What is much more common than men are boys, playing with toys, tools, and ESPN who enjoy the benefits of manhood (sex, leadership) without the responsibilities (marriage, fatherhood, honest labor).
From that article (Nashville is the most manly city...):
That's the conclusion of a study released Thursday that ranks "America's Manliest Cities" on criteria such as the number of professional major league sports teams, popularity of tools and frequency of monster truck rallies.What makes a city "unmanly"? Seemingly fatherhood:
Cities lost ranking points for "emasculating" characteristics like the abundance of home furnishing stores, high minivan sales and subscription rates to beauty magazines.Although I agree with the "beauty magazines" being criteria for emasculating.
Later the article mentions that Nashville did well because of hunting/fishing, home improvement and NASCAR. Those are manly and good things. I don't want to redefine hunting out of man-ness. But I would love to see a new generation of real men; husbands, fathers, workers; become hunters and not stay 30-year-0ld hunter-boys.
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I am constantly looking around and asking, "Where are all the men?"
Josh, I live in East Nashville and I played at your house when I was 10. Where are you in Nashville?
Um, there's a lot of men here in Montana. And they are pretty manly. I guess we didn't make the cut because we have no cities!
I like the definition you give of men who have matured, become servant leaders and accept responsibilities. As I raise my son, I'm hoping to cultivate that in his life, as opposed to the cultural selfishness that seems to be the more common version.
Fatherhood is un-manly? Jeepers. Take a poll of 100 women and see what they look for in a man..."Likes kids" or "Wants to be a father" would rank pretty high, I think.
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