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The feminists made the rarely heard foreign word “macho” become the replacement word for “masculine” since about 1970 on. Macho here has meant a kind of overt,rigid,formal Peacock like assertion of masculine qualities and power rather than the Jimmy Stewart, Sergeant York type, of quiet confidence, self effacing humor, a respect for women that does not also require them to know their place.

Think frontier couple with man and woman, side by side, not the woman two steps behind.

I think that I heard that Bullfighting has changed in Mexico over the last 50 years, is that true?

[Tainan]

"I think that I heard that Bullfighting has changed in Mexico over the last 50 years, is that true?"

I cannot speak to what changes might have occurred in corrida de toros in Mehico. I attended a couple of times in the 70s and once in the early 80s.
One thing I remember was that it seemed to have no "honor" as depicted in the Spanish forms of the event. It was just men on heavily-padded horses with long spears poking a bull.

Perhaps my memory is selective on any details and does not do the event justice. I do remember I found it rather hard to get interested in the spectacle.
My opinion might have been influenced by the fact that the whole spectacle was part of a narco-trafficante organizations' "doing something for the people" program.

A good background link on bull-fighting (especially the WikiWacki part):
http://www.answers.com/topic/bullfight