Say Anything Blog

There’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.  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.

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