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On Becoming a Responsible Man

November 5, 2026 · 16 min

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Over many years of counseling and teaching, I have discovered that one of the most difficult lessons for men to learn is the distinction between guilt and responsibility. I believe that this is a difficult lesson for any man to learn in this fallen world, but our egalitarian generation has made it many times more difficult. This has been done through its resentful revolt against masculinity itself, coupled with its signature reflex move of routinely “blaming the man.”

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