Guys should evolve beyond masculinity

SFGate ^ | 10/8/06 | Robert Jensen

[SeenTheLights Mom]

Men being Men is a Bad Deal. Guys should Evolve Beyond Masculinity. By Robert Jensen

Sunday, October 8, 2006

It's hard to be a man; hard to live up to the demands that come with the dominant conception of masculinity, of the tough guy.

more..http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/08/ING0FLHO7M1.DTL

[SeenTheLights Mom]

What a pathetic wimp...

[Revolting cat!]

PP

[exile]

I like being a guy, thanks.

I'm going to go drive my truck and eat cheeseburgers, or is that just "perpetuating the stereotype"?

[Firefigher NC]

LOL, this is coming from San Fransisco.

[dfwgator]

Hey Robert!

[jagusafr]

San Francisco...who'd'a thunk?

[gogeo]

Previously posted, I think. Jensen is the Texas professor/bisexual/activist/marxist/etc.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

It came from SF ? wow, makes sense

[MeanWestTexan]

I'm thinking he likes "butch" and they think he's a pansey.

Just a guesss, here.

He's pines away in his loft, thinking of Clint Eastwood.

[Panerai]

"It's hard to be a man" and this coming from a SanFran paper.

[LibWhacker]

Bite me, Jensen, you pitiful wuss!

[Kirkwood]

Actually he is a wimpy professor from Univ of Texas.

[theDentist]

I think we now know who is about to sign up for a sex change in S.F.

[100-Fold_Return]

someone's got too much time on their hands...

[Wuli]

The source is the SanFrancisco Gate. Is there anymore to say? No.

[MadIvan]

I like being male. Besides wearing my Springboks rugby jersey suits me better than the frilly blouse the writer of this article probably wears.

Regards, Ivan

[Froufrou]

For those of us who are biologically male, we have a simple choice: We men can settle for being men, or we can strive to be human beings.

I was delighted to see your post! I don't have any complaints about most of the men I come in contact with, not by any means. There is nothing finer on this planet than a gentleman!!!

[SIDENET]

My wife could probably kick that guy's arse.

[cripplecreek]

I'll let you know how I do when I finish wrestling with my manhood and wash my hands.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Me no want evolve."

[shankbear]

Listens to old records by Foley and the Pageboys.

[SIDENET]

I'm going to go drive my truck and eat cheeseburgers, or is that just "perpetuating the stereotype"?

Driving a truck and eating cheeseburgers sounds pretty darn good to me.

[blam]

"What a pathetic wimp..."

I'm going to track him down and whip his butt.

[Revolting cat!]

[ozzymandus]

Is this that commie professor who sponsors all the commie groups at UT?

[SaveTheChief]

What right does a homosexual activist have to tell men how to act?

[cripplecreek]

My wife could probably kick that guy's arse.

That reminds me of a line from the old "Rosanne" Show. Dan speaking to a bullies father :I'll give my wife a doughnut to kick your butt.

[imskylark]

"I like being male"

I'm sure MrsIvan likes that too.

[ozzymandus]

Mmmm, cheeseburgers, mmmmmm.

[SIDENET]

To the author:

[MadIvan]

I'm sure MrsIvan likes that too.

Well somehow I don't think she'd be Mrs Ivan if I wasn't Mr. Ivan ;)

Regards, Ivan

[Madeleine Ward]

This would be sick, if it weren't so pathetic. This guy teaches young adults. And basically is saying that men who aren't wusses are not human beings.

How do you guys stand this kind of thinking?

My husband is a real man, and he doesn't dominate me, nor beat me, nor anyone else. His competitiveness is strictly amateur sports, and it's always good natured. It's how real men bond. Oh, and he's sweet to me.

[linear]

And all this time I thought "being a man" meant sucking it up and doing the right thing.

All this author does is find human traits he disagrees with, types them as "masculine" then urge men to abandon them.

[Babu]

Whaddya bet pink is a predominant color in liddle Robbie's wardrobe??

[avacado]

[dinoparty]

What a bunch of hooey. I hate agressive, boorish and immature dickweeds as much as the next guy, but (1) this is NOT masculinity, and (2) a society that ridicules true masculinity is doomed.

[N. Theknow]

And women should evolve beyond a need for hundreds of pairs of shoes?

[ElPatriota]

In other words like Democrats? LOL.. (sensitive sissies)

[ko_kyi]

It's all a plot by the crab people.

[Jaysun]

What next? Men getting hormone injections so they can breast feed?

[GunnyHartman]

Jensen's tallywacker is this big.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Metrosexuals don't rule the world.

When they think they do, things fall apart.

[Paloma_55]

In 30 years, the image of a burly character wearing a flannel shirt and stepping out of a big 4x4 with heavy work boots will be solely reserved for the lesbians of the Northern California woodlands.

I live up here and it cracks me up to see them. Butch haircuts, big trucks and flannel shirts...no lie!

[dinoparty]

North California: Where the men are men (maybe) and the women are men.

[pabianice]

[SIDENET]

I live up here and it cracks me up to see them. Butch haircuts, big trucks and flannel shirts...no lie!

I've seen them. It's not a pretty picture. They don't even look manly. They kinda look like some scary third gender.

[Beagle8U]

The problem with these gay writers in SanFranSissyCo is that men in the heartland have to wear rubber gloves ( Aids tainted blood) to beat the $hit out of them if they stray across the borders.

If these queers ever learn how to reproduce, its a safe bet that their children will look like $hit.

[BenLurkin]

"Evolve!"

[PISANO]

This is the general consensus of thinking in San Francisco.

The greatest city in the world in the 50's to the dregs of society and a socialist dungeon today.