Originally Posted by
remy
lolll
Why make 1930 the year of the "real men" ?
Why not go back 30 000 years and proclaim "them" real men ? They did not wear any silly coats, did not have snow shoes, and had a big stone to kill huge mammoths...now that, is a "real" man. 22s and sleeping bags are for sissies.
Did i mentioned they also lived in caves and could crush the skull of a saber-tooth tiger with one hand ?
Hopeak...it is called "evolution".
It is the difference between dying at 30 of old age, or 100 still dancing the waltz and ****ing the nurse...The difference between set roles within families, and women becoming equals.
Your nostalgic idea of what a "real man" is, seams obsolete.
It is also called by anthropologists misoneism.
Hold on to your ears, because the "line" between male and female is only going to get thinner, and thinner. Because genders and their respective roles are becoming obsolete too.
What defines a "real man", is biological, and not cultural or idealistic.
Many villages in south america for example have seen a surge of women wanting to leave the village for the USA, or a big city...Why ? Well, evolution...they are tired of dealing with their roles within those cultures. Of having sex for 1 minute and a half and bearing 15 children, and washing, and cooking, and carrying, and dealing with their menstruations by means of banana leaves.
Our children probably understand this more than we do. Although boys will be boys, the need for their adaptation to new roles is paramount to their survival and mental equilibrium. Yes, man is evolving too. In fact, it becomes harder and harder for me to sometimes even decipher gender while walking the streets of my city.
Following your idea of what a "real man" is, i would have to exclude geeks, nerds, or simply men that do not have the need to prove themselves by forced marches or by being able to hunt and grow a beard...lolll
"Strong man spirit" scares me.
That same spirit created hatred, prisons, wars, racism and who knows what.
Further more...it is not every-men that did what this guy did...yes ?
Through out history, we have many examples of amazing stories about individuals pushing themselves to accomplish dangerous and sometimes foolish things. Many of those men paid the ultimate price for this...
What we "need" if anything, is reason.
Through reason follow evolution, through evolution find adaptation...and through adaptation find better chances of survival.
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