Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

The difficult part - one of them, I should say - comes in trying to define the goals.  Where does one thing begin and another end within the "masculine"?  Is it appropriate to add this or leave that out?  And of course, no matter what I do, someone is going to be upset or complain because XYZ did or didn't happen.

You mentioned how some of the stuff is already in AM.  Just like LTU has several programs already in it I don't see why not AM can't have this develop your masculinity title already in it when the time comes to develop AM.  Just like you can have Money Magnet and then have UMS being a more complete money mastery program you can have both AM and this new title.

I think the distinction can be made between both.  An alpha male has all the qualities of a masculine man but a masculine man is not necessarily the alpha male of his group.  Maybe some guys just want to undo all the feminization they have gone through since childhood before they step into AM to become a top male.  Maybe some don't want to become an alpha male and just want to be more masculine.

As far as what's appropriate...I think Benjamin can also chime in on this as I have noted over the years how he does understand and is tuned in to the issues of masculinity and the feminization of men.  I've posted about this stuff in the forums for a while myself and have been studying this stuff for years (since i have suffered through and still working on fixing my masculinity).

Some of the basic goals from my studying this issue are what I listed.  I would say most guys suffer from this now a days due to feminization.

I'm aware of what needs to go in, but the issue I face is two things specifically:
1. Where do we draw the line between what goes into AM only and what goes into Develop Your Masculinity, and
2. No matter what I put in, someone will complain that XYZ should have gone in, or should not have.