A straight-talking antidote to today's ambivalent, amorphous culture

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	• Whisker Rubs: Developing the Masculine Identity Don S. Otis Living Ink Books, 2007 - 214 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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A straight-talking antidote to today's ambivalent, amorphous culture

Psychosocial rehabilitation specialist Don S. Otis presents Whisker Rubs: Developing the Masculine Identity, a manifesto about the obstacles today's postmodern society places upon young boys on the road to manhood, as well as adult men who have their masculinity derided, the importance of their roles as fathers and husbands lampooned by popular culture, and an endless smorgasbord of hedonistic cultural affirmations pulling them away from the qualities of faith, responsibility, and maturity vital to being a man and a capable father. Though Whisker Rubs is from a Christian perspective and affirms the importance of knowing God, its primary focus is a strong message to readers of all religious backgrounds: it's important to let boys be boys, and acknowledge their need for activity, challenge (often physical challenge), and to test themselves in a true adventure. It is also critical for boys to have positive guidance from their fathers and male role models to steer them on a a responsible, disciplines path and away from pitfalls ranging from narcissism to timidity to outright criminal behavior. Further chapters also explore the crushingly high divorce rate in America, and what factors constitute a successful marriage as well as what erodes an unsuccessful marriage. "Most men are romantics. They want the whole package every bit as much as woman do. There is just one problem: there is no perfect person. In fact, there is no perfect relationship because there is no completely unselfish person. Nor is there anyone who can perfectly fulfill every need, want, or desire a man has." A straight-talking antidote to today's ambivalent, amorphous culture that downplays both the needs and the responsibilities of boys and men.

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"Whisker Rubs" a book for all seasons of a man's life.

When I saw "Whisker Rubs" on Amazon.com I thought it would be a book along the lines of Rick Bundschuh's "Passed Thru Fire" an excellent book on raising boys;it's that and more!

Mr. Otis starts out talking about how a boy develops his masculine gender identity and all of the struggles a boy must deal with along the way. He encourages women/moms to understand that men & women really are different, we're not the same!

Next he goes into manhood and its various stages as well giving lots of wise counsel to men in their journey of godly manhood and again, asking women/wives to understand us!

Mr. Otis also writes about how both our secular & Christian Cultures are very anti-male and how that can be fixed! I really apprecaite how Mr. Otis talks about how valuable men are, not putting us over women, but saying men have value just as women do. I've seen too much devalueing of men in our secular & Christian cultures.

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Many men feel lost in our culture. The proliferation of single-parent families and feminism leaves many men wondering what it means to developa godly masculine identity.