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Man, Men, Manliness...or...Misogyny Light 2
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I am the pope of the Man Church. As pope I have a few things to talk about. As I have proclaimed this morning...
The pope is not only the supreme head of the Man Church but has a string of other titles.
I am Bishop of Home, Vicar of Velcro, Successor of Salt Peter, Prince of the Apostholes, Archwoodshop and Makitatropolin of the Hoe'n Province, the Deacon of Do-it-yourself, Sovereign of Lattican City and Servant of the Solvents of Sod.
That authority cannot be delegated....even though they still ask me for ID and a credit card..but I digress..
Why are women and men so different in their choices and behavior?
Cognitive functioning or brain processing differences in the two genders has been a point of interest and contention for many years.
Behavioral Differences:
For one, attention and perception differ early on. Baby girls have been noted to gaze longer at objects than baby boys. Later they rely on landmarks and memory for guidance. Boys on the other hand, have a better visual-spatial ability such as aiming at stationary or moving targets and detecting minor movements in their visual fields more easily. Many of these abilities would have been important for survival in the time of hunter-gatherer societies, where males navigated unfamiliar terrain while hunting, and females foraged more nearby areas gathering food.
Neuroanatomical Differences:
Comparison in size shows that the male brain is on average 10% larger than the brain of females, although women usually have a larger percentage of information-processing gray matter. A greater proportion of gray matter suggests a greater processing capacity. This explains why the belief that greater head size indicates greater intelligence is invalid in this instance.
TeleGenetic and Physiological Differences:
An individual with an extra Y chromosome or XYY instead of XY genotype will not only have a different phenotype, but will be much more aggressive due to the increased "maleness".
Female infants appear more sensitive to noise and are also more social. They are more inclined to "gurgle" at people and to recognize familiar faces than baby boys.
Hormones also seem to play a major role in sexual differences. If absent, this leads to female gender maps.
Environment:
The environmental and social influences certainly play a major role as well. From day one, starting with their initial noisy entrance into this world, babies are viewed according to their gender, even color coding them right away. Oh, it's a girl! God forbid if this child ends up wearing blue - she may have a social identity crisis. influencing decision-making and social behavior.
"They'll play a merrier tune later...when we kill them."
What is Manliness
"Manliness, is a quality that causes individuals to stand for something." The Greeks used the term 'thumos' to denote the spirited element shared by human beings and animals that makes them fight back when threatened. It causes dogs to defend their turf. It makes human beings stand up for their kin, their religion, their country, their principles. "Just as a dog defends its master," writes Mansfield, "so the doggish part of the human soul defends human ends higher than itself."
Every human being possesses thumos. But those who are manly possess it in abundance, and sometimes in excess. The manly man is not satisfied to let things be as they are, and he makes sure everyone knows it.
Manliness can be noble and heroic, like the men on the Titanic, but it can also be foolish, stubborn, and violent.
Theodore Roosevelt was manly, so was Harry "The Buck Stops Here" Truman. Manly men are confident in risky situations.
What is Machisomo
Machismo is a prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity. As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of virility to a more extreme masculism. In many cultures, machismo is acceptable and even expected.
The most amazing thing about the trait may be seen as the product of runaway evolution. Simply fascinating.
In literature
In American literature, a memorable example of machismo comes from Tennessee Williams' character Kowalski, the egotistical brother-in-law in A Streetcar Named Desire. In the play (and in the motion picture), Stanley epitomizes the hyper-masculine alpha male, socially and physically dominating and imposing his will upon his wife and her sister, Blanche Dubois. Bound up with Stanley's aggressive and occasionally misogynist views is a strong sense of pride and honor which leads to his hatred of Blanche.
Machismo itself derives from macho, a latin word taken from Galician, meaning "male [animal]"
Cicero wrote that "a man's chief quality is courage."
Now I have a Rental Tenant...real piece of work...I like to call him 'Sweet Woman'...because he bit.....he nags..like a woman.
He is definantly not Macho.
I been noticing alot of 'sweet women' around here at Redstate. And as pope of the Man Church...
I decree that there will be Manliness on this website (even if your a real sweet woman) and those that are not, will be ignored and otherwise embarrassed.........until we get bored with them or they go crying home to their mommies.
PS....Open thread (NBA)
"40 million American households with guns are generally happier
than those people in households that don't have guns."
