Feminization of Men

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
oboffill wrote:

Would you please specify the effects that trickle down?

1)I have given up walking into clothing stores. Period. I buy just about everything on line now unless I just happen to find some rare article of clothing that doesn’t look like my mom would look real pretty wearing it to church.[/quote]

Big and Tall?

Steroids aren’t exactly aspirin either. Side effects are nasty and at least you can get HRT under medical supervision.

[quote]3) The discussion we even had on this site as far as gyms trying to get rid of anyone who actually looks like they lift weights seriously. Let’s not forget the corrections officer who was banned:
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=23099
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Come on, Planet Fitness?! What do you expect. If you live in a big city you’d find 20 other gyms in your area. Excessive grunting IS quite annoying, though.

I think you’re blowing it out of proportion. Testosterone is still alive and well.

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[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
L. Chambers wrote:
jedidiah wrote:
BlakeAE wrote:
I vote Vin Diesel. Yeah he’s got a lot of cheese but he’s got a decent build, more than most Hollywood guys, and he’s a hardass in every movie. I didn’t and wont see the Pacifier so that doesn’t count.

I actually met Vin Diesel this summer just chilling on down off Canal street below china town. I have no idea what the hell he was doing but I shook his hand and was extremely impressed.

He is short, as I’m sure you’re all aware. However, he is every inch a badass and an intimidating figure to be sure.

I called him “Mr. Diesel.” My friends thought it was hilarious.

So, yeah, I was a sheepish fanboy who ran up and shook hands with a celebrity just to say I could. I admit it.

Hell, it was Vin Diesel.

I heard Vin Diesel is gay.

I heard Vin Diesel can beat up chuck norris and Mr T at the same time.[/quote]

Funny shit.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
Masculinity seems to be losing ground lately and some of you seem all too ready to offer it up in sacrifice to the burning vagina while dancing around in high heels and matching leather pants claiming that the rest of us should “get with the times”.
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Does anything really need to be said on this topic other than what ProX said above?

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[quote]oboffill wrote:
Professor X wrote:
oboffill wrote:

Would you please specify the effects that trickle down?

1)I have given up walking into clothing stores. Period. I buy just about everything on line now unless I just happen to find some rare article of clothing that doesn’t look like my mom would look real pretty wearing it to church.

Big and Tall?

2)The onslaught of political nonsense regarding anabolics which translates into more physicians being afraid to actually treat decreased testosterone levels in men over 35. This is something that shouldn’t even be an issue, but add that to the “war on masculinity”. Unlike the “war on drugs”, they actually seem to be winning this one though.

Steroids aren’t exactly aspirin either. Side effects are nasty and at least you can get HRT under medical supervision.

  1. The discussion we even had on this site as far as gyms trying to get rid of anyone who actually looks like they lift weights seriously. Let’s not forget the corrections officer who was banned:
    http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=23099

Come on, Planet Fitness?! What do you expect. If you live in a big city you’d find 20 other gyms in your area. Excessive grunting IS quite annoying, though.

Needless to say, being a pussy is having an affect on the lives of those who still appreciate their Y-Chromosome laden appendage whether you would like to admit it or not.

I think you’re blowing it out of proportion. Testosterone is still alive and well. [/quote]

oboffill,

I am thinking you are late for your eyebrow waxing appointment.

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[quote]oboffill wrote:
Come on, Planet Fitness?! What do you expect. If you live in a big city you’d find 20 other gyms in your area. Excessive grunting IS quite annoying, though.[/quote]

So is whinning like a pussy and scrietching. But I guess you don’t find anything wrong with that?

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I think you’re blowing it out of proportion. Testosterone is still alive and well. [/quote]

How are the boys doing? Have they dropped yet?

You don’t know what testosterone is and what it can do unless you have it in you.

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[quote]vulcan500rider wrote:
I’m sure I’m going to get flamed for this, but some of it has to be said.

I’m an English major, and I specialize in gender theory (no, I’m straight as an arrow) The whole idea surrounding gender theory is to examine the roles we’re forced into so that we can CHOOSE to do things, not be unconsciously FORCED into things by the roles society puts on us.

Typically, in a patriarchal society, men and molded to become a direct opposition to femininity, because that helps in the oppression of women. Men are modeled to be strong, to imply women become weak. Men are raised assertive, to make women submissive, and so on. Conforming to these roles unconsciously only perpetuates the stupidity.

I’m not saying that men shouldn’t be strong, or assertive. What I’m saying is that men are still men regardless of how physically dominant or mentally assertive they are. PEOPLE should be strong and mentally assertive. The only thing that makes you “manly” dangles between your legs–everything else is a result of your personal choice to conform to what others tell you to be.

As for the comments about men waxing and getting manicures, yes I think it’s BS, but I think it’s BS because it’s unnecessarily vain, not because it makes them “feminine,” anymore than watching the superbowl makes them “masculine.”

