The Vanishing Male Voter

Dear Americans,

Please. I donot want to sound anything but as a friend.

One would have thought that if you really value your country, its democracy, its institutions and values, you would have made every effort to make the election day, every four years, as easy and convenient for as many voters to do their civic duties, right? I am suggesting that you have the election on a Saturday like what happens in many countries where elections are held on a Saturday.

After all, many Americans profess to hold dear their country's democracy and its values and are even prepared to defend it on the battlefield.

So what is it to be? Are you prepared to pay for the cost of a few hours on a Saturday to do your civic duties? For anything else is just a lip service to your democracy. I am afraid.

Good luck.

As a 'citizen of the world' I've always recognized that living in a democratic society is a gift, especially when there are billions of people who don't have the ability to vote. Acknowledging this, I have not missed an opportunity to vote since 1976, not only for myself, but in recognition of the remarkable power invested in the act of voting itself. In my opinion, those who choose not to vote are akin to those who wouldn't stoop to help a child who has fallen. Either case is to thumb one's nose belligerently at humanity.

Dear Americans,

Please. I donot want to sound anything else but as an admirer of American values at one stage.

Now, one would have thought that if you really value your country and its institutions you would have made:

- The election day easy and convenient for as many people to vote without imposing too much conflict on voters' ability to do so during a normal week day, right? I am thinking of Saturdays like what people do elsewhere in some countries.

Anything less, it's simply a lip service to democracy and its values which surpringly, many Americans profess to hold dear and even are prepared to defend it on the battlefield.

So are you prepared to pay for the cost of your democracy every four year: a Saturday. What is it to be?

Good luck.

Many politicans represent the worst nightmare of a white male: to become a shell of a man who has completely sold out. Unfortunately for many white males it???s like looking in a mirror, and being horrified.

In our society today, if you are a woman, or a minority, you are conferred certain advantages under ???equal opportunity???. What this means if you are a white male, is that you are the ONLY demographic who is at a disadvantage. The reason why women/minorities think this is acceptable, is because white men are still ???in power???. But in fact, white men are being attacked from all sides, so even the white men ???in power??? are in fact powerless. They can???t say what they think, they can???t be comfortable in their own country. They have sold out their ideals and their freedom for a last bit of personal power and prestige. White males of older generations did in fact enjoy advantages that women and minorities were not allowed. But we are now experiencing a reversal, white males of the current generation are at a distinct disadvantage. And more important than the reduced education and job prospects, are the restrictions on our ideas, discourse, and other intellectual freedoms.

This can help explain why the Republican party had success in the last 8 years. The GOP strategists are brilliant, trying to sell their party as a stronghold for white males, or a stronghold for the religious. When in fact, the GOP is neither, and only seeks to improve the lot of the extremely wealthy (which consequently means preserving the status quo). While it may seem to help white males (or religious folks) on the surface, the price you pay for entry into the GOP is your soul. And deep down everyone should know this.

Democrats clearly emphasize the importance of women and minorities. By default, white males are the only group not emphasized, therefore they are discouraged. In principle the Democrats seem to be more closely aligned to the true vision of America, yet how can this be so when they persecute a single group? This persecuted group happens to be the same demographic that the Founding Fathers were in.

Again, what does this all mean in terms of male voter turnout? Many males do not respect politicians, they find them disgusting. Our country has wealth and power unprecedented in the history of the world. And yet white males can clearly see that we are on the declining side of our dream. The system has let us down. Confusion reigns. But someday white males may discover a way to fix these problems, and then the confusion will turn into focused determination that will once again change the world for the better. We just need to discover that path. Our current path, where white males are caught in a crossfire of hostility from the people who they raised up, is certainly not the correct path.

American men are lazy. They love football (as do I), but won't read a newspaper, a magazine, or a book if it takes more than five mintues of concentration. American men are allowing themselves to be dumbed down. They are worse than their kids when it comes to watching television. But this is good news for American women... it's your time! Keep yourselves sharp and the world is yours.

I'll say this and be done with it.

Obama and McCain were at a fundraiser last night in tuxes with champagne and expensive food and deep pocketbooks with the nations elite politicians and wealthiest Americans.

They laughed and joked around like old friends, and if you watched CNN or your local news, you caught images and soundbites of their jokes.


When are about 80% of the people in this country going to wake up and realize what is going on here?

We have spent too long dividing this country up with fear and lies and hate on both sides, yet here they go putting on a show...

My bad, the show is the presidential run. What you saw tonight was the real people.

Only the bitter, upset voters fight each other. These two could care less really.

They are part of the elite, and it really doesn't matter who gets elected, because YOUR best interests are not on the table.

This BS talk about Palin and Obama and everyone else... it has to stop. Stop yelling at each other and yell at the ones responsible...

This is no surprise to men.

