What makes you feel masculine ?

As I think about it, there isn't a lot either my wife or I have to do around the house.

I take out the garbage, but how hard is that? The collection service does the real work of getting rid of it. She cooks, but at most one evening meal and I make pizza once a week. I do the dishes, but all that really means is filling a dishwasher. We both do laundry, but there is a washing machine and dryer. A service cleans the townhouse every two weeks and since it is a townhouse I'm not allowed to do any yard work. That means no rock wall building which I certainly would contemplate if we had any rocks laying around to build something with. There is central air conditioning and heating which means there is no firewood to cut, split, store in a woodshed or carry in to the wood stove. We also have electricity, so the lights go on with a flick of the finger.

One of the chores I don't like doing is removing an occasional spider or two from our daughters' rooms. I think they should get used to a bit of nature, but then I figure they will soon be off to college, so I might as well be gracious. Although they want me to "Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!", I just take the spider outside. How manly is that? They think I'm a spider lover. As I think about it, that is as close as I get to slaying dragons and saving damsels in distress, but the spider bit does seem to be a "man's job" for some reason. They're not poisonous, nor very big.

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Originally Posted by YesNo

One of the chores I don't like doing is removing an occasional spider or two from our daughters' rooms. I think they should get used to a bit of nature, but then I figure they will soon be off to college, so I might as well be gracious. Although they want me to "Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!", I just take the spider outside. How manly is that? They think I'm a spider lover. As I think about it, that is as close as I get to slaying dragons and saving damsels in distress, but the spider bit does seem to be a "man's job" for some reason. They're not poisonous, nor very big.

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I don't kill spiders anymore either. Seems silly to kill something that poses no threat and isn't something you would eat.

I agree. I did try to argue that cleaning up the mess it would make on the wall was more trouble that just setting it outside. I don't think the argument cleared me of spider loving.

Spiders eat those pesky flies.

Another good reason to keep them.

After removing the spider, I sometimes said, "Well, the spider is gone, but the babies are still in there somewhere."

Especially those little white spiders. Someone has to eat all the mesquitos.

I love that Modern women are free to persue any and all careers on an equal footing with men, we are no longer forced by law or social pressure to conform to the norms expected of us.
But even I have to admit that there are some things that the average man will always be better at than the average women. Yes an exeptionaly strong women may be able to be a fireperson, but the station will always be filled with a greater number of men.
I love that we have the opportunity to be the same, but I have to admit our differences.

My point is that you can't just say all this feeling masculine is down to nurture and conditioning, there must be an element of nature at play.

There seem to be differences in males and females. I suspect much of it is due to nurture. I know one area in which my wife and I differ is our appreciation of all things fragrant. I like flowers, I like those nice smelling air fresheners etc, but to be honest I would never think of actually buying any. Yet my wife considers them essential. I don't have a problem with this - I don't mind in the least, but I have to admit that I would not even notice if our stocks of all things fragrant ran down.

What is hilarious at the moment are the attempts by cosmetics companies towoo blokes into caring and buying creams and stuff. "Men! Does your (tough) skim turn to leather when you shower?(In a manly way). (My brackets). This is for some post showering lotion stuff. They are attempting to fuel men's egos by doing this laughable balancing act between tough and looking after yourself.

They use a tough voice, leather images, model/ actor/ references to manly things etc etc. All for the cash in your pocket. Hre's the US version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-gsd7IMjc

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

There seem to be differences in males and females. I suspect much of it is due to nurture. I know one area in which my wife and I differ is our appreciation of all things fragrant. I like flowers, I like those nice smelling air fresheners etc, but to be honest I would never think of actually buying any. Yet my wife considers them essential. I don't have a problem with this - I don't mind in the least, but I have to admit that I would not even notice if our stocks of all things fragrant ran down.

What is hilarious at the moment are the attempts by cosmetics companies towoo blokes into caring and buying creams and stuff. "Men! Does your (tough) skim turn to leather when you shower?(In a manly way). (My brackets). This is for some post showering lotion stuff. They are attempting to fuel men's egos by doing this laughable balancing act between tough and looking after yourself.

They use a tough voice, leather images, model/ actor/ references to manly things etc etc. All for the cash in your pocket. Hre's the US version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-gsd7IMjc

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:lol: Love the video.

It might not be manly but I do carry moisturiser around in my work bag. :lol: Well, for those dry skin moments (from shaving). I make the mistake of getting it out in the staffroom the other day, not that I care, but one or two did take the .... a quite bit!

The advert for women tells us that "Only Dove is one-quarter moisturizing cream".
For men it suddenly becomes "Advanced 1/4 moisturiser technology" .
That does make me laugh.

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Originally Posted by Neely

:lol: Love the video.

It might not be manly but I do carry moisturiser around in my work bag. :lol: Well, for those dry skin moments (from shaving). I make the mistake of getting it out in the staffroom the other day, not that I care, but one or two did take the .... a quite bit!

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Be careful Neely, this guy started out using moisturiser.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2...asqc2008f2.jpg

I use my wife's moisturiser, just because you're a chap doesn't mean you have to put up with chapped hands.

:lol: We've gone from women, blood red steak and wall building to moisturiser use.

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Originally Posted by Neely

:lol: We've gone from women, blood red steak and wall building to moisturiser use.

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What next?

http://youtu.be/BvAJnbrvwwk

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

What next?

http://youtu.be/BvAJnbrvwwk

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Men in skirts. I guess I just found something that would not make me feel masculine. I don't use moisturizer either, but then I don't have dry skin.