Kerry Howley

Kevin Drum quotes this K-Lo meditation on porn in the military, but misses the best part:

The last thing I’d ever want is a feminizing of our military. But military bases are family affairs and therefore this is worth a discussion.

I love men. I love men being men. I love military men. And I thank God they are military men. But I find it hard to believe that all military men are “drinking and whoring Saturday night,” and if they are in any kind of majority, yeah, that bears scrutiny.

Like I said yesterday, I don’t know that Broun’s legislation is a good idea. But I know what he’s thinking: Porn is bad. Why is the military peddling it? It’s a good question. Not the biggest question of our day; it’s not the hill to die on, as many readers have put it to me. But porn in our culture does need to be addressed and discussed. And if that indicates a feminization of anything, maybe that’s what women are here for — to, every once in awhile, stand athwart history and yell, “Stop. What are we doing to our men?”

Lord knows, the feminization of men has been a problem since the last Spartan warrior died. But it’s a huge relief to know that while my feminine existence effectively enervates half the human race, I have been put on this Earth for a reason: the moral guardianship of men. Consider my existential anomie cured.