Men--It's in Their Nature

The American Enterprise ^ | Sept 2003 | Christina Hoff Sommers

[ClearBlueSky]

LOL- My two nephews do! Ages 6 & 7. Classic good-vs-evil will never die.

[Polybius]

Okay, my free time is pretty much spent watching Law and Order and listening to country music stations, and FR is as close as I get to any kind o' culture, so I'll bite: What in the name of Sweet Zeus is a "metrosexual"?

See Post 61

[FlyVet]

But decades of research in neuroscience, endocrinology, genetics, and developmental psychology, strongly suggest that masculine traits are hard-wired.

Duh? These researchers are so brilliant. This is right up there with their brilliant research from a few years ago, "Golly gee whiz! Horrors! Girls really ARE different than boys!"

I saw some TV news show report on this subject years ago. They interviewed some dad, who said he had raised his son to be an anti-gun pacifist who played with dolls. One day, he caught him with a piece of bread he had shaped into a handgun, going "Bang! Bang! Bang!" with it. LOL. Researchers, don't let COMMON SENSE get in the way of your big fat intellect. LOL!

[Polybius]

"Shopping with my mate as an enjoyed shared activity???" They have got to be effing kidding!!!

Nope. It just doesn't work. Even if you are shopping for a sailboat like my wife and I did last year......

Polybius: "Diesel engine instead of a gasoline Atomic 4. Low engine hours. Roller furling. All lines leading aft to the cockpit so you can reef the mainsail from cockpit in heavy weather. Crisp sails.....Great!"

Mrs. Polybius: "I don't like it. The one we saw yesterday had prettier curtains in the room towards the pointy end of the boat and it smelled nicer."

[Savage Beast]

And I am to yours. My wife's name is Susie, and she is also quite savage. Music soothes me. Does it you?

[Steve0113]

Nope. It just doesn't work.

Actually, it can work, depending on what you're buying. My wife and I have bought several used cars lately, and we have it down to a routine.

She gets in the car and checks out the creature comforts, while I'm under the hood and under the car, making sure all the important stuff works. In ten minutes, we know whether the car is worth having.

That way, I don't have to check the stereo and the reading lights, and she doesn't have to check the fuel injection, alternator and serpentine belt. Use the skills that each has, and it's easier for everyone.

[savagesusie]

Music, plus painting, does, but jogging is also needed. Otherwise, I think I would go mad in a world such as this!

[Savage Beast]

Yes, me too. I work out regularly at the gym, and on off days I hike and go mountain climbing et al. with my wife. She loves the outdoors but will not go to a gym.

[Sam Cree]

Good article, although it has one or 2 missteps. For instance, I am not too convinced that females have better verbal skills. I do notice that they surely talk, gossip and chatter alot, but, seems to me, most great literature has been written by males.

[correctthought]

I think the traditional term is "fop"

-ct

[correctthought]

or maybe the wide receivers

[Darksheare]

I was under the impression 'fop' only counted if they wore powdered wigs and codpieces.
But, it may actually be applicable, yes.
Especially if tehy use face creams and moisturizers.

[correctthought]

When I first read the description of the metro sexual, I thought fop. Its amazing how many women fall for this sort of stuff here in NYC.

Luckily for me, I found and married a woman who appreciates someone who shoots, fishes and likes to build and fix things.

Now, we just have to tough it out a few years till we move to someplace decent.

-ct

[Darksheare]

NYC, I forgot how many men fell into the 'sensitive' pit.
(To tell you the truth, I thought 'fop' as well, but I already get called an anachronism for being polite and holding doors open for women...)

Got a few of them out west of you here in Orange County.
And most of them are in management out this way.