Is Masculinity Toxic?

In today's episode, Steve interviews Nancy Pearcey, who is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual."

(You can learn more about her book here:)

The Toxic War on Masculinity: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-War-Masculinity-Christianity-Reconciles/dp/0801075734

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Professor Nancy Pearcy

*Author (9X on Wiki) Total truth.

We’re here today to discuss her most recent, best selling book - (Hold it up - get it at Amazon)

The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes - Grounded Ep. 28

• Let’s start here - People often accuse evangelical Christian men of being oppressive patriarchs, prone to abuse. But you make the surprising claim that they test out as having the lowest levels

of abuse and divorce. Please explain. Why impt.

• But don’t we often hear that Christians divorce at the same rate as the rest of society?

• Your book says men are being torn between two competing scripts for masculinity. What are they?

• Men are falling behind in education, employment, health, and even life expectancy. Why are people

ignoring the real problems men face today?

• Why should we worry about men? Don’t they still occupy most positions of power?

• Your book says criticisms of men began much earlier than most of us think. Where did the idea of “toxic

masculinity” come from?

• As American society grows more secular, how does secularization contribute to a negative script for

masculinity?

• Today’s public rhetoric often casts men as villains and women as victims. Where did these stereotypes

come from?

• Your book says the Darwinian theory of evolution normalized many traits in men that today are labeled

toxic. How so?

• The long-term strategy for preventing toxic behavior in men is for fathers to invest deeply in their sons. But the media portrays fathers as incompetent idiots. Where did that negative image come from?

• What practical steps can fathers take to be more involved with their sons—and their daughters?

• At the end of your book, you address the problem of abuse in Christian homes. How can churches

respond more effectively?

• How can people connect with you and purchase a copy of The Toxic War on Masculinity?

Nancy's website: https://www.nancypearcey.com/

The Toxic War on Masculinity: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-War-Masculinity-Christianity-Reconciles/dp/0801075734

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We hope today's episode has been helpful and formative for your walk with the Lord!

(- the Grounded team)