The Dying Art of Manliness.

[Perique]

Masculinity is a taboo topic here due to female membership?

I wouldn't think so. And hats off to the gentlemen raising their daughters.
I think the same sentiment as the OP expressed goes both ways. My wife, for example, makes dyes for fleece out of gathered plants. She fine-butchers venison joints, cleans ducks and rabbits, and castrates her own lambs. But she also has a master's degree and looks damn good in a little summer dress.
We don't have to pick one thing to be. We don't have to be a farmer or an executive; if we want to, we can be both. Life is, among other things, about acquiring the maximum number of skills and experiences possible in order to understand the full range of human ability. And that holds true for both genders.
I can't speak for the OP, and he chose his own examples of what is wincingly referred to as "manliness". But what I take from his post is that the trap of modernity is that we may become one-dimensional if we're not careful to continuously expand our interests and experiences.

 

[necron99]

Oh and, perique, the original 1911 had one safety. The external hammer. Modern ones may have all those safety mechanisms but the original colt 1911 had one safety. Hammer back dangerous hammer down not dangerous. You really had to pull that trigger hard to get that hammer to come back.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Perique, I agree. There's just some things that are falling to the wayside as we become a more dense population more dependent on technology. Kudos for you in keeping up that family farm. I try my best to keep farming, but so many things keep vying for my time, that many of us are just keeping the fields planted enough to elude property taxes, a farm in name only. Although, I do keep some sheep and goats. Dude things and chick things that our ancestors used to do are dying away. However, I can't say that I ever want to dig a privy or many of those things that my great grandfather or grandmother used to do.
Heck, I look for shirts that I don't have to iron, just to avoid doing that despicable chore. However, somethings I chose to do on my own, such as polishing boots, etc... But, I don't think society at large will ever miss these things if no one ever shaves with a straight razor or knits a toilet paper cozy.
The one thing that I do miss is an actual barber shop. I do miss getting a cut and shave from a guy who seems to know everything going on in town.

 

[Perique]

You really had to pull that trigger hard to get that hammer to come back.

Not to be argumentative, but are you confusing the 1911 with a different pistol? As a single-action semi-automatic, it would be mechanically impossible for the trigger to pull the hammer back once it was down.

 

[mso489]

I think women are going through a golden age of realization, getting education, career, balancing family

and career, and overcoming obstacles in their path. I think my great grandfather, grandfather, and father

grew up in times when being male made their achievements honored and respected, while their wives,

strong and talented as they were, were considered in a support role. Things will come around so that

boys and men will be seen again for their self-worth, and not as the heirs to privilege, but it is a ways to

go. I sense this in the written word and media. When women succeed against adversity, it bespeaks a

kind of heroic valor. When men do, it is, in terms of narrative and lore, only seen as their obligation.

I know how to sharpen knives, but I don't always get it done. I can widen a window sill so the cats can

use it as a roost, but I wouldn't attempt building a deck. I cleaned up after Hurricane Fran, which hit

my town like an artillery barrage, with a bow saw when I was in my fifties. I've been through a typhoon

on a minesweeper. But right now, this stuff is purely circumstantial. You can't write your own myth,

only tell your story.

 

[necron99]

Mine was a double action. They have changed over the years.

 

[instymp]

A double action 1911?

daimyo & Andrew..lol

 

[daimyo]

You must be thinking of a different pistol. The 1911 has always been a single action blow back semi auto pistol and always will be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_pistol

 

[necron99]

I could be remembering wrong. I have before.

 

[jmill208]

I'd like to comment on manliness, but I have to go trim my abundant chest hair.

 

[derrickyoung]

I'd like to comment on manliness, but I have to go trim my abundant chest hair.

Sorry I missed most of this thread I was busy upstairs waxing, someone care to catch me up?

 

[werebear]

Infuriated. By. This. Thread.

 

[Perique]

Easy werebear, it's just the internet 60 days on the forum is too early to become "infuriated".

 

[daimyo]

Manliness is dead! I killed it with my berry baccy and violet flavored mints!

 

[judcole]

Here we go again...

Amen,bigvan, amen.

 

[mso489]

We have to have this "manliness" thread every three months. There's a manliness post monitor who

solicits them.

 

[mso489]

'Had a friend who used to teach a college course called Being Human in the Twentieth (now it would be Twenty First) Century.

Not gender specific, but it sounded like a good subject to study. It's easy to lose track of the fundamentals.

 

[sablebrush52]

I can't comment on this thread, because threads and comments about "manliness" are unmanly.
Oh...shit...

 

[cuchulain]

You know what isn't manly? Worrying about how manly you are. Times change, standards change. Hell, I'm a bit of an atavist myself. I work on my own truck, i fix up the house, and I keep my knife sharp and always on hand. Does that make me more of a man? Not really. Just makes me... me.

 

[politicalmonster]

A man lives his life true to himself and his beliefs.

A man strives to bring harmony and joy to those around him.

A man respects and honors his spouse.

A man protects and cherishes his children.

A man lives his life to the fullest in all things.