5 Attachments Making you Effeminate

And how to combat them.

I recently posted an article titled “This is Making you Effeminate”, in which I went over 3 significant attachments of the modern man that make him effeminate in nature. As it’s a good introduction to this article, I recommend you read it first.

After seeing the success of the aforementioned article, I wanted to dive a bit deeper into the topic of effeminacy and share another 5 attachments that can make you effeminate.

What effeminacy is and how it manifests practically is explained in-depth in the linked article, so for the full context, read that one first and then come back to this one:

This Is Making You Effeminate

Without going into detail, effeminacy is basically a sort of spiritual “softness” in which the actions of a man are determined not by morality, values, or principles, but by that which is easier and most comfortable.

Another thing that motivated me to write this follow-up article is the fact that I’m reading a biography of St. Francis of Assisi, and one trait that I admire from the great Saint is his total detachment from earthly things, a virtue extremely powerful to combat effeminacy. Detachment is what allows a man to do what’s right, regardless of what earthly things he might forfeit as a consequence.

Only a man of incredible humility and detachment can reach such levels of fortitude and masculinity.

The attachments I’ll discuss in this article won’t be the obvious vices the modern man fights against (social media, junk food, p*rnography, and so on). Not because these aren’t damaging, but because they are obvious and have been frequently spoken about. The 5 attachments I want to describe are much deeper and more difficult to recognize, since they require great awareness to be seen and a strong willpower to detach from them.

So what are these 5 attachments?