After reading this article I wanted to respond so I thought blogging was probably the best route.
Anyways, the author of this has said what quite a few people probably believe is true, that men are being "feminized" by society. He makes a bunch of good points that men, and boys have nothing made exclusively for them. That school systems want them to be "quiet, calm and focused" to use the authors terms. He says men are always portrayed as the bad guys and that the only things guys have to look forward to are emo music, social media, Dr. Phil, and metrosexuality. His best example is this,
"A good example of that, dancing. For a reason I can't explain myself, it has been tagged as the "politically correct" output for self-actualization. Don't yell, don't scream, don't wrestle, don't box, don't skateboard, don't even break dance in a park because the old people are scared. Try your luck at "So you think you can dance" instead."
OK, I just have to say this, BULLSHIT. All of what you are saying is pretty much false. Men aren't being feminized by society, men are feminizing society. School's have always wanted quiet, calm and focused students, it's just that some men are crazy. Some men are loud and obnoxious. They pick on other guys. And in retaliation those men bring guns back to school and commit to execute everybody in the whole building. That's many as hell for sure, but totally stupid, ignorant, and destructive in every way. Both the loud and obnoxious bullying and the retaliation.
Sure I think men are portrayed as the bad guys quite often and women the good guys (pardon the term). But to me, bad girls don't always fit the bill for truly evil in some stories, in others they do, and when they do it's fucking insane. Women and men just have different ways of expressing crazyness/evilness. And yes I know the whole, evil is subjective deal, but I think you get my point.
Secondly I want to bring up the fact that social media promotes metro sexuality and emo music because, well, have you seen the fucking crowds for what you indirectly call "feminine" music? Ladies, tons of fucking ladies everywhere. Emo music, Dr. Phil, and metro sexuality can get guys laid. Macho-ness can get guys laid too, but not everyone can give off the "I'm a tough guy, so don't fuck with me" vibe without real tough guys or even wanna be tough guys wanting to rearrange your face just because you seem to be a threat.
Then with dancing: The reason people don't dance everywhere is because break dancing sucks. Nobody gives 2 fucks if a guy can break dance. It's so played out in music, videos, movies, and everywhere else. Every 5 seconds, it's like, "look at this guys he can break dance, aren't you amazed that he can dance? Bet you haven't seen this like a thousand times already. Watch he can spin on his head! Wow isn't that cool!? I've only seen it like a million times!!!"
And don't give me the "it frightens old people" bullshit. Old people are scared of their own damn shadows half the time. Fox news did a poll and half the old people that watch think youtube is a bad influence on society, well, that's if the they know what it is seeing as 20% never even heard of the youtubes.
Men are the same, the only thing that's changed is you.
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