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IS THIS THE END OF THE REAL MAN?

By FRANKLIN PIERCE

Real Man Magazine, Editor and Publisher

Breast Feeding is for Women...and Ben Affleck

here’s a scene in the movie Groundhog Day where Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell are sitting at a bar. Bill Murray’s character is trying to learn what Andie MacDowell’s character wants in a man, so that he can begin to mimic such a man. She tells him her man has such traits as “sensitive”, “gentle”, and “supportive”, to which Bill Murray replies: “this is a man we’re talking about, right?”

Sorry Bill. We really aren’t talking about men too much these days – or for the last 40 years, for that matter. The talk these days is much more about metro-sexuals and sensitive guys, than about real men or the real man. The testicularly challenged media have convinced many men that they should be more sensitive, cry more, be more vulnerable, and get in touch with their feminine side.

In certain instances, being a little more sensitive may not be a bad idea for some men. The problem is that the pendulum has swung way too far to one side. We’re no longer talking about how a real man needs to incorporate some more compassion in to his life, for example, in order to be a more well-balanced man. Instead, these more feminine members of the media and society are suggesting that men should act more like women. Those of us who resist or even challenge such ideas are denigrated, insulted, and scoffed at as insensitive, unenlightened, Neanderthals. The problem is we’re influenced by a media made up of some of the wimpiest girlie men you’ll ever see. Very, very few of them have ever:

had to use their hands to make a living;
sweated on a job;
fished;
shot a gun;
ridden a motorcycle;
played team sports;
camped;
driven a truck; or
used any power tools.

And let me qualify my ‘real man’ statements once again. You don’t have to do all of these things to be a real man. Plenty of real men wear suits to work, think for a living, and don’t hunt. Many a real man live in the city. However, this 'real man' exude a manly confidence that says to the world they could - if they had to - live off the land, provide for their families, and survive. And if a disaster ever occurred these urban men wouldn’t panic, but would help others, lead others, and help everyone around them survive.

The testosterone deficient media have propagated a fallacy prevalent in today’s society: that women really want a sensitive, caring man; that they want someone that they can cry with; that they want a man to be more like a woman. Don’t fall for it. Don’t think you need to go on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy and have a bunch of gay guys hover over you and make you up pretty in order to be attractive to women. They aren’t trying to make you become more of a man. They’re trying to get you to become more feminine, like them. Sure, some women like wimpy men. Some women want guys that shave all of the hair off their bodies and wear bikini underwear. Some women want men who use more beauty products than they do. Some women want men they can dominate. Some women want a man who cries a lot. But let’s not get carried away and think that these women are the majority. Not by a long shot.

Let’s face it. Two guys walk in to a room of women. One guy is a wimpy, sensitive, touchy feely sort of guy who can really sympathize and cry with these women. He moisturizes, has a fresh manicure with clear polish, and has his clothes picked out by Todd the gay fashion consultant. His hair is highlighted and if you look closely, you can see he’s wearing ‘man’ makeup. He recently shaved his entire body before he went to the tanning booth. The second guy is a strong, masculine man oozing testosterone and confidence. Sure he may have cried by himself when his mom died or his football team lost the big game, but he doesn’t go around wearing his tears on his sleeve. He walks, talks, and acts like a man.