Modern Man: Weakling

[All Else Failed]

http://www.salon.com/books/nonficti...ks/feature/2010/11/14/manthropology_interview

Conservative commentators have been bemoaning the decline of the American man almost as long as the American man has been in existence. As it turns out, they are right: Men these days are a mere shadow of what we once were. We've become physically weaker than our ancestors. We're slower runners. We can't jump as high as we once did. As Peter McAllister, an anthropologist with the University of Western Australia and the author of the new book "Manthropology: The Science of Why the Modern Male Is Not the Man He Used to Be," puts it, we might be the "sorriest cohort of masculine Homo sapiens to ever walk the planet." I, for one, blame guyliner.

"Manthropology," a tongue-in-cheek look at the science of maleness, examines what recent discoveries in the fields of archaeology and anthropology can teach us about the state of modern masculinity. Ice Age aboriginal tribesmen, he discovers, were able to run long distances at approximately the same speed as modern-day Olympic sprinters. Classic Grecian rowers could attain speeds of 7.5 miles an hour, which today's rowers can only attain for short bursts of time. Our culture may be obsessed with muscles: He notes that, since 1982, G.I. Joe's Sgt. Savage has gotten three times more muscular and Barbie's Ken now has a chest circumference attainable by only one in 50 men, but the luxuries of our contemporary lifestyle have caused a steady decline in genuine physical power. The book may be a light, breezy work, but it puts our current debate around masculinity into fascinating context.

 

[Dana]

Fuck them. This is no longer a chest thumping, alpha male society for the most part. You don't need to grunt to be a man.

 

[All Else Failed]

The article is simply showing that mankind is not on top of it's physical game as it was not even 100 years ago. This is probably due to the comfortization of society.

 

[cam elle toe]

So, its only the AMERICAN male thats in decline:ninja

I'm surprised you guys didnt jump all over that, considering it was written by an Aussie:24:

*farts, and scratches balls*

 

[All Else Failed]

So, its only the AMERICAN male thats in decline:ninja

I'm surprised you guys didnt jump all over that, considering it was written by an Aussie:24:

*farts, and scratches balls*

It is basically across the board with some exceptions.

 

[Dana]

So, its only the AMERICAN male thats in decline:ninja

I'm surprised you guys didnt jump all over that, considering it was written by an Aussie:24:

*farts, and scratches balls*

WHOSE balls?

 

[cam elle toe]

WHOSE balls?

Mine:ninja:cool

yeah thats right....I'm always told I;ve got balls....


Unlike some around here...


PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED

 

[Codrus]

i agree with the article...men have gotten soft. look at the military training of today compared to 30 years ago,..not the same.
more and more "men"...arent. sad but true

 

[Dana]

rubbish

 

[Codrus]

rubbish

ok buttercup...if you say so

 

[All Else Failed]

rubbish

Is he really wrong? Sports among kids are made "less violent", rampant obesity, too much time spent indoors, modern obsession with comfort and safety coupled with liberal parenting styles...I don't see how this does not lend to men becoming weaker.

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

I think it's got a good point.

 

[cam elle toe]

Its all the equal rights they've been given....thats whats made em soft:ninja

I mean....its perfectly acceptable now for a man to wear a sarong....eyeliner and :yukblack nail polish..

to cry at a movie....and :yukmanscape...

If they were to do anything "manly" they might break a nail


:sarcasm

 

[Codrus]

Its all the equal rights they've been given....thats whats made em soft:ninja

I mean....its perfectly acceptable now for a man to wear a sarong....eyeliner and :yukblack nail polish..

to cry at a movie....and :yukmanscape...

If they were to do anything "manly" they might break a nail


:sarcasm

acceptable to some...but yes,...its sad that most men now-a-days dont even know how to build/make a fire..if they get stuck out in the middle of nowhere with no cellphone..they are fucked

 

[Accountable]

Fuck them. This is no longer a chest thumping, alpha male society for the most part. You don't need to grunt to be a man.

No we don't .... only to get off the couch.

 

[cam elle toe]

acceptable to some...but yes,...its sad that most men now-a-days dont even know how to build/make a fire..if they get stuck out in the middle of nowhere with no cellphone..they are fucked

or change a tyre/fuse, clean a spark plug

Or move a friggin box of tyles, or drill a friggin hole.....


(yes, I speak from experience):mad

 

[Codrus]

or change a tyre/fuse, clean a spark plug

Or move a friggin box of tyles, or drill a friggin hole.....


(yes, I speak from experience):mad

well then i guess i need to go hide in a corner somewhere...lord knows i cant do any of those things

 

[cam elle toe]

well then i guess i need to go hide in a corner somewhere...lord knows i cant do any of those things

I can

and dont forget your dunce hat and christmas pie.

 

[HottyToddyChick]

Not only physically- emotionally.

No more kids not making the cut at football tryouts. Some school systems are doing away with "F"s so that kids won't get their feelings hurt.

It's ridiculous.

 

[Dana]

Not only physically- emotionally.

No more kids not making the cut at football tryouts. Some school systems are doing away with "F"s so that kids won't get their feelings hurt.

It's ridiculous.

that IS ridiculous... If you fucking suck at a subject you fucking suck and deserve the grade you earn. I got below average grades in school and never got sad...