The Menaissance

[iamyourfather]

I just saw this video on youtube, its the ArtofManliness.com owner talking about the resurgence of manliness in our culture. Goes along with what this thread has been talking about.


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AxLaCltp2o&feature=player_embedded#[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Crawford Montizano]

Saw this video this morning, thanks for posting.

 

[The Nid Hog]

Not impressed. His stuff about "manliness" is the same drivel as everything else that they try to sell you. You don't prepare a PowerPoint about being a tough guy.

 

[SpyvSpy]

Not impressed. His stuff about "manliness" is the same drivel as everything else that they try to sell you. You don't prepare a PowerPoint about being a tough guy.

+1. Maybe at least an "A" for his effort?

 

[The Nid Hog]

+1. Maybe at least an "A" for his effort?

I think you have to give him a tougher grade than that. I had to turn it off at about the one minute mark. It's like getting a lecture about machismo from Andy on "The Office."

 

[iamyourfather]

It's like getting a lecture about machismo from Andy on "The Office."

This is true! He's definitely not that good of a presenter, but some of the content is decent.

 

[Obsessed]

You don't prepare a PowerPoint about being a tough guy.

 

[JPDyson]

Not impressed. His stuff about "manliness" is the same drivel as everything else that they try to sell you. You don't prepare a PowerPoint about being a tough guy.

I'm not sure you made a point here. What's wrong with the modern man using technology to convey a point? And who said anything about being a "tough guy"? Sure, manliness tends to imply some physical resolve, but I don't think he was championing "tough guys".

If anything, it's a step in the right direction. I think there's a lot to glean from the traditional manhood of my grandparents' generation (I'm 28) without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. We've made some good progress, and we've taken some steps in the wrong directions. But a renewal of the pursuit of manhood is a good thing.

You can call me whatever you want, but I do believe that the man is the head of the family - not a domineering dictator, but a servant-leader who loves his God and his wife and kids, works hard, and stands with integrity. As the man goes, so goes his family. As families go, so go neighborhoods. As neighborhoods go, so goes the city. You see where this is going, of course.

While I think he misses some finer points, and perhaps simply trades one trend for another (speaking of style for example), there's some merit to some of what he was saying, and I'll give him a hand for saying it. It's time some men grabbed their backbone out of their mom's purse and got to work.

 

[JPDyson]

It's like getting a lecture about machismo from Andy on "The Office."

I'm pretty sure he'd leave "machismo" in the past. As would I.

 

[The Nid Hog]

I'm not sure you made a point here. What's wrong with the modern man using technology to convey a point? And who said anything about being a "tough guy"? Sure, manliness tends to imply some physical resolve, but I don't think he was championing "tough guys".

If anything, it's a step in the right direction. I think there's a lot to glean from the traditional manhood of my grandparents' generation (I'm 28) without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. We've made some good progress, and we've taken some steps in the wrong directions. But a renewal of the pursuit of manhood is a good thing.

You can call me whatever you want, but I do believe that the man is the head of the family - not a domineering dictator, but a servant-leader who loves his God and his wife and kids, works hard, and stands with integrity. As the man goes, so goes his family. As families go, so go neighborhoods. As neighborhoods go, so goes the city. You see where this is going, of course.

While I think he misses some finer points, and perhaps simply trades one trend for another (speaking of style for example), there's some merit to some of what he was saying, and I'll give him a hand for saying it. It's time some men grabbed their backbone out of their mom's purse and got to work.

Wow, sorry if this pushed some of your buttons. I didn't call you anything. If this convinces you to get your backbone out of your mom's purse, all for the good. Mine was never in there to begin with.

 

[JPDyson]

Wow, sorry if this pushed some of your buttons. I didn't call you anything. If this convinces you to get your backbone out of your mom's purse, all for the good. Mine was never in there to begin with.

No buttons pushed, I just disagree with your assessment of his presentation. I never thought you called me anything either - where did you even get that idea? I don't think I'll respond to your last comment.

Edit: Oh, right - "call me what you will, but..." is something of an expression. It doesn't imply that I have been called anything, but that I may for what I have to say. Not that it should deter you from saying something.

 

[TheSweep]

Being a man has NOTHING to do with machismo.