Laughing or not there has been a movement, probably since the '60 designed to emasculate the male in society, especially American Society.
For instance:
Absolutely potty | Spectator, The | Find Articles at BNET
Young Swedish women now demand that their men use the lavatory in a strictly sedentary posture - partly, I am told, for reasons of hygiene, but, more crucially, because a man standing up to urinate is deemed to be triumphing in his masculinity and, by extension, degrading women. I am not taking the pissoir, dear and trusting reader; this is for real. To micturate from the standing position is now viewed among the more progressive Swedes - as the height of vulgarity and possibly suggestive of violence.
‘All my friends demand that their husbands or boyfriends sit down,’ says Jessica, from Uppsala. ‘I think it shows respect for the women who clean,’ adds the 31-year-old biologist. ‘My brother, for example, would not dream of standing up. Among the young, leftish intelligentsia there is also a view that to stand is a nasty macho gesture.’ Her English husband has refused to be cowed, she admits, because ‘it infringes his manly rights’. Reward for his heroic stand? Full-time cleaning duties.
Television:
Prime-time puts softer side of men on display - Television- msnbc.com
“There’s a bit of an evolution, the idea of male bonding, which has always been around in entertainment, but in the past it was done with a little more machismo,” says Nicole Vecchiarelli, entertainment director of Details, a men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine. “But in the post metrosexual era guys bonding isn’t necessarily about guns and action and high testosterone activity. They’re exposing their more sensitive side because that’s a reflection of the typical urban male.”
Not to mention that most of the male characters you see in sitcoms today portray the male as a bumbling, stumbling doofus that the woman has to bail out of trouble...........
Christina Sommers book "The War Against Boys" documents the tendency of the nation's schools to suppress boys' natural ways of seeing and doing things and force them to adopt feminine attitudes and behaviors.
With the work schedules of a lot of parents we leave our kids on their own with the TV, internet and peers as the babysitter. Without input from both parents on a consistent basis the young males of today are adrift without a rudder.
A country's ability to steer itself along a path that brings out the best of what society can offer does depend on both male and female input, a country will go down a path to ruin if only one of these traits is prevalent.
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For instance:
Absolutely potty | Spectator, The | Find Articles at BNET
Young Swedish women now demand that their men use the lavatory in a strictly sedentary posture - partly, I am told, for reasons of hygiene, but, more crucially, because a man standing up to urinate is deemed to be triumphing in his masculinity and, by extension, degrading women. I am not taking the pissoir, dear and trusting reader; this is for real. To micturate from the standing position is now viewed among the more progressive Swedes - as the height of vulgarity and possibly suggestive of violence.
‘All my friends demand that their husbands or boyfriends sit down,’ says Jessica, from Uppsala. ‘I think it shows respect for the women who clean,’ adds the 31-year-old biologist. ‘My brother, for example, would not dream of standing up. Among the young, leftish intelligentsia there is also a view that to stand is a nasty macho gesture.’ Her English husband has refused to be cowed, she admits, because ‘it infringes his manly rights’. Reward for his heroic stand? Full-time cleaning duties.
Television:
Prime-time puts softer side of men on display - Television- msnbc.com
“There’s a bit of an evolution, the idea of male bonding, which has always been around in entertainment, but in the past it was done with a little more machismo,” says Nicole Vecchiarelli, entertainment director of Details, a men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine. “But in the post metrosexual era guys bonding isn’t necessarily about guns and action and high testosterone activity. They’re exposing their more sensitive side because that’s a reflection of the typical urban male.”
Not to mention that most of the male characters you see in sitcoms today portray the male as a bumbling, stumbling doofus that the woman has to bail out of trouble...........
Christina Sommers book "The War Against Boys" documents the tendency of the nation's schools to suppress boys' natural ways of seeing and doing things and force them to adopt feminine attitudes and behaviors.
With the work schedules of a lot of parents we leave our kids on their own with the TV, internet and peers as the babysitter. Without input from both parents on a consistent basis the young males of today are adrift without a rudder.
A country's ability to steer itself along a path that brings out the best of what society can offer does depend on both male and female input, a country will go down a path to ruin if only one of these traits is prevalent.
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