[quote]ironmaniac508 wrote:
horsepuss wrote:
This country has less and less men than it did 50-100 years ago.There may be the same amount of males or more but far less Men.What the OP is saying is, these days the rite of passage is getting drunk and getting laid.Our country made thousands of men early in this century without really intenionally trying too.These men were made through physically demanding jobs like building the empire state building and the hoover dam.You will never see the same type of bravery these wild men had back then.Also the world wars forced males to go through a rapid change from boy to Man cast out of iron.
Most the people in this country nowadays are pussies so the rites of passage from boy to man arent gonna seem very worthy.Men should be judged on there actions and there ability to stand up for what is right not on getting drunk and banging chicks, I was doing that in juinor high and i was far from manhood.
Yeah having a physically demanding job really does toughen you out. When I was 15 me and my boss were working outside in the dead of winter and he would say it builds character. If you think about it he was right, you had to toughen up to finish the job not say my piggies are cold can I leave now. Most young adults these days have never worked a physically intensive job so they have to become men through other means. I would say any boy who dedicates themself and works hard to achieve their goal is becoming a man in a true sense.[/quote]
My first full time job was right after I dropped out of high school when I was 15, it was working as a huad carrier for a mason.My first day I mixed mud carried buckets of it up and down scaffolding, cut bricks and worked 13 hours.I made my decision about school and had to man up quick.