Good Stuff!!! man up :-)
by Jaded
Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion
I owe everything to the Interweb.......and EPU n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"40 million American households with guns are generally happier
than those people in households that don't have guns."
:blushing: aw shucks
by E Pluribus Unum
I just threw you the single seed of a thought:
Home Depot = Man Store.
You went and painted a Rembrandt.
You da man, Special!
Kill the terrorists
Protect the borders
Punch the hippies -- Frank J
Aren't we glad Al Gore...
by From ME to you
..helped create the internet???
omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina
Thats it.......Gore / Jobs 08' n/t
by speciallist
n/t
Ah....I understand now
A pothead....
Smoke up johnny.....
Dude...It's like so cool to be a stoner.... by MrSyHastings
be nice.
by tadams1138
"Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm a whale biologist."
God...I love to Fish!!!...n/t
by speciallist
n/t
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"Yeeeaaaarrrrrggggggg..." |
I hate you for that horrid picture.
by simpson316
As a woman
by peg c
I love manly men. It might have been partly a dearth of manly men (not to mention whiny beeyotches) on the left that helped chase me out of there...
Great piece!
You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.
For men to be men in polite society...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
Simpson
by speciallist
I think everybody knew..but I got stupid.
Raise your hand if you didnt know....Jaded??
Took it a little over the top. n/t
by simpson316
Democrat seal
by John Wayne
Don't know if you saw this one and I can't remember where I got it
http://www.zingwing.com/democrat%20seal.bmp
John Wayne
How do you post pictures in
by John Wayne
How do you post pictures in the blog without them comming up as just links?
John Wayne
pictures
by simpson316
img src="insert link here"
put that inside < >
you can modify pic if it is too big by putting height = x right after link, bu still in same bracket
Now also found at The Minority Report
I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.
by blooch
They really don't need me putting pictures in here at RedState, and I've been trying to resist, but words won't do for some of these trolls. I swear, dailyfare over in the whitey blog is just beggin' for an eyeful, but I'm going to bed.
See my signature for html help (nt)
by Neil Stevens
HTML Help for Red Staters
"If we want to take this party back, and I think we can someday, let’s get to work." – Barry Goldwater
I had no idea
by E Pluribus Unum
I mean, I thought EA was just a bit more audacious than he ought to be, given that name, and destined for the pile eventually.
No earthly idea he was your sock puppet. But then I'm not usually reading posts with that thought in mind.
Kill the terrorists
Protect the borders
Punch the hippies -- Frank J
Two steps ahead..I gave it away commenting to Neil.
by speciallist
I swear to god I thought everyone knew...and I only went after 'cooks'....still sorry
Hey don't sweat it - spilt milk
by E Pluribus Unum
Eventually, you are going to learn something in particular about me that you don't know already. Until then, I'll just leave you hanging....
Kill the terrorists
Protect the borders
Punch the hippies -- Frank J
And I am very curious as to what I missed because the rest makes no sense...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
I had..
by speciallist
a meatpuppet going on...I thought everyone knew..
I originaly told Neil outright in a comment..
I interupted Moe a few times (by mistake) and got nothing..
I put it in a thread with aceintx...
I even commented to EPU...
And I only went after Cooks...
I seriously thought people were in on the joke.
You know what...You guys better WAKE UP....LOL
After I got caught, I snagged an epic trouble maker..
I own him...see below
Once again Sorry to everybody..
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
J.Hancock you wanted at the Man post.. n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
Fact Check
by J.Hancock
An individual with an extra Y chromosome or XYY instead of XY genotype will not only have a different phenotype, but will be much more aggressive due to the increased "maleness"."
Not necessarily--this comes from a finding that a higher percentage of prisoner’s are XYY than men in normal society....a correlation but not causation---and as XYY men are usually sterile, not necessarily a comment on "manliness"
But I digress..
by J.Hancock
Good blog, but perhaps a bit down on maleness... The part about males standing for something is good though. I think our country may have become a bit too female of late, with all the political correctness and consensus seeking in water cooler politics. Where are the men who have the "aggression" to stand for what’s right and not avoid conflict for the sake of consensus. Where are men who won't compromise their views for social convenience??
I'm one...but that didn't exactly make me popular with the crunchies in college
Where do you come from.. your pretty good n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
Colorado Springs-Conservative Capital of Earth!
by J.Hancock
Now a Med student in Denver. And one of 12 Republicans that showed up at the primary in my precinct. :-(
So now I blog to talk to other anti-crunchies!
