Modern man a wimp says anthropologist

[cwjerome]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I fvcking love you (but in a manly way). You are exactly correct. The quintessential American male is a BBQ eating beer drinking buffoon who knows more about "the game" than anything else in his life and certainly cares about it more than anything. He can rattle off statistics about a given team's numbers but can't even run around the block without risking a coronary event.

Kind of a stereotype though... many men who are BBQ eating, beer drinking lovers of sports aren't fat bastards.

My first impression of the "new man" after reading this article is the timid, somewhat metrosexual male who drives a minivan and abandoned any rough-around-the-edges manliness... not the beer drinking football freak.

I realized many years ago that I start getting stir crazy and pent up unless I engage in testosterone heavy activities, and figured it was my "inner ancestor" needing to get out. If I didn't have athletics and the outdoors I'd probably have put a 9 in my brain.

 

[Red Irish]

Originally posted by: cwjerome
I realized many years ago that I start getting stir crazy and pent up unless I engage in testosterone heavy activities

Confess it all, there's no point holding back now.

 

[StageLeft]

My first impression of the "new man" after reading this article is the timid, somewhat metrosexual male who drives a minivan and abandoned any rough-around-the-edges manliness... not the beer drinking football freak.

Damn, that's me

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: venkman

Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Women have become less robust too. It's why we can't drag them back to our caves by the hair anymore.

wait...that's considered wrong now?

You may want to check local ordinances before you start rippin' out any weaves.

 

[cwjerome]

Originally posted by: Red Irish

Originally posted by: cwjerome
I realized many years ago that I start getting stir crazy and pent up unless I engage in testosterone heavy activities

Confess it all, there's no point holding back now.

Well yeah, I realized that many years ago to, but that's a different subject altogether :shocked:

 

[Red Irish]

Originally posted by: cwjerome

Originally posted by: Red Irish

Originally posted by: cwjerome
I realized many years ago that I start getting stir crazy and pent up unless I engage in testosterone heavy activities

Confess it all, there's no point holding back now.

Well yeah, I realized that many years ago to, but that's a different subject altogether :shocked:

Sorry about that, couldn't resist.

 

[CitizenKain]

Originally posted by: PJABBER
REAL men put in 12 hours a day of hard physical exercise, or they used to not so very long ago.

No, the working class did that. The REAL men ordered them around.

 

[Red Irish]

Originally posted by: CitizenKain

Originally posted by: PJABBER
REAL men put in 12 hours a day of hard physical exercise, or they used to not so very long ago.

No, the working class did that. The REAL men ordered them around.

:laugh:

 

[yllus]

12 hours a day of hard physical exercise? Must be talking about wimpy North American and European men. Other parts of the world put in far more hours a day.

Chinese saying: No-one who can rise before dawn 360 days a year fails to make his family rich.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

It's all Obama's fault! Blame that pinko-Nazi for making us all soft and fat!

 

[Carmen813]

This is what we call progress. The right should study up on that concept.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

My first impression of the "new man" after reading this article is the timid, somewhat metrosexual male who drives a minivan and abandoned any rough-around-the-edges manliness... not the beer drinking football freak.

Damn, that's me

All is forgiven if you install truck balls and a gun rack on your minivan.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Skoorb

My first impression of the "new man" after reading this article is the timid, somewhat metrosexual male who drives a minivan and abandoned any rough-around-the-edges manliness... not the beer drinking football freak.

Damn, that's me

All is forgiven if you install truck balls and a gun rack on your minivan.

And some bumper stickers!

Actually, I have a minivan but I am not metrosexual. I often walk around in public looking like a homeless person. It's my "style".

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: surfsatwerk
Yeah but could they live past 30?

Work smarter not harder.

 

[JTsyo]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I attended a very good all day seminar on Alzheimers and other dementias yesterday. As everyone knows we have a huge problem with obesity, diabetes and other problems, especially in this country. We aren't living as long as other developed nations, and that has led some to point to other countries and say the difference is the health care system.

Well, no it's not. The difference isn't medicine, it's culture. Go to Italy, and you'll find that it's common for the father to come home for lunch, which is not a ten minute break shoving a hot dog down your throat affair. It's a long break, and often there's a nap involved. Us? We pride ourselves on how much stuff we get done. Better ants in the colony. The problem is that kills us. Our real problem is that we've created a societal model that doesn't match physiology. When hunting prey we had hormones that would allow us to catch it or flee from danger. Today we can't run and we can't fight. That leads to chronic dumping of hormones that are toxic. That creates obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and contributes to Alzheimers. So the problem from a health standpoint isn't our standard of care or even ourselves, but that we are prisoners of a culture that won't let us be as fit as those who lived long ago.

