Feminists destroying masculinity.
I think some family men fall into this trap. They spend so much time being the family guy. They are so wrapped up in raising their children and being dressed and brow-beaten by their wives, they lose their own identity and have no time for male friends. To avoid this testosterone lowering entrapment, I recommend the following:
1. Get a motorcycle, join a motorcycle riding group. The MC world is male dominated. Women are allowed to attend, but they usually have to take a back seat — where they should be in the first place. LOL. Just kidding ladies.
2. Get a gun/guns, going to a shooting range with friends from work or get involved in shooting competitions. This is largely a male activity, although women have a presence.
All around, this is a male dominated activity. Guys naturally like this activity and can often impress the few women that attend.
3. Car clubs — requires fixing and/or detailing cars. Mechanical skills are largely a masculine domain. Guys who like cars often talk about cars and freely talk about their women in their lives. They also do other manly sort of things.
There are many other things men can do in male groups: go fishing, go hunting, bowling, shooting pool, hiking, form a fight club (not for the feint of heart).
Anyhow, I find that when the kids are grown and the marriage has moved to a stage of advanced maturity (assuming that your marriage lasts that long), it is very easy to do these manly things. I have a lot more time for friends now, usually male friends. Really, I see this article as being most applicable to men who get married and try to do the right thing (raise their kids and have a good marriage) but who forget that they need to make time for themselves outside their marital/parent roles. I know there are many man-children out there who never grow up and don’t commit to marriage and family. But, after reading this feminist diatribe, you can better understand why some are reluctant to do so.
4. Golf. My husband plays with a couple of all-male groups. They’ve become good friends, and have a wonderful time.
cost to much too get out of them.
As one responder stated, the hard to find barber shop. a male dominated place defended by a woman’s vanity over their hair...
Townies all know each other through school or their trades, no metros here. They talk to each other and help each other, with in limits.
They all are very non PC and hate Obama.
>> “ Get a motorcycle” <<
Every Bull Dyke has a motorcycle now.
>> “Get a gun/guns” <<
Sarah Palin blew that one wide open!
>> “Car clubs” <<
Every car club I’ve been involved with is very family oriented.