Saturday, August 06, 2005

Revenge of the Real Men

Men whose masculinity is challenged become more inclined to support war or buy an SUV, a new study finds.

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050802_masculinity.html

Apparently they’re also more apt to feel hostile toward Gays. Well there’s always a new study and often the new study contradicts the last new study, but it’s an appealing take. With a government that is so good at emasculating working class America and so glib at identifying the source of the challenge to masculinity as Liberals, Environmentalists, Elitists, Feminists and Gay men, it’s no wonder that those decimated by Bush’s war support it without showing much interest in its purpose. Glory is the humiliated man’s dream of revenge. The Few, the Proud – the ones nobody would consider weak, or un-masculine. Pride, honor: all the words the humiliated crave to be identified with and all meaning revenge, aggression.

We all understand it and we’re all prone to it in some way or another. Haven’t you been a little heavier on the throttle after the boss made you feel two feet tall, added a bit more leather to your wardrobe after she dumped you – for are we not men? Real men? Maybe the length to which you let your dreams of vengeance go is the size that really matters. Maybe with revenge, smaller is better.

Out in the cold street
It's your death, sharp in my sleeve
See how my breath smokes

1 comment:

Crankyboy said...

And cyberspace expands by one more blog allowing the rantings of one more person one step away from climbing a clock tower in Texas to be heard by all. Bravo. Welcome to the party.