Let’s talk about moral courage — or rather, the gaping absence of it among the men in this society. For all the chest-thumping, podium-pounding, “I’m the head of the household” posturing, when it comes time to actually stand up for something real, most of them shrink into silence.
They talk about protecting, leading, providing. But protecting who? Leading where? Providing what? Because when injustice walks right past them, they suddenly find the floor very interesting. They’ll fight each other over status, sports teams, or bruised egos — but they won’t risk social discomfort to call out wrongdoing in their own circles.
You see it in churches, workplaces, schools, politics, everywhere. Men who claim moral authority but treat courage like a theoretical concept rather than a personal responsibility. They’ll quote scripture about being strong and righteous, but when a racist comment is made in their presence, or a woman is being degraded, or power is abused right in front of them, they evaporate. Not a word. Not a stand.
And then they have the nerve to act like moral leadership is their birthright. Leadership requires a spine. It requires taking hits for the right thing. It requires disrupting comfort for the sake of principle. But too many men are addicted to their comfort, their image, their little boys’ club of approval. They’d rather be liked than be right.
The problem isn’t that they don’t know what’s wrong — they do. The problem is that they don’t have the guts to face the social consequences of saying it out loud.
So no, I don’t want to hear another lecture about masculinity, or leadership, or how men are the “protectors.” Show me a man who actually stands up when it counts. Because until then, the men of this society have shown one thing clearly: a stunning lack of moral courage.
