What Is A Man? - Esquire's View

It's the REAL THING . . . Not! Perfect example of what we rebelled against way back when we tried turning on, tuning in and dropping out. Sure, it didn't last. But, it sure made a statement.
 

That Guy said:
It's the REAL THING . . . Not! Perfect example of what we rebelled against way back when we tried turning on, tuning in and dropping out. Sure, it didn't last. But, it sure made a statement.
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It did at that. In fact, giving it several moments thought I can't really come up with any other "movement" in the last hundred years or so that had such far-reaching consequences.
 
SifuPhil said:
It did at that. In fact, giving it several moments thought I can't really come up with any other "movement" in the last hundred years or so that had such far-reaching consequences.
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The NOW movement did!!! Especially the part about burning bras........:eek:nthego:
 

Anne said:
The NOW movement did!!! Especially the part about burning bras........:eek:nthego:
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Weeellllll ... yes, I suppose that had a large impact on society as well. It's just that it was for a specialty group and not society as a whole.

I mean, I tried burning MY bra back then and all people did was laugh. :(

I was also going to say Prohibition, but again that was just for a specific group - people who drank alcohol. Non-drinkers weren't really affected. Same I suppose with the current marijuana legalization trend - it's just a segment of society.

The Hippies gave us radically different views and changed our ways of advertising, music, eating, recreation, films, work and careers ... they altered social attitudes on religion, sex, drug use and marriage, broke down barriers and introduced so many new words and concepts into our society. THAT'S the level of change I was thinking of ...
 
Some things can't happen until the right technological advance is made.
Women owe a good deal to Dr Gregoru Pincus for their current position in society.
The contraceptive pill allowed me as a married woman to forge some sort of career without the constant fear of pregnancy and childbirth.
It has allowed younger women to have even more control over their lives pre and post marriage.

IMO this is a real man

 
Warrigal said:
Some things can't happen until the right technological advance is made.
Women owe a good deal to Dr Gregoru Pincus for their current position in society.
The contraceptive pill allowed me as a married woman to forge some sort of career without the constant fear of pregnancy and childbirth.
It has allowed younger women to have even more control over their lives pre and post marriage.
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Excellent point.

That made me think of the creation of the automotive assembly line for the Olds factory in 1901, later improved by Henry Ford in 1913. This allowed a level of production that would make vehicles available to a much larger part of the population, in the process changing demographics, work schedules and general mobility of the people.
 
Here is another old thread I found interesting. Please post your thoughts! I’m still thinking of my response.
 
A real man?

A real man is affected by little
But, quietly, steadfastly plans/reacts when adversity occurs

A real man prizes, religiously protects simple sweet things/beings; small children, aged folks, nature, the less fortunate

All the same with a real woman

A real child is always the benefactor

.....and becomes a real man, a real woman
 
Is this the same creature that so often thinks "If I can't have her, no one should" or who says to wife he just beat "Now look what you made me do" or the recent example of Aussie soccer player who doused wife and car with petrol and set it afire killing wife and children then committing suicide?
 
Just realised whose picture is used in the OP, taken from an Esquire cover, and it is of course the current James Bond actor Daniel Craig, as a much younger man.

Sorry it takes me a while to catch on these days!
 
gennie said:
Is this the same creature that so often thinks "If I can't have her, no one should" or who says to wife he just beat "Now look what you made me do" or the recent example of Aussie soccer player who doused wife and car with petrol and set it afire killing wife and children then committing suicide?
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Bit shocked by the example of a "real man" you've quoted, but I'd guess a man successful in his sport might have been seen as a real man when he was being admired for his skill on the football field, though obviously mentally unstable and able to commit such an atrocity against a family you'd have thought he must have loved once.

Why did it come to your mind though I wonder(?).
 
men have two good uses --one is they cut grass ;;;(y):rolleyes: but we do need them to be honest -ile take that first pic fantasy '
 
all I know is that I'm very glad that women don't seem to agree on what makes the perfect man or we would all be fighting over the same chap, eh? Real men?? Real women?? What utter nonsense. Or maybe not in these days of gender confusion :oops: :p :oops: So, maybe the mark of a "real man" these days is that he actually knows whether he is a man or a woman??
 
grahamg said:
Bit shocked by the example of a "real man" you've quoted, but I'd guess a man successful in his sport might have been seen as a real man when he was being admired for his skill on the football field, though obviously mentally unstable and able to commit such an atrocity against a family you'd have thought he must have loved once.

Why did it come to your mind though I wonder(?).
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gramamg, Probably because I had just read the article about the Aussie and also recently witnessed a neighborhood incident that featured a murder/suicide of the "If I can't have her ...." variety. I do know these incidents are rare but I've never been able to understand the male action/reaction.
 
Marlene said:
Grahamg wrote:
"Men and dogs were made to roam.............
.......Women and kids to stay at home"
I wont tell you where I got that old saying from, but there we are, from a different era obviously!

Marlene wrote:
only in men's imaginations, eh, gals? Women were made to. . . .do whatever in the heck they want to do! :p
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I've got a funny feeling the "eh gals" referred to above, "doing whatever the heck they want to do", may not be any good to me, (and vice versa :rolleyes:).
 
grahamg said:
I've got a funny feeling the "eh gals" referred to above, "doing whatever the heck they want to do", may not be any good to me, (and vice versa :rolleyes:).
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well, I suppose that depends on whether you actually believe men should roam and women should stay home, doesn't it? I don't know any women who want that kind of relationship. Maybe you do??
 
Marlene said:
well, I suppose that depends on whether you actually believe men should roam and women should stay home, doesn't it? I don't know any women who want that kind of relationship. Maybe you do??
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I'd answer quixotically that "sometimes I do".

I'm not able to enjoy the company of anyone you might describe as a "doormat", but on the other hand, much as I appreciate "spark", it would be nice occasionally to be agreed with, even though they dont really agree, if you see what I mean, and let you park the darn car wherever you think you should park it, or whatever it might be causes rows!
 
Ever since that surgery, I feel like a new man.


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