Question

[Kenbushway]

I was having a discussion where I said that it seemed like the era of real men seems to be coming to an end. I argued that boys these days shave themselves bald, soft hands, don't like to get dirty, don't like hard work, doesn't know how to fix a loose screw and just the manner in which a man treats another man seems to be lost on the newer generations. I was wondering if anyone else thought something close to this or if you believe that real men aren't in danger of becoming the minority.

[auntiehill]

I believe your premise is flawed.

All men (and women) don't have to be a certain way to be validated. That's absurd.

Your poll should include a "Please get in your time machine and return to the 1950s" option.

[Miss Chicken]

I voted yes and no.

I am not really sure what a 'real' man exactly but I tend to judge men on their individual merits rather than on a perceived group of behaviours. Many changes have been for the better.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Two thoughts on this:

- No, real men aren't in danger of anything.

- Depends on how the term "real men" is defined, anyway.

[teacake]

Kenbushway wrote:

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and just the manner in which a man treats another man seems to be lost on the newer generations.

Thank fuck.

[iguana_tonante]

Kenbushway wrote:

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I was having a discussion where I said that it seemed like the era of real men seems to be coming to an end. I argued that boys these days shave themselves bald, soft hands, don't like to get dirty, don't like hard work, doesn't know how to fix a loose screw and just the manner in which a man treats another man seems to be lost on the newer generations. I was wondering if anyone else thought something close to this or if you believe that real men aren't in danger of becoming the minority.

[Kestra]

Seriously. What happened to the men who could fix a sink, smoke a cigar, chop down wood to make his own furniture, wrestle a tiger, build his own car, and wasn't afraid to yell at a woman to make him a sandwich and bring him a beer?

Where have all the real men gone? And can they stay there?

[Melakon]

Wait until the day when, after all those years of calling adults "Mr. Brown", "Mrs. Smith", and "Miss Jones", and after you become an adult yourself, pre-schoolers address you by your first name. If you're lucky.

Nobody said life was fair.

[Kenbushway]

auntiehill wrote:

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I believe your premise is flawed.

All men (and women) don't have to be a certain way to be validated. That's absurd.

Your poll should include a "Please get in your time machine and return to the 1950s" option.

That is why I have a poll option giving you the chance to say I am crazy.

teacake wrote:

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Thank fuck.

Why so? Real men don't react in violence, they talk out their problems or walk away. Real men also don't call other men bitches; also real men shouldn't be bothered by being called bitch.

[thestrangequark]

Hon, we covered the fact that your definition of reality is flawed in your last thread.

[teacake]

I wish I was a man now so I could call J. Allen a bitch. With love of course. I might even slap his ass a little.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

thestrangequark wrote:

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Hon, we covered the fact that your definition of reality is flawed in your last thread.

TSQ with the PWN!

[JarodRussell]

Y'know, some women say "I want a real man" and mean a guy who beats up a couple of guys in a bar and then fucks her brains out like an animal, and some women say "I want a real man" and mean a guy who applies cucumber masks to himself and reads poetry to her.

There's no universal definition of what a real man or what a real woman is.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Nothing unreal exists.

[teacake]

^Exactly.