The feminization of the American male? (Christmas, health care, gun, medical)

[NewToCA]

Perhaps it has just been discussed to a natural end.

[Tricky D]

Jeesh I was trying to be funny.
I guess doing this gets you accused for hijacking?
I'm sorry for having hurt other people's feeling but I won't excuse myself for my humour.
I'll just stop trying to be funny in this thread tho.

[GregW]

I would love to surround myself with women like Buffy, Sarah 'the bionic woman", Xena, Amanda from Highlander, Romi from Andromeda, and most importantly, Kara Thrace, call sign, Starbuck. I can only wish I was so feminized.

[lilypad]

Everyone knows (or should know) that anything the entertainment industry puts out is in the realm of UNreality! I saw a ridiculous episode of some show yesterday where a woman with boxing gloves on was beating the hell out of another MALE boxer! And apparently loving it. I would find it hard to believe this IN reality, unless the male was not a professional, but this guy was also a boxer. The UNreality show just trying hard to be PC and show how a little 115 lb. woman could easily beat up a much bigger, much stronger "peer" boxer. Was ridiculous to watch. But that is what these programs are about: UNREALITY. Problem is, those with weak minds, who are easily influenced see all this as their new exciting "reality". Whenever I am out doing errands, amongst the public, most of what I hear is "oh, did you see that episode about....." or "oh, I can't wait to see the next show where.....". Too many people engrossed in the UNreality of TV programming instead of living their own lives. Really sad. Nothing empassioned about it.

[Yeledaf]

Originally Posted by GregW

I would love to surround myself with women like Buffy, Sarah 'the bionic woman", Xena, Amanda from Highlander, Romi from Andromeda, and most importantly, Kara Thrace, call sign, Starbuck. I can only wish I was so feminized.

Oh, yes -- Xena is so hot. There's just something about a woman in a leather and iron brassiere who can throw a magic frisbee that lights my afterburners.

[the floacist]

Originally Posted by Yeledaf

Oh, yes -- Xena is so hot. There's just something about a woman in a leather and iron brassiere who can throw a magic frisbee that lights my afterburners.

I take offense to the term "frisbee". Its called a Chakram, and its more of a boomerang than a frisbee.

But yes, she is very hot.

[Elmonellie]

Originally Posted by JustinFromBoise

From the time young boys enter school, they are told "Don't play rough" "Don't play with (toy) guns" "Hey now your not being a good citizen" all said in a sickeningly sweet voice. Boys are taught that competition is evil. (Don't pick teams cuz someone might get their feelers hurt) And any time a little boy shows a little rambuctiousness (sp) they get put on riddalin (which is essentially medical grade meth) or some other drug to kill their personality. There are fundamental differences between boys and girls, since the feminist movement however, acknowledging these differences is some how seen as sexist. So everyone must play nice.

Assuming I ever have a son, I will encourage him to pull girls' hair and eat bugs, and I won't put him on drugs for doing it. Why? It is just a part of growing up.

Yes, boys and girls are different. Shocking, huh?

I think this feminization of our culture is rooted in the schools. Most teachers are women and they find "boy behavior" disruptive. Poor boys today, now a lot are being drugged for acting like boys.

[GregW]

Keeping teen aged, and some older, males around has always been a societal problem. Most historic, and a few modern, cultures just put them in an army and send them off to damage some other place while bringing back as much loot as possible. What do you think, "going Viking", was all about.

Eventually, the survivors get too old and tired to play the game, so they stay home and settle down. What an industrialized and post industrialized society does with males is a real problem. The bodies have evolved to be aggressive and obnoxious to survive but the playground has changed. This is actually a serious problem.

I still would like to be “feminized” by Starbuck!

[tablemtn]

Wired Magazine had an interesting bit of commentary about the decline of mechanical aptitude in America, and how this makes people more subservient and less self-sufficient.

...But when we stop working with our hands, we cease to understand how the world really works.

You see this on a personal level. If you can't get under the hood of the gadgets you buy, you're far more liable to believe the marketing hype of the corporations that sell them. When things break, you toss them and buy new ones; you accept your role as a mere consumer. "I think it makes you more passive as an individual," says Matthew Crawford, a former motorcycle repair-shop owner (and postdoctoral fellow in cultural studies) who's writing a book on the demise of mechanical aptitude in America.

It might even screw up our brains. Neuroscientists have shown that working with your hands exercises different parts of your cerebrum than sitting and cogitating.

[Yeledaf]

Originally Posted by tablemtn

Wired Magazine had an interesting bit of commentary about the decline of mechanical aptitude in America, and how this makes people more subservient and less self-sufficient.

That may be true, but look how much better we've gotten at both expressing how bad we feel about not being able to do mechanical things anymore, and at finding other people to blame for our shortcomings.

It's kind of a glass-half-full kind of thing.

Wow. Maybe there's something to the OP after all...