May I suggest the reason men don't vote is because american society and political correctness has for more than 2 generations been hostile to men. It's rare for a country and society to turn its back on, and cripple, the very backbone of its success economically and militarily, but that's exactly what the US has done for over 40 years. Is it any wonder that US men resent it? Is it any wonder that they are angry? So angry, apparently, that 5.8 million of them are in jail. Jail is the home of unhappy, angry persons.

This pattern is very clear. We ignore it because, for political policy purposes, we as a society choose to ignore it. While we encourage and elevate, and even exault, the growth, independence, and success of US women and minotiries, we do the polar opposite to US men, and have done so for at least 2 generations. It should be no surprise then, that America has, penultimately, declined in strength in all ways, NOT becasue promoting women and minotiries is bad, or because of them; rather, because America has chosen to cripple and castrate its men. As long as that continues, America's path will be same old, same old.

If you doubt the terms "cripple and castrate", consider the evidence. US men die at younger ages? Death is due to wear and tear on American men, or disproportionately being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This article itself mentions that US male workloads have increased a staggering 80% since 1980. That is wear and tear, that is death, and that means less time for their communities, their children, their spouses. Moreover, unlike women or minorities, US men have virtually no support from anyone. No one wants or listens to their opinions, likes or dislikes. They are ridiculed, relentlessly, in the written media, on TV, and in many movies. Instead of a supportive spouse, they often face a bitchy, difficult, demanding, unsatisfied and unhappy one at the end of a very long workday, who often has unrealistic and unattainable expectations of them, and often no sympathy. Is it any wonder they might be stressed, despondent, discouraged, or down? This is a recipe for anger, frustration, resentment, and ill health. What about the word "castration": A healthy strong male who is happy and who likes himself is often very fertile. Our society takes this for granted. But it should not. Because unhappy unhappy, unhealthy males are less fertile, or not at all. Is it any wonder there has been a big rise in infertile young males? Is it any wonder that drugs such as viagra have been developed and sell well? There is a big need, by all US males. Strong, healthy males do not need drugs. Thiese dynamics are captured in the divorce statistics - over 1/2 of marriages now fail. This is not the face of a society healthy for males. And it is finally catching up with us.

Been there done that

The men in this country are mostly jerks who are so wrapped up in themselves that they don't like to pay taxes to help the rest of the country, they don't like to have Gobernment helping them, they don't see any use in universal health care (coz they're scared of becoming "socialist" as if that were the worst possible thing that could ever happen) and they are too macho and simple-minded to do anything but vote for leaders who are war mongers.

Where are the REAL men? Most men in my family are planning to vote. Who are these bubba men who are not making it to the polls? They must be the namby-pampies who voted for Bush Jr. twice in a row - the anti-intellectuals who want four more years of a moron in office to play war games and take over the oil-producing world - the "real" Bush Doctrine.

I just was "W" and it has put me in a sour mood - I really loathe republicans thanks to Bush Jr. He is really the bottom of the barrel, and now we've got Palin slurping up the dregs, Tacky, anti-intellectual and below mediocre. Just awful for this country and its standing in the world.

The answer to the question of why men don't vote is the same as why they don't go to college and why so many don't believe that their parenthood involves their marrying the mother.

We are having fewer children these days, and the male children are so pampered and spoiled that they don't learn to be men. They don't learn to be good citizens. They don't learn to take enough responsibility. in short, it's mommy's fault. They are just not stepping up!

Men don't vote because men are becoming increasingly ignorant and self-possessed. Look around; This appears to be the first generation of men who actually take pride in looking, acting and like morons. Language, fashion, attitude: Too many young (voting age) men just love to display that 'Yo! I'm bad! Yo! I'm stupid!, persona.
You see it on TV, hear it on record, read it in magazines; The smart gal, putting up with the dumb/fat/vapid/dimwitted husband/boyfriend/neighbor/co-worker/boss, etc. Pound down a beer, high five and bump bellies at the game: It's sometimes very embarrassing to be one of them. Pride in stupidity in ignorance? Seems to be in style with today's young American male (And you ladies?? You're catchin' right up.).

Because most American men are lazy, and not intellectually curious. They love football (as do I), but won't read a newspaper or a magazine if it takes more than ten minutes. American men are dumbing down... and that should be great news for American women. It's your time!

I believe the reason for the falling numbers is that there is an increasing social message to boys: you really don't matter so shut-up and take you medicine. As the father of three boys, schools syatems are slanted to to advancement of girls. The concerns of the parents of boys fall on deaf ears. Take the effort to improve the SAt scores of girls in math, was their a corresponding effort to improve the scores of boys in language skills? Not hardly. Much is made on the social impact on the self-esteem of girls of the imigies of the beauty standard, the same happens to boys and the message they receive it that you don't matter.