Men and Medievalism
With questions we should ask in the present
I believe that in the back of the mind, in places we do not speak about and may not even comprehend, we miss medieval violence and the attendant codes of behavior.
Do you live by a consistent set of beliefs, or, to you, is life best navigated based on the circumstances of the present moment?
There will be a few questions here, but I will try to make them short, relevant, and worth our time.
There are narratives in the media that people choose to adhere to, criticize, or ignore, and these tend to correspond to ideological and/or political prerogatives. There are philosophical questions and then the things we actually do, and they do not always match.
Masculinity is currently a hot topic. I think of that word as simply representing a man’s actions and reactions we deem appropriate and admirable at any time. Masculine ethics has always changed from one era to the next, by the way.
In articles, on message boards, and on various shows with talking heads (yeah I thought about the band too), we discuss how manly behavior affects us now and did so in the past. In fact, we debate endlessly on this subject.