice being able to pick up a young, pretty woman and enjoy her for a few months, without having to support her and put up with her shit for a lifetime.

  • You act like we all WANT tradition. Like, for example, when you're saying our grandfathers were "lucky" for being able to get traditional women.

    I wouldn't survive in a traditional world.

    • I for one would thrive, apart from the racism since I'm a Mexican American.

    • But see, different strokes for different people, right?

  • Just here for bitter women, no men pointed out bitter women but they did it lol so bitter and angry

  • If when gender roles where still alive and some guys didn't abuse women. Women would not have create feminist and all would be perfect.
    Nowadays feminist is an old trend so maybe gender roles would be alive again?
    I said that cause in my country (France) it's what work nowadays, gender roles tend to get stronger everyday.

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