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Macho Man is Endangered? By What?

Seriously, I have trouble imagining the world that these people come from. Their planet must be painted in pastels and have a lovely floral scent.

PARIS (AFP) – Macho man is an endangered species, with today’s male more likely to opt for a pink flowered shirt and swingers’ clubs than the traditional role as family super-hero, fashion industry insiders say.

“The masculine ideal is being completely modified. All the traditional male values of authority, infallibility, virility and strength are being completely overturned,” said Pierre Francois Le Louet, the agency’s managing director.

Instead today’s males are turning more towards “creativity, sensitivity and multiplicity,” as seen already in recent seasons on the catwalks of Paris and Milan.

“We are watching the birth of a hybrid man. … Why not put on a pink-flowered shirt and try out a partner-swapping club?” asked Le Louet, stressing that the study had focused on men aged between 20 and 35.

Uh-huh. So women want this:
Not a macho man

instead of this?
Macho. Definitely macho.

I’m thinking these “fashion insiders” have it all wrong. It’s the flowery guy that’s endangered. Not only do women want masculine men (and keeping in mind that as far as I know, women are the ones who have babies), but the flowery guy will probably not survive junior high gym class, due to “Death by Wedgie.”



3 responses to “Macho Man is Endangered? By What?”

  1. My wife would highly agree with you on this. Esp. the tom selleck comparison. For heavens sakes, he’s got his suspenders on backwards.

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  2. Michael actually looks like Tom Selleck…..sort of…..well, he looks a lot more like him than Whoopi Goldberg does…..so ….thats something.

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  3. And just for the record, I don’t look a thing like Whoopi Goldberg.

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Michael, a sinner saved by grace, sharing what the good Lord has shared with me.

Solomon, in the book of Ecclesiastes, said, “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

If you’re not living for the glory of God, then what you’re doing is meaningless, no matter what it is. Living for God gives life meaning, and enjoying a “chasing after the wind” is a gift from God. I’m doing what I can to enjoy this gift daily.

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