Male Strength Should Be Celebrated, Not Replaced With Girly Men
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"A recent article from Yahoo celebrating the decline of “muscular, classically chiseled male models” for men who are thinner with sunken chests and “beautiful faces” made me squirm.
Call me old-fashioned, but I like men who look like men.
I like men who act like men, walk like men, feel like men.
I like the brawn, the scruff, the musty scent, the power they exude when muscles ripple. That doesn’t mean they all have to look like a body builder, but they need to be a man who exudes strength.
I like men who act like men, walk like men, feel like men.
I like the brawn, the scruff, the musty scent, the power they exude when muscles ripple. That doesn’t mean they all have to look like a body builder, but they need to be a man who exudes strength.
I’ll never forget when I was in high school in the eighties, and I studied abroad in Germany. Not to knock the German men, but I noticed how scrawny and frail most of the guys were. Even as a 17-year-old girl, I found something inherently unattractive about it.
At the end of the summer, when I gathered with other American students before heading home, I was struck by the muscular stature of the young men, and something about them made me feel a sense of relief, as if I were truly coming home where I was safe.
I could finally breathe.
I was reminded of this recently when I went to visit my daughter at UNC Chapel Hill.
I couldn’t help but notice how the men had changed since I attended college there years ago.
So many looked skinny and soft.
“Where are all the real men?
Where are the muscles?” I asked my daughter..."
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Where are the muscles?” I asked my daughter..."
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