Spare a thought for 21st Century Man and do not berate him so for his lacking of romantic gestures. Engulfed within the miasma of a world where he no longer belongs, he has become confuscated by the messages and expectations that seem to define his existence.
How does he fill his life? He starves himself on a low carb diet; he spends hours in the gym working on his six-pack; he does more exercises trying to make his inadequate penis larger; after all that, he has to do even more exercises to correct his not perfectly straight erection. He has become so obsessed with himself that he has no time or energy left for romantic gestures, let alone women.
For ‘The Insecure Male’, men and women have become two sub-species, with unique needs and desires. He has lost the ability to decipher the coded messages that women send him and believes that becoming more feminine and pandering to their whims will make him more desirable.
If only he could strip away the ugly veneer of modern society that pervades his consciousness and see through the falseness of his own perceptions, he would rediscover the natural beauty that lies within himself - and in women too. Perhaps then, he might just even make the odd, occasional romantic gesture or two…
12:28 pm Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
I think this little piece makes a few valid points, in fact, even though it may apply to only a limited subsection of 'modern men' and can't be extrapolated to all. |
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12:41 pm Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
Sausage, you really are being silly. |
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6:31 pm Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
Oooo... that reminds me, talking of a right tit... |
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6:45 pm Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
Can somebody please direct me to the complaints department?
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8:20 pm Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
Aww heck, no complaint needed! |
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9:39 pm Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
And David Beckham hasn't done too bad for himself if I understand the subtext of 'Bend it like Beckham' correctly img src="imagesadultemoticons008.gif" Too deep? Well, TheSillySausage started it! |
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12:01 am Thursday, 29th January, 2015
Curvy: You have a point there - but I'm notorious for taking things at face value - at least at the beginning :-) |
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8:08 am Thursday, 29th January, 2015
Curvy: It's a funny thing, but although I tend to be ironicsarcastic on paper, I'm often floundering when in British company (e.g. in a pub) because I often miss subtle jibes and things that are meant to be taken in jest while people are remaining deadpan. As I've been in a foreign culture half my life, perhaps you can understand why my trips to UK are considered part of my "rehabilitation" :-) |
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8:40 am Thursday, 29th January, 2015
Actually, if you read Sausage's article carefully, he is not suggesting that the poor tortured male portrayed is actually himself. I reckon he is just commenting on the mating game in the 21st century, especially in the context of online dating and (perhaps) the way porn has affected our self-image and expectations. |
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9:28 am Thursday, 29th January, 2015
I blame metrosexuals, they should be off doing blokey stuff and hard manual labour, not fannying about in low carb gyms with mirrors. |
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11:01 am Thursday, 29th January, 2015
DrZ: I suspect that the majority of Ab-obsessed blokes on this site would object to being labeled metrosexuals, but I definitely know where you're coming from (haha...........). |
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11:24 am Thursday, 29th January, 2015
Ohhh I'd love to have some ab's. |
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2:34 pm Thursday, 29th January, 2015
You can get abs by delivering coal or potatoes by the sack, and you'll get paid to do it not the other way round!
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