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<blockquote data-quote="Okie4570" data-source="post: 3508605" data-attributes="member: 15643"><p>I'll have to see if I can find the interview and honestly the guy's name escapes me even. He was discussing the "demasculinization" of men on TV, movies, etc. I hadn't really noticed but it's there right in our faces. The lumberjack man is no more, only males with skinny jeans who eat tofu, lettuce and poached eggs will be seen as the norm for masculinity.</p><p></p><p>My 17yo daughter and I have discussed this a few times actually over the last few months. She's 5' 2" 120lbs...pole vaults, shoots trap, plays basketball, carries over a 4.0 GPA. 3A high school. She's told me more than once that there are few to no boys there who are the type that can fix something if it's broke, is capable of problem solving during any kind of group work, or has a job that requires any kind of manual dexterity other than standing or even has a job at all even in the summer let alone during the school year. We're fairly rural too, so I know that influence to work should be there. She's helped me change gears in her jeep axles, put in a new fuel system front to back in a 66' Ford Bronco, and I didn't have to force her to help me with any of it, and then won't miss a school dance or a chance to wear a formal dress either.</p><p></p><p>Also under the same roof is my 13yo son, 5' 10" 160lbs, coordinated, athletic, would rather run over than around you on the football field or basketball court. Just as smart as his sister, but less motivated in academics (still makes As and Bs but rarely studies or makes much effort to make all As) and definitely less motivated to work. He will work if asked, can fix just about anything or solve anything you ask him to but will rarely take on the job himself without being asked. Pretty interesting personality differences and work ethics under the same roof, with the same influences and parenting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Okie4570, post: 3508605, member: 15643"] I'll have to see if I can find the interview and honestly the guy's name escapes me even. He was discussing the "demasculinization" of men on TV, movies, etc. I hadn't really noticed but it's there right in our faces. The lumberjack man is no more, only males with skinny jeans who eat tofu, lettuce and poached eggs will be seen as the norm for masculinity. My 17yo daughter and I have discussed this a few times actually over the last few months. She's 5' 2" 120lbs...pole vaults, shoots trap, plays basketball, carries over a 4.0 GPA. 3A high school. She's told me more than once that there are few to no boys there who are the type that can fix something if it's broke, is capable of problem solving during any kind of group work, or has a job that requires any kind of manual dexterity other than standing or even has a job at all even in the summer let alone during the school year. We're fairly rural too, so I know that influence to work should be there. She's helped me change gears in her jeep axles, put in a new fuel system front to back in a 66' Ford Bronco, and I didn't have to force her to help me with any of it, and then won't miss a school dance or a chance to wear a formal dress either. Also under the same roof is my 13yo son, 5' 10" 160lbs, coordinated, athletic, would rather run over than around you on the football field or basketball court. Just as smart as his sister, but less motivated in academics (still makes As and Bs but rarely studies or makes much effort to make all As) and definitely less motivated to work. He will work if asked, can fix just about anything or solve anything you ask him to but will rarely take on the job himself without being asked. Pretty interesting personality differences and work ethics under the same roof, with the same influences and parenting. [/QUOTE]
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