Jeff Culbreath blogged about
Jeff Culbreath blogged about the "new masculinity" a few days ago
I don't know, I am thirty years old. For the period of time I was dating, one thing that struck me is we are living in a time where "masculine" is synonomous with disrespect for women. I realise that perhaps there was no time where women (or any group for that matter) had a golden age. But it seems to me being a man meant being responsible for your children and sticking to your commitments. Now it is some sort of strange charicature personified by WWE.
It is a little more insidious than bad television. Each Friday night my husband gets a lecture for coming home after work instead of going out to the bar. His co-workers say things like "Oh, the Old Ball and Chain tells you what to do! " After a while some of that mentality rubs off...