Randal Scott asks: “Where are the real men?” in the July NZ Baptist.

Thanks to the feminists, they are keeping a low profile. Does he not remember the hysteria kicked up by the Christchurch creche case? Or the magazine article claiming the majority of men were rapists?

I believe that many of the societal ills we suffer today are a direct result of the hypocritical politically correct being too frightened of the bra-burning men-haters of the 1970s and ’80s. I can remember walking into the typing pool and say, “Good morning, ladies,” and getting a retort from one new typist: “Don’t include me in that sociological sexist label.”  Luckily my confidence was restored by one of the other typists whispering that I could call her a lady anytime.

I had a friend who was a primary school teacher in Hamilton some years ago. They only had one pleasant young man there as a teacher. One day a little girl fell over in the play-ground and he felt too scared to just pick her up, give her a comforting hug, and send her on her way again. He told my friend that with all the male witch-hunting going on he did not dare touch the child. The female teachers were so scared of losing their one male role-model teacher that they set up a system whereby, if he was on playground duty and anything occurred too dangerous for him to handle, to immediately send a kid for one of the females in the staff room.

When I went to Sunday school and Bible class in Brethren and Methodist churches all my teachers were men. Perhaps men came to believe they were not safe with children even in church settings? The Chinese have a saying that women hold up half the sky. Well, the feminists wanted more so now they will have to shoulder the burden, and the churches had their share of feminists too.

– David Speary, Northcote, Auckland