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It’s interesting that Eve traditionally bears the blame for the Original Sin. Yes, we know that Eve accepted the fruit from the serpent, but what was Adam’s role? They had been issued the same command from God and in fact, Adam knew the assignment before Eve arrived on the scene:
Many men struggle with remaining present and active in the face of conflict. If a man has not learned to address his emotions in a healthy way, he will have a proclivity to meet challenging situations with unproductive or even harmful reactions such as:
The most dangerous man is a man who has not processed his pain.
Some may think that the answer to this question has evolved over time. Influenced by culture, politics, responsibility, expectations and media, there are countless messages circulating regarding a man’s role in the home, workplace, leadership and society. In this day of technology dependence, where it’s easy to give over hours of your week to the social media scroll, you can pick up a lot of perspective - much of it contradicting and confusing.
It is common for men to feel under-resourced and ill equipped when dealing with their emotions and in communicating with others, especially within their primary relationships (significant others and children). Because of this, men tend to shut down by placating, dismissing or even overpowering others’ emotions through contempt. These approaches create distance and resentment in relationships.
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Last week I met with a man who is three years post divorce from a twenty year marriage. He shared with me that his ex-wife, who has primary custody of their teenage children, had reached out expressing her concerns over the security and safety of her home and household. She is a single woman, living in a demographically mixed area of the city, known for low level crime. As he explained the intent of her call, I could sense his feelings of failure in not providing his wife and children with the protection they need. “Does she just want me to come home and pretend we love each other again?” he asked me.
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