Michael Weiss at something called Pajamas Media:
Just how popular is Kay Hymowitz’s City Journal essay, “Love in the Time of Darwinism,†which decries the phenomenon of marriage-avoiding man-children? So popular that it was sent to me by no less than three different friends today (all males) and it’s been featured on two different traffic engines this week: Arts & Letters Daily and Real Clear Politics.
Her brief is actually a mild apology for a previous essay in which she reprehended the jaded and loveless men of my generation for, as she puts it here, “whiling away their leisure hours with South Park reruns, marathon sessions of World of Warcraft, and Maxim lists of the ten best movie fart scenes†instead of humming Cole Porter tunes and throwing their jackets over puddles in the street for their intendeds. Courtship is dead, and mankind may well be facing extinction given how many men refuse to grow up, get hitched, and start procreating. What happened to Cary Grant? He turned into Seth Rogen.
Comment by Jake on 11/19 @ 3:25 pm #
Procreation isn’t dead.. The three minutes of fury will be around forevah… just the jacket over the puddle part… the romance part… It’s oldschool, as they say.. but it’s understandable.. Good God, chicks are up against South Park and WoW… It’s not even close…
Oh, and guys are still humming Cole Porter tunes (along with show tunes).. but I doubt they’re procreating much.
Comment by dicentra on 11/19 @ 7:46 pm #
I read both of Kay’s pieces (I subscribe to the hard copy of CJ), and she’s got a point.
Procreation isn’t dead
Go read America Alone, eh? Western society has spent 50 years undermining marriage and the importance of families, and the result is demographic suicide.
Those who procreate the most will win. It’s that simple.
Comment by Ron Robinson on 11/20 @ 1:16 am #
I think there was a paucity of answers in both these pieces. For a more honest and cogent contribution toword the truth check out watchcenter.blogspot.com