Someone will probably mention all the benefits of what we have today, and that would be correct however as I've pointed out we in America are most obsessed with making ourselves sick.

What advantage is there to have most of the population grow very old? Best for society really to have people live to 75-80 and then make way for the next generation. Now of course there are personal reasons while people would rather live longer.

 

[Munky]

Uh huh... some stone age woman could have naturally beaten Arnold when he was at the peak of his roid career? Either humans had amazing genes back then (for which you can't blame us in this case), or the claim is full of shit. But I agree that most modern men have become emasculated and walking vaginas - not because they can't jump their own height, but because from early childhood boys are taught to suppress their natural instincts, heaven forbid they should offend anyone or judge a woman based on her looks. IMO, the essence of manhood is having the confidence to stand up for what you believe, regardless of what anyone else thinks. That talent is definitely lacking in men today, seeing how the media constantly puts women on a social pedestal while downplaying men as some simple-minded monkeys, and pressures everyone to conform to political correctness.

 

[PJABBER]

Originally posted by: munky
Uh huh... some stone age woman could have naturally beaten Arnold when he was at the peak of his roid career? Either humans had amazing genes back then (for which you can't blame us in this case), or the claim is full of shit. But I agree that most modern men have become emasculated and walking vaginas - not because they can't jump their own height, but because from early childhood boys are taught to suppress their natural instincts, heaven forbid they should offend anyone or judge a woman based on her looks. IMO, the essence of manhood is having the confidence to stand up for what you believe, regardless of what anyone else thinks. That talent is definitely lacking in men today, seeing how the media constantly puts women on a social pedestal while downplaying men as some simple-minded monkeys, and pressures everyone to conform to political correctness.

QFT.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: JTsyo

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I attended a very good all day seminar on Alzheimers and other dementias yesterday. As everyone knows we have a huge problem with obesity, diabetes and other problems, especially in this country. We aren't living as long as other developed nations, and that has led some to point to other countries and say the difference is the health care system.

Well, no it's not. The difference isn't medicine, it's culture. Go to Italy, and you'll find that it's common for the father to come home for lunch, which is not a ten minute break shoving a hot dog down your throat affair. It's a long break, and often there's a nap involved. Us? We pride ourselves on how much stuff we get done. Better ants in the colony. The problem is that kills us. Our real problem is that we've created a societal model that doesn't match physiology. When hunting prey we had hormones that would allow us to catch it or flee from danger. Today we can't run and we can't fight. That leads to chronic dumping of hormones that are toxic. That creates obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and contributes to Alzheimers. So the problem from a health standpoint isn't our standard of care or even ourselves, but that we are prisoners of a culture that won't let us be as fit as those who lived long ago.

Someone will probably mention all the benefits of what we have today, and that would be correct however as I've pointed out we in America are most obsessed with making ourselves sick.

What advantage is there to have most of the population grow very old? Best for society really to have people live to 75-80 and then make way for the next generation. Now of course there are personal reasons while people would rather live longer.

It's also a quality of life issue.
BTW, how do you get people to live no more than 75-80?

 

[bfdd]

They aren't around, we are, obviously we're superior.

 

[dainthomas]

Interesting article on the subject of Neanderthals.

Their extinction appears to be largely a result of their higher caloric requirements and lack of diversity in their diet (over-reliance on big game). Physically they were far superior to us and were comparable in intelligence.

 

[Moonbeam]

I guess from the thread on Republican testosterone dip after the election of Obama, we can see the root of all this fear of feminization and girlishness.

 

[Infohawk]

Is this political in some way? Maybe news...

 

[PJABBER]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
Interesting article on the subject of Neanderthals.

Their extinction appears to be largely a result of their higher caloric requirements and lack of diversity in their diet (over-reliance on big game). Physically they were far superior to us and were comparable in intelligence.

Very interesting article. I printed it out for my kids to read.

 

[Phokus]

Well duh, they didn't have sedentary office workers back in the stone age.

 

[PJABBER]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Well duh, they didn't have sedentary office workers back in the stone age.

I wonder if they had ladettes?