Your a Republican...cool thats really common here n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
Little koloski here...
by speciallist
I have to say you have been owning these guys around here.
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
LOL
by J.Hancock
Sure I'm Republican, but I'm a fairly unique type of Republican around these blogs. I'm primarily a Social Conservative (born, raised, and preached to), although reading Terry Goodkind as a teen and college kid has given me some fiscal conservative leanings as well.
Machiavelli made me a bit of a Hawk.
Burke and Hobbes made me a capitalist.
Locke made me Constitutionally conservative
n/t
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
Iraqi's could for sure!!
by J.Hancock
The question is, "would letting them handle it be best for America?" What if they went in a more radical anti-Zionist anti-American direction like Palestine recently did?? Staying in allows us a measure of control. Leaving creates instability and a power vacuum. Terrorists are unlikely to take over at this point, but an unstable country may elect an American hating Prime Minister. Which is why I think making a country you invade a Democracy too quickly is a bad idea. First they need to be an occupied disarmed protectorate for a while until the population adapts....then elections.
No. First you need to break them
by Raven
You don't go to war to make friends. You go to destroy enemies. Like it or not, America perfected war during WWII. We completely destroyed several enemies by showing them what WAR really is. They are all still so terrified of war the mere idea of fully rearming is anathema and in Japan helped bring about a government change recently.
After you have broken them, then you rebuild them. Then you allow them to govern themselves. Then you remove your troops (mostly). It has worked every single time we've done it.
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
Exactly what I was saying
by J.Hancock
"Make them a disarmed protectorate"--I actually had Japan and West Germany in mind when I wrote this. I just phrased my paragraph a little more delicately to show our liberal friends the kinder, fuzzier side of ass kicking.
"Its not what you say its
by speciallist
"Its not what you say its the way that you say it."
aceintx
I come from Biloxi..right around the corner from Katrina n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
Its 420 around my house if you know what I mean..n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
420?? Really??
by J.Hancock
A pro-pot Republican?? Well I suppose that is the furthest extent of Laissez Faire government...
My friend can get medical stuff..
by speciallist
dude its right around the corner, what are your veiws?
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
It's a big tent.
by blooch
That haze in the top ain't just cigar smoke.
Welcome..everybody please join us...
by speciallist
There's plenty of room at the Man post. Make yourself comfy and you can spew your garbage without bothering anybody.
Whats on your mind?
Hey speciallist! I spent 8 months at Keesler!!
by From ME to you
I couldn't wait to leave the area!!!!!
US Air Force... when you absolutely, positively need something destroyed overnight!!
Minor Infraction...two steps behind
by speciallist
I was 'messin' with him....Everybody gets to treat ME like a woman for 24 hours.
Southern Miss/Biloxi God's sauna
by John Wayne
Man it gets hot down yonder
Went to Keesler for tech school one summer
Air temp 95 degrees F
Gulf temp 95 degrees F
Relative humidity 95%
I think that adds up to a heat index of 285 degrees F
It sure felt like it most the time.
Saw highway 90 get 8 or so inches full of rain in about a minute from good old gulf thunder storms.
A great place to live if you like fishing!
Y'all got some bigassed roaches down there too...size of small dogs.
I did enjoy mysfelf despite melting several times from the heat and humidity.
John Wayne
"People died on her watch. / 911 happened on her watch. /
She failed in her duty to protect this nation. /
And for that...she got promoted. The peter principle hard at work
and now people are suggesting her for VP??"
MrSyHastings
TRM be a man..and come to the Man post n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"40 million American households with guns are generally happier
than those people in households that don't have guns."
I am totally confused.
by itrytobenice
I can't think of a thread I have had any more trouble following (except for that one guy who posted two different diaries that resembled nothing so much as a schizophrenic channeling chipmunks). Are you guys carrying on a separate email conversation and just leaking parts over to this diary?
By the way, the major difference between men and women is the possession by men of two separate heads, but only enough blood to run one at a time. (Courtesy of Robin Williams, I think.)
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.
That guy was real....Virtual Culinary Expert n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"40 million American households with guns are generally happier
than those people in households that don't have guns."
Paging... mrsyhastings n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"40 million American households with Carnitas are generally happier
than those people in households that don't have Carnitas."
Smoke up johnny.....
by MrSyHastings
Dude...It's like so cool to be a stoner....
