MALE ICONS FOISTED IN OUR SOCIETY

Folks, have you mulled over the kinds of male icons that have been foisted in our country?

During the 19th century, our heroes were our idols because they sought the independence of our country from colonizers. In the 50's, Ramon Magsaysay captured the minds of the people because he was the man of the masses. 

The during martial law, the dictator pretended to be a male benevolent leader but failed i. the end. History will tell us what he did to our country.

Male presidents after 1986 the year of the People Power phenomenon, the kinds of leadership left much to be desired.

In the larger societies, there were male icons that made our minds shape the male qualities - Adonis, that Greek sculpture, is viewed as the quintessence of the perfect body of the man who should be adored.

The Americans meanwhile brought here fil heroes like Superman, Spiderman, who were depicted as heroes of the world, helping those who are in distress, and out to destroy the evils of the world. However, Russian interference in the US elections and the installation of their puppet dissolved the idea that Superman is an eternal icon of malehood or manhood. BTW Folks, have you noticed how the male superheroes are dying or being deleted from screens? Superman, and Spiderman are meeting their endings in their last films. 

It is so funny but the robotic super beings, like the Terminator are overtaking our ideas of a handsome and favorable man.

In the political field. the leftists were enamoured by the idea of living the lives of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and especially Mao Ze Dong. The commitments of these radical political philosophers to raising the status of the downtrodden and abolishing capitalism replacing it with communism became a desired dream of every new recruit to the movements for change.

However these poltical icons are slowly being removed from the public consciousness as the economic developments in the countries where they originated pno longer conform to their original ideas. 

Now there are eternal icons of men in our society like Jesus Christ, the male saints, and predictably certain Popes. Pope Francis must not commit any error in running the Vatican in order to be our eternal icon. Despite their celibate status, the people, especially the women readily pay obeisance because they possess the noble and good virtues that show kindness, love and patience for all peoples of the world.

All women in the movement must define now what kind of men should prevail in the minds of the people. To my mind,  our women are confused on the kind of men they shall deal with. Majority now think that sex is the major come on to making men interested in them. Just look at their attire in the streets. This has to be fully discussed. It would also be good to ask PRD his male idol is. 

Only a clear perspective of manhood will make our people realize the need to have standards for choosing their partners in life as well as the leaders in our society. The violent men will slowly recede into the background, hopefully.