Professional Soldiers ®

Professional Soldiers ® (http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/index.php)
-   General Discussions (http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=46)
-   -   Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men? (http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37567)

BMT (RIP) 04-19-2012 13:35

Why Does America Have So Many 'Peter Pan' Men?
 
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/...peter-pan-men/

Ok ladies here is one for you!!!

BMT

Dusty 04-19-2012 14:35

Society has set up the typical American male as a snivelling milquetoast with Mitty disease. Feminists have had a lot to do with forming that stereotype.

Doesn't mean you gotta act like one, yourself. And not all women are feminists.

A woman is like a gun. Fun, but dangerous.

33army 04-19-2012 15:01

I can't remember where I heard this statistic, but a recent study has shown that men today have on average 20% less testosterone than men did 20 years ago.


Not the source of the above statistic but along the same lines...

http://naturalsociety.com/masculinit...n-the-decline/

mark46th 04-19-2012 15:29

Google "The Pussification of the American Male"... Lots of ideas on the subject.

Buffalobob 04-19-2012 15:43

In 1859 Charles Darwin proposed the law of natural selection. In the mid 1960's seat belts were introduced which tended to defeat that law and then the all volunteer army worked in direct counter balance to that law. While most of my beliefs are fairly liberal, I am not blind to the fact we are not removing poor quality genes through starvation and disease.

Think about it. Modern medicine has taken away all of the great plagues and FDA and CDC are beat up in the news every time someone gets diarrhea. OSHA and other workplace regulations have cut down on people sawing their own head off with a chainsaw. We haven't had a great Chicago fire in a long time.

Dusty 04-19-2012 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buffalobob (Post 445043)
In 1859 Charles Darwin proposed the law of natural selection. In the mid 1960's seat belts were introduced which tended to defeat that law and then the all volunteer army worked in direct counter balance to that law. While most of my beliefs are fairly liberal, I am not blind to the fact we are not removing poor quality genes through starvation and disease.

Think about it. Modern medicine has taken away all of the great plagues and FDA and CDC are beat up in the news every time someone gets diarrhea. OSHA and other workplace regulations have cut down on people sawing their own head off with a chainsaw. We haven't had a great Chicago fire in a long time.

Yep. Wait 'til there's no oil.

afchic 04-19-2012 16:10

I for one have never subcribed to the typical definition of "feminism".

I grew up with a brother 1 year older than me, therefore if I wanted to play I learned to play with him and his friends. Tackle football, gorilla basketball, etc. I still remember being about 9 when we moved into a new neighborhood and I wanted to play football with the new boys for the first time. They all treated me with kid gloves until my brother told them I could take care of myself, so just play ball. The first time I knocked one of them on their ass we didn't have that discussion again. It remained the same way until we graduated from college (my poor brother had to go to college with 2 of his little sisters). So in that respect, I learned from an early age, and due mostly to my dad, that I could take care of myself and play with the boys while not becoming one of them.

While I am in uniform I do not want to be treated as a "female" officer. I just want to be seen as an officer. Hence why I don't wear my blues unless I have to.

But my father also brought me up to be a lady. If a man holds the door for me, I appreciate it. BAck in the day, If one offered to take me out for dinner, I accepted the offer. I like dressing up in a dress and heels, wearing makeup, and having my hair done, an know that the males around me appreciate seeing a woman looking like a woman, and accepting a compliment as it is given, instead of seeing it as sexual harassment.

Maybe because of all this, that is why I married a man 17 years my senior. He respects me for the job I do, and appreciates me for being his wife, and allowing him to wear the pants in the family, so to speak;). Alot of the guys I dated before him wanted me to be their mommy. Thank you, but no.

Dusty 04-19-2012 16:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by afchic (Post 445055)
I for one have never subcribed to the typical definition of "feminism".

No feminist would fly your avatar. :D

Paslode 04-19-2012 17:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dusty (Post 445029)
Society has set up the typical American male as a snivelling milquetoast with Mitty disease.

I look at school. When I was in grade school boys we rough and tumble, we played mean games like dodge ball with the sole intent of getting a head shot, tackle football was allowed at recess, we had fist fights on the play ground, we were allowed pockets knives on school grounds, we all watched Combat and Rat Patrol and drew warfare cartoons at art depicting amputation, blood and core in art class....if you didn't tow that line you were considered a Mommas Boy and alienated. If you took it too far, you went to the Principles office for a visit with the Board of Education.....and if you didn't head the advice of the Board of education you got expelled.

With exception to art and what violence we watched on TV nothing much change in Middle School through High School. In fact, in High School it was quite common to see rifles and shotguns in students pickups....and that was a city school.

And throughout those 13 violent filled years of public education....no one got shot or stabbed..... and with exception to the Middle School I was integrated into, very rarely were teachers ever talked back to and none were ever threatened.

Now days it is the counter opposite.

Dusty 04-19-2012 17:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paslode (Post 445068)
I look at school. When I was in grade school boys we rough and tumble, we played mean games like dodge ball with the sole intent of getting a head shot, tackle football was allowed at recess, we had fist fights on the play ground, we were allowed pockets knives on school grounds, we all watched Combat and Rat Patrol and drew warfare cartoons at art depicting amputation, blood and core in art class....if you didn't tow that line you were considered a Mommas Boy and alienated. If you took it too far, you went to the Principles office for a visit with the Board of Education.....and if you didn't head the advice of the Board of education you got expelled.

With exception to art and what violence we watched on TV nothing much change in Middle School through High School. In fact, in High School it was quite common to see rifles and shotguns in students pickups....and that was a city school.

And throughout those 13 violent filled years of public education....no one got shot or stabbed..... and with exception to the Middle School I was integrated into, very rarely were teachers ever talked back to and none were ever threatened.

Now days it is the counter opposite.

Our freedoms are eroding faster and faster. This "level playing field" bullshit is rotting our collective core.

Sigaba 04-19-2012 17:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Broadsword2004 (Post 445046)
Entire post.

Sounds like Ms. Nance hit a nerve somewhere.:p


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:02.


Copyright 2004-2022 by Professional Soldiers ®