LOL
There are better drugs
by Raven
More effective, with fewer side-effects. And it really IS that simple.
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
Fish away
by Raven
But when you slap me with a trout, expect me to respond with a salmon...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
DADT
by Raven
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
He's got you pigeonholed
by blooch
and he's doing the superior dance. Give him time.
Me, I think Med Marijuana is a charade and a dishonest way to legitimize pot, but it's all there is right now. I favor decrim and integration into the economy, with baselines extablished by the Federal govt, and some specifics left up to states and localities. Don't ask me to elaborate on my pipe dream, because I'd just be blowin' smoke.
"Mmm, Heh heh...he said pipedream..heh heh."
I agree..
by speciallist
I live in so cal and its a JOKE how easy it is to get a pot card....fake a Migrain headache and come up with about $800.00 your good to go to.
But more specifics to the state than fed.
"40 million American households with Carnitas are generally happier
than those people in households that don't have Carnitas."
Did you see th "Entourage" episode
by blooch
where Drama got his Med Marijuana hat?
I will watch it on youtube and get back to you..thankx n/t
by speciallist
n/t
HR 420
by RottDawg
I say legalize it, tough laws (fines & prison) for DUI and other criminal acts while under the influence, and (of all the things I hate) heavy taxation... with every dime put towards educating people to the effects. But it should be allow for those that can incorporate into their life while still being a responsible citizen.
hooked on Language
by pilgrim
Someone who is a great cook is a master chef, and someone who is good at baiting a hook is a master baiter. Guam is an acronym for give up and master bait.
The purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better.
Dr. Theodore Dalrymple
Dude ...you rule....LOL n/t
by speciallist
n/t
'pope of man church sits
in throne made of asbestos
no where else to go'
"It's the Haiku stupid"
Geez I hope so n/t
by speciallist
n/t
"40 million American households with Carnitas are generally happier
than those people in households that don't have Carnitas."
Ok....Thats it...Your Attention Please
by speciallist
Come on people.....this is happening to often...If you are going to go and check up on somebody's sources and/or data and/or Links, Dont tell them you did it and Please DO NOT reply back to the person, "Hey i just looked up what you 'tricked me' into looking up and its wrong..."....AAARRRGGGG....TWO MOVES AHEAD...
gutless liberal
singing cooks acquiesce, stress
incontinent skunk
"It's the Haiku stupid"
didn't get into and so I needed to see for myself...I'm curious that way and than I MUST you see respond to lying with the truth because it is in my conservative blood....it's OK...really.
Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion
my favorite Haikus
by tadams1138
from RRRRThats5Rs.com are:
I can’t go to sleep
The baby won’t stop crying
Put it back in you
Two ducks start flying
I shoot once, twice, thrice, no luck
The dog laughs at me
“Press to launch missile?”
This can’t be a real button…
I’m in prison now
Look up at the sky
See how beautiful it is?
You’re the opposite.
Don’t make mommy cry
You can tell her that you’re gay,
But use SUBTLETY
"Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm a whale biologist."
Copy those
by speciallist
and bring them to My Haiku post..Maybe we can get some more people to contribute...My two favs I made follow...The post is named..
Troll hunter preying,
incarnation reeks, prey seeks
bluntly, redly, soaked
Wholesale lawlessness
he'll throw us a smelly bone
democrat white house
Any Pink Floyd fans out
by John Wayne
Any Pink Floyd fans out there? If you are, and have never watched their 'Pulse' DVD, you gotta do it. Best $20 I ever spent on entertainment. Got it going right now...WOW!
John Wayne
Everybody''s walking on eggshells
by blooch
over there, so I came to the Man Cave--not to do the Flamenco, mind you--but just to make an observation about something coming in threes and old Democrat senators getting right with God by endorsing Obama. Hope I didn't stink up the place, Speciallist. I'll light a match on the way out.
I'll dance
by tadams1138
let me just lay out this cardboard here now....
"Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm a whale biologist."
I haven't checked in
by blooch
since Benazir Bhutto. I'll check later, after the kids are in bed. They might be scared by the skull with glowing dice eyes.
Already there
by blooch
taking down the big flag that says, "Trolls under 12 stay free!"
"ma deuce says no truce"
The same way an architect builds the tiny model of the building -- before constructing the real thing
the same way an engineer will build a mock up of a machine before tweaking it into a fully functioning form
the same way that PP&G formulated new and improved Tide after introducting the first version.
