Muchos hombres hoy en día se quejan del colapso de la sociedad occidental. Las mujeres, dicen, ya no los respetan. La familia está en crisis. Los niños crecen sin padres, si es que llegan a nacer. La inmigración les preocupa, especialmente la de países islámicos. "Esta gente atrasada," dicen, "no respeta las libertades que tanto…
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Freedom: A Western Anxiety
Many men today speak passionately about the collapse of Western society. Women, they say, no longer respect them. Gender roles are in chaos. Children grow up without fathers, if they are born at all. Immigration worries them, particularly from Islamic countries. “These backward people,” they say, “do not respect our hard-earned freedoms. If we let…
Continue readingThe Drama of Belonging: A Reflection on Finland’s Coming-of-Age Tradition
The other day I was discussing with a friend whether Finland is more religious than Spain. The conversation came up because her son’s rippikoulu — the Lutheran confirmation rite — was approaching. She disagreed with me: ‘Finland isn’t religious,’ she said. ‘It’s just something people do.’ And she’s not wrong. On the surface, Finland appears…
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