Real men rescue women from fire-breathing dragons

Let's face it. Nowadays it is a rare privilege for a man to happen to be riding his stallion by a dragons nest and hear the screams of a damsel in distress. Today's knights need to use a little more creativity in finding a way to prove his manhood and stand out from the crowd as a hero, sweeping the fair maiden off her feet.

Fortunately for those who venture to try, true manhood is nearly obliterated from our culture, and rising above the crowd really doesn't take much effort at all. I recently read an article on Slate.com called Sex Is Cheap - Why young men have the upper hand in bed, even when they're failing in life. Mark Regnerus did an excellent job in analyzing the situation. Boys are not growing up to be men. Into their thirties they are still a crowd of Xbox-playing, commitment-fearing, unemployed losers who party their way through their fifth attempt at graduating from college, while still depending on mommy for their weekly allowance.

And at the same time, the girls (at least some of them) are growing up into young women with the desire to find a husband and start a family, and they face a market that is void of suitable men. Sex is cheap. The internet is offering it, TV is offering it, so the only way for the girls to get their attention is to lower the price. Which further drives the deflation of the worth of a woman. She's selling out to get some loser to commit to her, while he has no reason to, because he is already getting what he wants from her. And he knows if she takes off he can get it from someone else.

Here, my friends, is your fire breathing dragon. If it is one thing I hear consistently from godly, prudent, and attractive young women it is a cry for a real man to come along. One who will not take advantage of a market in his favor, but value her as she ought to be valued. Who will not try to push her into selling out, but who will commit to her for life and never look any other way. Will you be that knight in shining armor to a woman? Will you make the extra effort to be a real man? It's a little more work, but you would make a young woman very, very happy.