I know that God made Adam -- and said okay let's perfect this creation --- so God made Eve.
And God must have liked the finished product -- because he stopped at Eve.
So men are the mock up -- and woment the fully functioning creation.
.. the Bible tells me so.
M Penny
Are you calling me a troll?
by M Penny
Do not be confused -- I have been here at Redstate as long as you -- just under a different name.
M Penny
No, I'm calling you out of the galley
by blooch
because the troll got tossed overboard and it's safe now. Don't worry about the sandwich.
"ma deuce says no truce"
I want a sandwich...
by Raven
I could go for a cold soda, too.
...Oh, and bring out the pretzels, woman! Game's on!
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
McCain is a traitor
by TELLINGITREAL
How about you go ask McCain why he cooperated with the enemy when he was a prisoner of war, and received special treatment by the Vietnamese Government for it!! As a matter of PUBLIC GOVERNMENT RECORD (records that have been CLASSIFIED by the US government: how convenient!!! How about McCain tell us why he won't get the tapes UNCLASSIFIED so we can all see how he disrespected the USA)
McCain also made over 32 TAPES of PROPAGANDA for the Vietnamese Government, the enemy, and it seems he was one of the only prisoner of war in Veitnam to have cooperated with the enemy.
McCain also gave interviews to the Vietnamese communist news service, interviews that were NOT flattering to the USA, but were disrespectul to this country.
Why did you do that McCain?! I think the citizens if this country, as well as the soldiers who served with you, and did NOT betray their country like you did, would really like to know why you worked for the enemy during the Vietnam war, and why you don't want Americans to see what it was you said about this country to the Vietnamese government.
h ttp://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/02/17/in-1992-pows-accused-mccain-of-collaborating-with-vietnamese/
BY THE WAY I A WAS A
by TELLINGITREAL
BY THE WAY I A WAS A REPUBLICAN SUPPORTER OF McCAIN, BUT NOT ANYMORE AFTER LEARNING THAT HE WAS A TRAITOR, AND A COWARD, AND WAS THE ONLY SOLDIER TO HAVE BETRAYED HIS COUNTRY.
Are you a College student?...what school?
by speciallist
"The entire leadership should be run through a dull shredder."..mbecker908
That was one big fish..."We need a bigger boat"...Jaws
by speciallist
|
"Just when you thought it was safe to back in the water!" |
Which one are you talking about?
by blooch
Ummm...I mean, which boat are you talking about getting?
"ma deuce says no truce"
Bye.
by St. Louis Conservative
“.....women and minorities hardest hit”
WHICH IS WHY YOU MOVED TO CANADA, NO DOUBT.
by Moe Lane
JUDGING FROM YOUR EMAIL.
WE HAVE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OUR TROLLS, SORRY.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
This deserves haiku
by streetwise
The insect buzzes
A swat disturbs the still air
Spring youth is fleeting
oooo a url at the bottom
by tadams1138
I wonder what happens when I copy that to my address bar --- OH GOSH IT'S HORRIBLE!!! I CAN FEEL MY BRAIN LIQUIFYING AND DRAINING OUT MY EARS!!!!
"Hey, I call 'em like I see 'em. I'm a whale biologist."
Blooch..
by speciallist
Alright i can see that your head is spinning around...secure it
Take your time..I knew Moe was gonna whack that one quick..so not to much effort..Now Mpenny, shes no troll but she a frisky little philly so be carful...I'm still feeling her u...out
"An idiotic idea, but it made perfect sense to my troubled mind."...John Wayne
Yeah, I know
by blooch
She's no troll, just been here before under a different name.
"ma deuce says no truce"
I was banned
by M Penny
for insinuating Huckabee spewing sleaze...
but Moe is gracious enough to all me to stay as long as I continue to color within the lines.
M Penny
Or I guess I could apologize to Alex
by M Penny
and contribute to the site
and come back under my prior name...
but I prefer my alter ego
or I will go hang out at the other blogs -- but I like the RedState contributors and the fact that trolls don't st
Misogyny, just dig the way it sounds. But OK, moving on, this is a masterpiece essay on the virtue of manliness. My fear is that, having written it late in the day, it won't get the necessary number of recommends to get on the list, where it SO belongs.
Good work, special!
Kill the terrorists
Protect the borders
Punch the hippies -- Frank J