Why the Attack on Straight Men?

TownHall.com ^ | 9/10/03 | Gary W. Aldrich and Ashley N. Varner

[Drawsing]

I doubt many Catholics would go Taliban on the Sistene Chapel just because Michaelangelo was gay.

I first heard this back in the 70s when a college professor gleefully told us about how DaVinci and Michaelangelo would compete on having the most young gay lovers. I have yet to see any first hand evidence that either one of these artists was a practicing homosexual. I am not saying they weren't, but if you have any convincing evidence, I would like to see it.

[Copernicus]

Men who like to shop, enjoy the ballet, and know when to use merlot versus cabernet, are not typically the guys women date

Actually, when I was conscripted to attend a ballet version of "Sleeping Beauty" I found it quite fascinating.

"Why this is nothing more than an extended metaphor for the evils of gun control" I said and began to list all the similiarities between the King's ban on spinning wheels and the ban on high capacity magazines and certain types of guns or guns with certain features.

Curiously, I have never been invited to attend another ballet. Life is filled with mysteries.

Best regards,

[John O]

Michaelangelo was gay

The homo-sypathizers also claim that Shakespear, Jesus, and every other person of historical renown was 'gay'. None of them were. (except of course for caligula and bluebeard. Seems that the sexual perverts are easily identified by the damage that they do). Of course they never offer any evidence proving that contention

I read a study once that when a woman is looking for a friend she reacts more favourably to more feminine looking faces (that is, mentally diseased 'gay' types) but when she is looking for a mate or father for her children she reacts more favourably to more masculine faces (that is, mentally healthy men)

[mikegi]

The "real" men who comprise this country are a little to busy building the future to spend much time worrying about what a "queer eye" thinks about the color of his curtains.

Just a few days ago I was complaining to a friend about how our wives keep changing the colors in our houses (painting over and over again). I had no idea how to choose the colors and the original colors were fine, imo. Anyway, he says he knows a gay guy who was good at interior color schemes, etc. I replied, "Why would I want the opinion of some guy whose idea of fun is getting b***f***ed by another guy"?

[StriperSniper]

the girls who can hold their own during tackle football are usually just “one of the guys”. These women are also often passed over romantically. Why is this the case?

I would imagine that most women that could hold their own, just are not all that physically attractive. While many linemen in the NFL may be a "D" cup, a woman with the rest of that kind of physique is not most mens first choice.

Possible related thread: LT To Call Plays in Lingerie Bowl

[firebrand]

Me agrees. Me like Tarzan just the way he is.

[showme_the_Glory]

The enemy attacks straight men, marriage, families, Christianity, prayer, and the triune God. His weapons are pride, guilt, condemnation, and unforgiveness. Gaurd yourself with armour.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[Lorianne]

Tit for tat I think.

Men have compared women to men for ages and whined "Why can't women be more like men" (Pygmalion, My Fair Lady anyone?). And historically we've attached all manner of value judgements on "la difference" between the sexes.

This type of comparison is not new, nor is it limited to women deriding men, or gays deriding straights (and all the various vis versas).

It must be human nature for people to judge others by their own yardstick. It's been happening for ages.

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[Grampa Dave]

The Gay Agenda, to gain approval for their predatory and short lives, has tactics to attack organized religion, the family, marriage and of course any non gay man who might oppose their perverted life styles.

[FourPeas]

The feminization of America continues. The article's right, as a women, real Men are what we find attractive, not some queer make-over. Still, I have a problem with this characterization:

the girls who can hold their own during tackle football are usually just “one of the guys”. These women are also often passed over romantically.

I understand that bulky women are not generally super model material, but I give men more credit than this. Yes, men want their mate to be attractive, but there really IS more to a man than this. A coworker once described me as the perfect woman because I was a "female engineer who knows football". This certainly has never disqualified me from romantic endeavors except with men who are incredibly insecure.

[Z in Oregon]

If you were Black, and there was a show about White people teaching manners to Black people, who were portrayed as comparatively manner-less, would you not view that as overtly harmful?

The morally-liberal left exists to denigrate the heterosexuality of straight men.

[Z in Oregon]

It's a war on straight men.

By the way, who really has a better sense of aesthetics:

Staright men, who gravitate towards beautiful women

or

Gay men, who eroticize death?

[Porterville]

Here it is: God holds the shield for the family faring the way through out the storm; the father holds the shield for the women and children against man made trivialities, the women represent the purity to protect the family for the deviancy created by men; the children hold the future protected by the father's shield of pride and the mother's purity of spirit; the children than can protect themselves until they build their own shield of pride to protect themselves from the storm....Queers have none of this...so, they try to discredit mans relationship to God by destroying the role of men in the family. It won't work, for their lives have no meaning and purpose of step other than selfish gratification of a mixed-up mind confusing agape love with sexual pleasure….. Sad.

[SevenDaysInMay]

We are the ones whom most women want to take inside their bodies to procreate and plan to dedicate their lives as our wives, friends, and lovers. We fit.

We even look good in plaid.

Embittered homos are a minority, evolutionary reproductive mistakes, often concerned about e.coli cross contamination and fatal diseases.

It is the behavior, stupid.

[L.N. Smithee]

However, it is also myopic to think that gay people do not have a significant and disproportional impact on arts and culture.

Whaaaat? Do you have some sort of statistical backing for such a claim? Look, buddy, if I am required to dredge up empirical studies proving that men who molest boys are by definition homosexuals, you shouldn't be able to say the above without backup.

More importantly, all sexual proclivities aside, I am sick and tired of the elevation of "the arts" to some necessity of a well-rounded life as if it was as important as competence in engineering or money management. While some waiter with delusions of grandeur is thought to be brave for chasing his dream of living the thespian life, the nerd-in-high school guy that he pays to do his taxes for him is snickered at as some gray flannel drag on society, as is the real estate agent who sells him his a condo if he can actually eke out a living as an actor.

This is the sort of thing the elite and effete spit at President Bush, because he isn't pretentious about what great tomes he's read, doesn't quote Shakespeare, and named Jesus Christ as his favorite philosopher.

One example: I doubt many Catholics would go Taliban on the Sistene Chapel just because Michaelangelo was gay.

Was Michelangelo a great painter because he was gay? No one with a brain would suggest that. But in the annual AIDS awareness event known as "Day Without Art," performances are cancelled and artwork is obscured with canvas as if art itself wouldn't exist if homosexuals didn't. News flash -- if every queer person vanished overnight, there would still be art -- maybe art that you don't like, but it would be there nonetheless. The existence of what is and what is not termed "art" has not a whit to do with the carnal activities of its creators.

Yet, in line with the current wave of queer chauvinism, five swishy, preening whoozats get to proclaim themselves fashion experts based on where they stick their penises, and nobody raises a red flag. Hmmm, let's see if ESPN will listen as I pitch a show about how white athletes can play more like blacks.