EPISODE · Mar 9, 2026 · 18 MIN
Why Your Wife SHOULDN'T Submit to You
from The Forge with Tomas Mones-Cazon · host The Forge with Tomas Mones-Cazon
Effeminacy is a word almost nobody uses anymore. Aquinas defined it as a reluctance to sacrifice pleasure or endure pain in the pursuit of a good or a virtue. That one definition explains most of what's wrong with men today. The collapsing marriages, the addictions, the lack of leadership, the men who know what they should do and simply won't do it. Ephesians 5 gets weaponised constantly in both directions. Men use it as a power grab. Women use it as evidence of oppression. Both miss the point entirely. When you understand what submission actually means, and what the husband's side of that contract actually demands, the whole passage reads completely differently. This video breaks down effeminacy and emasculation, what they actually mean, why they're not the same thing, and how true masculinity is modelled on the cross.In this video I cover:-what effeminacy actually means and why Aquinas called it a vice against fortitude-why a jacked, successful man can still be effeminate-the difference between effeminacy and emasculation-what Ephesians 5 actually demands from men, not just women-the model of true masculinity: the saints who took masculine virtue to the extreme-why most men know what's right and still won't move toward itMy work:https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom (FFTK):http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/#masculinity #discipline #christian #virtue #catholic
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Effeminacy is a word almost nobody uses anymore. Aquinas defined it as a reluctance to sacrifice pleasure or endure pain in the pursuit of a good or a virtue. That one definition explains most of what's wrong with men today. The collapsing marriages, the addictions, the lack of leadership, the men who know what they should do and simply won't do it. Ephesians 5 gets weaponised constantly in both directions. Men use it as a power grab. Women use it as evidence of oppression. Both miss the point entirely. When you understand what submission actually means, and what the husband's side of that contract actually demands, the whole passage reads completely differently. This video breaks down effeminacy and emasculation, what they actually mean, why they're not the same thing, and how true masculinity is modelled on the cross.In this video I cover:-what effeminacy actually means and why Aquinas called it a vice against fortitude-why a jacked, successful man can still be effeminate-the difference between effeminacy and emasculation-what Ephesians 5 actually demands from men, not just women-the model of true masculinity: the saints who took masculine virtue to the extreme-why most men know what's right and still won't move toward itMy work:https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom (FFTK):http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/#masculinity #discipline #christian #virtue #catholic
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