The Editor, Sir:

This is in response to the front page article 'Save our men'. From a woman's perspective, I take great offence to the notion that we are not having an impact on our sons' lives.

Please understand that it is extremely difficult for us, the females, to combat the everyday influences of the males. The view of life today is that wealth, power, money, fame, riches, and fortune is all that matters. No matter how you get it, get it!

This is a masculine perception that is overpowering the feminine perception of 'love thy neighbour'.

Every day we are bombarded with images of guns, money, fame, fortune played out in the media and we glorify these things.

However, the feminine side is hidden away; out of sight. It is seen as unimportant in today's world.

We very seldom see demon-strations of love and kindness, in the headlines. Usually, this is buried somewhere on page 10 in small print.

This shows that these feminine values are less than glorified. The sad part is that Christ taught the feminine principles of feed the poor, heal the sick, and love each other so that we could reap the rewards of glory.

Not how it was planned

It used to be that the females and males worked together to achieve balance. Then, the males tried to overpower the females. So, in order to fight back, today, everyone holds masculine values - both the women and men. Therefore, we have lost the balance. Men have lost their 'status' as head of household and women have to be 'all in one'.

This is not how it was planned, so, if we want to save the men, then we have to reclaim the balance of the feminine and masculine.

We must work together without trying to overtake each other. The boys have to know that there are two Testaments of the Bible: values of Old Testament of the masculine (war and riches) and values of the New Testament of the feminine (love and humility).

These two parts, together, create the entire Bible. If the Bible needs two feet to stand on, how can we expect to stand on one?

I am, etc.,

BELOVED

ntez2bme@msn.com

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