Today is July 8, 2009, and I am afraid. I wouldn't really recommend fear to anyone actually, but I think that after reading the blog, my male viewers will experience this psychological phenomena also. While I remain busy in my little world which currently comprises of a messy room, summer classes, and missing friends, the world is hunkers behind their respective one eyed monsters in fear of a nuclear proliferation at the hands of North Korea's leader, who all to often wears a one piece pajama suit and aviator glasses, or some new happening in the recent demise of Michael Jackson. While these fears, comparet to other worries in the dynamic pop culture of our planet are legit, on varying scales, I believe something far more unnerving and worrisome is working behind the scenes. All doom, gloom, and conspiracy theories aside, the male species is at risk whether Kim Jong Il wears his one piece or not. During my downtime this evening as I meandered through cyberspace, I found an article highlighting yet another technological innovation of our time. On this day, scientists have created the first sperm in a labratory using retinotic acid which is derived from Vitamin A. This discovery SHOULD lessen male infertility and do a bunch of other great things for humanity. Viewers, hold you applause, and put your thinking caps on! Can't you see what's happening?
It's obvious that an overwhelming trend of female independence is present in our world today. With artists like Beyonce and others crafting catchy verses backing this rising ideology and gender roles changing due to economic downturns and poor track records of lazy males who've done sub par work as fathers, workers, and friends, the first lab grown sperm should strike fear in all males who, with nothing else to offer, cling to their sexuality as their last bastion of masculinity. If sperm can be created without men, what are we good for?
It seems like the answer is: Nothing but wars, cars, and wrestling. But even that is changing. Our world is making consided and persistent efforts to break down barriers; this allows everyone can do anything they so desire to do, and believe me, I'm all for it. However, with every gender, as I've attempted to highlight in previous blog entries, certain traits are almost guaranteed to become evident, and this necessarily isn't a bad thing. For example, a world ruled by men who usually are confident, wreckless, and selfish has plunged civilization into a capitalistic mold which is now crumbling due to excessive greed and dishonesty- among other things. For most, in this past election, the presence of a female democratic candidate, excluding all policy and including preconceived gender traits, promised to undo all that wreckless men have done. . .or so I've heard. I mean think about it. Chancellor Merkel is doing an amazing job in Germany and in the EU. Why couldn't Hilary Clinton do the same here? I hope it's obvious that I'm playing the devil's advocate, but I'm sure you see my point.
If this modern innovation serves as the harbinger I think it does, I forsee an extremely detail oriented and organized world where men, collectively, are the minority. In this world, muscle cars will cease to exist and things that "save the environment and reduce CO2 emissions" will abound at the sacrifice of the exhilerating feeling one receives when one slams their foot down on the gas pedal of a high performance sports vehicle. In this world, conversely, one would slam their foot on the H20 pedal or some other that of some alternative automotive energy source. And to top it all off, politics would be more about one's latest fashion attire than about one's unwavering policies and worldviews. This last point can clearly be seen in the media's response to Michelle Obama's fashion sense.
To the this latest modern innovation, viewers, I ask- Why can't things stay just like Kim Jong Il's one piece suit- exactly the same?
Has society been intoxified by Obama's noxious, and quite hypocritical slogan "Change"? Am I the only one concerned about this, or was everyone else too busy mourning the deaths of celebrities than to ponder the future of our ever changing world?
