Is it just me or have we become a nation of pussies? And where was I
when this cosmic shift took place? Let me explain "cosmic shift"
through example. When I was a baby we did not have a car seat, no one
did. When I got older I would sit in the front seat without a seat
belt, everyone did. I did not own or wear a bicycle helmet as a kid -
I still don't. In any event, somewhere along the line a cosmic shift
took place where only lunatics would put a baby in a car without a car
seat or drive without seat belts. The same sort of cosmic shift is
nearly completed with bicycle helmets. It's a strange sort of
phenomenon that sometimes makes sense but at other times it doesn't.

Another cosmic shift has taken place in America but this one is
repugnant in all ways. I'm talking about the pussification of American
men. The seat belts and the bike helmets are all part of this and the
cosmic shift really accelerated after 9-11. Fear began to trump sex on
Madison Avenue. The metrosexual has become the symbol of American
masculinity. Hugh Grant has replaced Cary Grant as a Hollywood icon of
masculinity. I was at a party recently and some hag was blathering on
about how hot David Schwimmer is. He's the guy that was on Friends
always blubbering on about his feelings or something. Can you imagine
this guy playing along side of John Wayne in the Sands of Iwo Jima?

I was really struck by this pussification at my son's t-ball game last
summer. It was warm and sunny but nothing unusual. A mother came out
of the stands and asked me, the coach, if I had sun screen and water
for the kids. I just sort of looked at her in a mystified state. I
said we have hats and a bubbler behind the back stop. T-ball is not
really known for making kids sweat much at all and I figured sun tan
lotion is for the beach. I'm not opposed to a kid running over to the
bubbler for a drink. She then proceeded to spray sun screen on all 15
kids and practically forced them to gulp some bottled water. Parents
in the stands literally cheered her for her safety first approach.

I just sort of shrugged it off but later I heard one boy comment to
Mrs. Worrywart's kid, "Why was your mom spraying us with that stuff.
You're mom's stupid." A few other kids chimed in as well and Mrs.
Worrywart's son just sort of sat there in a state of slumped
resignation. It pretty much ended at that but I was just a little
inspired to know that masculinity is still inherent in boys. Its
society and people like Mrs. Worrywart that beat it out of them.

I have been blessed with three sons and counting. It's my mission in
life to see that they don't become metrosexuals. My wife can harp on
them about washing their hands and not farting at the dinner table but
I'm in charge of what they do out of the house. They're boy's boys
complete with dirty faces and skinned knees. They jump, wrestle and
horse play at every opportunity. They are not and will not be pussies.

Of course this will be a challenge in this day and age of hand
wringing and anti-anxiety medications. I was called into school for
one of my kids this year. A kid cut in front of him in line and he
corrected the punk. I didn't see the big deal but the principle did so
we took our licks. I still instructed him to stand up for himself, not
be punked by a punk and to choose his battles wisely.

At this juncture many of you are proving my point with your thoughts.
Those of you that think I'm an awful father for not telling my son to
ignore the bully, to tell the teacher or run away have bought into the
pussification of American men lock, stock and barrel.

The 4th of July weekend last year, some punks were blowing of
fireworks in the park behind my house. I had no problem with this
until they started launching **** into my backyard. I marched over
there and gave them two choices. I guess that makes me pro-choice.
They had the choice to launch their **** at my house or away from my
house. The consequences of course would be different for each choice.
They chose to launch away from my house- the correct choice. My
neighbors chastised me for being so rash and challenging the punks.
"What if they would have had a gun?" My response was that we would
have had a gun fight. You see I'd rather do something and take the
chance than to have my sons see me cower behind the curtains like half
a fag.

There was a time in this country when most men would have acted just
like I did. When I was kid the adult men were all WWII vets and those
guys put up with no ****. Consequently we had little crime in our
neighborhood. A lot of fist fights but little crime. In that exact
same neighborhood we now have the opposite. No fist fights but a ****
load of bull**** crime and good men that do nothing. They have all the
excuses down about having kids, fearing lawsuits and guns but all this
is simply caving into cowardice.

Maybe I'm an anomaly but I was taught that it's my job as the man of
the house to put his balls on the line from time to time. This means
protecting my home and neighborhood. I don't have problem with this
and it comes quite natural but I learned this throughout a childhood
and adolescent of rough play and risk taking. I'm not talking about
foolishness here. I'm talking about bravery, toughness and balls.
These used to be cherished traits among men and women admired these
qualities in men as well. Nowadays we are all confused about these
things. Being a hard dude doesn't mean you are misogynistic piece of
**** that we see glorified in rap videos. A real man has a big heart
that he reserves for his family and friends. For the assholes in the
world he has his balls, big ones.

We have a lot of social problems in our country these days and
everyone has their pet theory that explains the reasons for the
proliferation of these problems. Conservatives blame big government
and welfare. Liberals think we don't have enough big government and
welfare. It's the Koch brother's fault! Blame it on the Clintons!
Bull****. I blame it on men who have ceased to be men. Behind ever
battered woman, every knocked up teenage girl and every punk firing
off guns indiscriminately are millions of men that won't do their jobs
as fathers or simply as stand up guys that won't abide by bull****.
Men have become pussified in America but I won't have any part of it.

How about you?







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