I also think basic training would be good for men (and women) because it would instill a necessary focus on physical fitness and cooperation in a society that has become self-centered, lazy, and superficial.

If you’re threatened by the image of a more “feminine” man, perhaps you need to take a long look at what you think a man is, and why. Are the traits that you associate with manliness entirely due to the biological differences between men and women, or is there a LOT more social issues behind them?

Flame, if you will, but THINK.

Cheers.[/quote]

Consider the natural order, most females desire to be dominated that is human nature.

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Testosterone is not well. This is a picture of what happens to man in the absence of testosterone.

shudders

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Uh-oh, the Prof X Fan Club has come out of its cage. Thread over.

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[quote]brucevangeorge wrote:
Testosterone is not well. This is a picture of what happens to man in the absence of testosterone.

shudders[/quote]

Absence of testosterone fucks up your nose!

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[quote]lonewolf1952 wrote:
Consider the natural order, most females desire to be dominated that is human nature.

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Aren’t you the creep that was harassing Julia with this nonsense or was it lonelobo?

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Hey guys. I’m a dancer, and I lift weights too, both as an addendum to the dancing session, and stand-alone in off-dancing season (I dance from september to december and from february to may, cycle from june to august, always keeping a workout routine adapted to the changes in the dancing/cycling training).

I’ve been dacing since I was 16 and now I’m 20. My reaction speed, my acceleration, my flexibility and rapidity have improved immensely, much more than with any other sport I had tried before. Even better, the benefits gained from dancing have extended themselves all throughout my skills and I found myself being better at soccer, football and basket without needing to practice.

Add to this the fact that I often get complimented by the girls I go out with the line “I love the way you walk”. None of them has been able to precisely describe what’s particularly nice about it, but I guess the flexibility and control of body movements shows itself even via simple walking.

So, I suggest all of you to try. On the top of what I’ve said, it’s simply incredibly fun and liberating, other than being athletically very challenging.

A point against dancing, though, is that if you have a tendency towards non-dominance, dancing overemphasizes this trait, thus lowering the average weight lifted capability (note: not maximum). I have this trait, and even if it’s actually a plus in regard to flexibility, I need to weight train in order for my movements not to become too disjointed.

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Guys, learn to separate femininity from homosexuality. There are plenty of masculine gays, and feminine straights. In fact, that’s what the whole ‘metrosexual’ thing is about, separating from the idea that you don’t have to be gay to do that stuff.

Anyway, I’m all for looking good, and I won’t fault a guy for missing a dinner if he has an appointment. He’d probably lose money that way. The main mistake is making an eyebrow waxing appointment in the first place, it sounds kind of like a ripoff.

I have bushy eyebrows, and sometimes they fall in my eye at inopportune moments, so every day as part of my washing up, I just light pull at it with my fingers, so any loose ones come out.

Also, I use a tweezer to remove the unibrow.

Why would you need to do more than that? Wax? Wtf… Maybe if it was a larger area, but it’s bloody eyebrows… there’s SUPPOSED to be hair there.

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[quote]brucevangeorge wrote:
Testosterone is not well. This is a picture of what happens to man in the absence of testosterone.

shudders[/quote]

You become a very successfully actor/writer?

Why don’t you put a picture of Einstein up there, while you’re at it (I bet his bench suck)? Besides, we don’t like no talk about no “relative” business 'round here, do we?

Sheesh, You sure know how to sell testosterone, don’t you?

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Gene Simmons said it best. Metro guys are gay.

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Working in a big city, I am appalled at the number of “men” nowadays that have their briefcases on wheels. Wtf? If you can’t carry a laptop in a bag (all 10 lbs), then hire a man to do it, rather than trip people on the sidewalk by letting your bag drift along behing you.

I also laugh at the pussies in the train station or airport that drag their rollabouts up and down stairs rather than picking it up.

DB

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[quote]tyciol wrote:
Anyway, I’m all for looking good, and I won’t fault a guy for missing a dinner if he has an appointment. He’d probably lose money that way. The main mistake is making an eyebrow waxing appointment in the first place, it sounds kind of like a ripoff.

I have bushy eyebrows, and sometimes they fall in my eye at inopportune moments, so every day as part of my washing up, I just light pull at it with my fingers, so any loose ones come out.

Also, I use a tweezer to remove the unibrow.

Why would you need to do more than that? Wax? Wtf… Maybe if it was a larger area, but it’s bloody eyebrows… there’s SUPPOSED to be hair there.[/quote]

We’re not talking about a remedy for the caveman look and/or unibrow. We’re talking pencil-thin, perfectly shaped eyebrows.

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By the way, I have two gay male clients. Both are more masculine looking than half the 20-25 year-olds out there. Go figure.