{"id":6263,"date":"2017-02-22T10:17:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/2017\/02\/22\/men-dont-read-bullshit\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T18:19:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:19:53","slug":"men-dont-read-bullshit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/men-dont-read-bullshit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMen Don\u2019t Read\u201d \u2026 Bullshit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jim Ellis\nEditor, Legacy Magazine<\/pre>\n
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\"jaepic2\"<\/a>There is this meme that exists within the culture of my men’s organization, Mentor Discover Inspire (MDI), an international circle of men found throughout North America (and some satellite locations elsewhere). Is it out there anywhere else in the world?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s this line: \u201cmen don\u2019t read.\u201d<\/p>\n
I think it comes from years and years (we are 20-plus years old) of unread e-mails regarding MDI business. Someone writes an e-mail and blasts it out to the collective 800 or so men, and may rarely receive a response \u2026 except for the proverbial concept: yes, you guessed it \u2013 \u201cmen don\u2019t read.\u201d<\/p>\n
As editor of the Legacy Magazine, which originates from the MDI organization, there are times some members can\u2019t seem to force out a single paragraph about an event or a story. But at the same time you will see members’ lengthy posts on Internet sites such as Facebook. Hmmm.<\/p>\n
So the meme can\u2019t be true. I mean look at social media alone. Tons and tons of reading and writing \u2026 and even some arithmetic, depending on what posts you are reading. And it’s not just kids, teens and “millennials” who are writing and reading within social media. It’s a fair amount of adult males \u2026 even if it\u2019s only 140 characters of a fricken’ tweet. Plus add in the obvious volumes of content provided by male writers, journalists and novelists.<\/p>\n
So what can it be? What is the truth about this bullshit meme?<\/p>\n