Given the insecurity that lies at the heart of this sad compensation, it's especially ironic that they've got the whole country buffaloed into thinking this is appropriate adult behavior. We've ended up with a culture of maleness that emphasizes the objectification and degredation of women, a lack of male accountability for anything that happens in the culture, and a definition of masculinity that's all about empty shows of dubious might -- like peacocks preening on parade.Sara Robinson hits the nail on the head again. (Which also ducks the question of conservative women, but everybody does.)
For the record: This is a comic-book stereotype of manhood as it's imagined by little boys. But it's not the real deal -- not even close.
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