Tony Porter

I was able to attend the presentation by Tony Porter “a Call to Man”. Here he discussed his story and the proper ways to treat women and kids. Using his example of a “man-box” to prove his argument which was, trying to drive men away from that traditional view of masculinity. He used this man-box to have celebrities such as the Rock, who after doing shoot’em up movies decided to do a couple Disney roles as well, his point was that we are so ready to throw him out of there because he is going against our perceived idea of masculinity. However this isn’t the right way of thinking because in the Disney roles he is connecting with kids and showing them exactly what most men should be doing the right way to treat people. He goes into great detail into his own story about how he was led down the wrong path but eventually had the courage to overpower his friends because he knew what was wrong and he thought about how he would want his daughter treated. He went on to ask us if men these days would approve of the way college guys treat women if it was our own daughter. Myself personally I would feel absolutely disgusted with the way men treat women nowadays. It is no wonder we have greater poverty rates and crime rates, if these men who are mistreating women are teaching this to their own kids, not only that these children are even lucky if they have a dad to teach them the proper ways because there are more and more single mothers raising boys everyday. I got a lot out of Tony’s story and I know that the minor blemishes I have in treating women are definitely going to be changed if not for the sake of me and the person I am in a relationship with, then for the sake of my kids so they know how to treat somebody.