How Can Our Society Solve the Problem of Young Men Checking Out?

Strong families are composed of a man and a woman who become what God intended them to be. Men and women are equal in value, but their bodies are created differently. Although some people think that men can become women and women can become men, their DNA and bone structure tell us differently.

When the skeleton remains of a person are found, experts can tell if it is a man or woman by the size and by the shape of the shoulders and hips. Somethings do not change no matter how much someone wants them to be different. The DNA stays the same no matter how many hormones are ingested.

The struggle to convince the rising generation that they can change their gender by cutting off certain parts and taking certain hormones has caused numerous problems. One of those problems can be seen in the young men of modern society. Nick Freitas explained that the problem “has nothing to do with weakness. The BlazeTV Staff shared the information in an article published at theblaze.com. 

Why are so many young men checking out of modern society? According to Nick Freitas, the answer – unlike what the Gen X and Boomer generations would have you believe – goes far deeper than laziness or a lack of resilience.

Freitas tells Christopher Rufo and Jonathan “Lomez” Keeperman on “Rufo & Lomez” that the first thing to consider is that there is a real problem and it’s “different from what we faced in the past.”

“It’s really easy to point back like, ‘Oh, you think it’s hard now? What about the 19-year-olds that were storming Normandy?’ It’s like, yeah, that was hard. And that’s why we lift up and we celebrate the 19-year-olds that stormed Normandy,” Freitas explains.

“The problem is we have a bunch of 19-year-olds now where first of all, there’s no Normandy to storm, and they’re being told that all of the characteristics or instincts that would have informed the man storming the beach in Normandy are now bad, evil, toxic, horrible, and need to be repressed,” he says, noting that “that’s the part that’s unique.”

“That’s the part that I think Gen X-ers and Boomers have a hard time understanding is that the culture has shifted so much as to deliberately target the very things that young men were designed, I believe, designed by God to be,” he adds.

Freitas notes that it’s “confusing and horrific” to attempt to thrive in an environment “where you’re told that all of your instincts are bad and you need to be emasculated.”

In order to deal with this, Freitas explains that “one of the big things” he tells young men is to seek identity through Christ.

“It’s eternal. It doesn’t promise me that everything is going to be going good. But it’s eternal. I believe it’s true. And so in so far as that’s where I get my identity, then all of a sudden I always have identity, meaning, and purpose,” he says.

“I never lose it, and it cannot be taken away from me,” he adds.

Freitas tells young men “to seek identity through Christ.” As I read this article, I made a connection between this statement and the missionary program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the time that they are children, young men are taught that they have a priesthood responsibility to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.

Those who accept this charge prepare themselves for missionary service and submit their applications to go. The age for young men to be called has long been age 19 years of age. In recent years, the age was lowered to 18 years of age. For young women, the age was 21 years of age for many years, but it was lowered some years ago to 19 years of age when the young men age was lowered to 18 years of age. The age for young women has recently been lowered to 18 years of age. Could it be that the Lord knew that He could solve the young men’s problem, while missionary work is being performed?