What Happened to Real Men?
- By Tracy Ames
- Published October 17, 2010
Tracy Ames
My name is Tracy Ames. I’m an author of interracial erotic fiction. My stories are a sensual feast for your senses; mind, body and soul.
I began writing short stories for monthly newsletters and, believe it or not, my friends. After much encouragement, I’m ready to offer you a taste of what only a few have previously savored.
A native of the San Francisco Bay area, I currently split time between Greenwich CT & New York City with my husband, young daughter and a host of pets.
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What happened to real men? Where the heck have they gone and when are they coming the hell back!? Seriously, is it me or does there seem to be a dearth of masculine looking men? Where are the Denzel Washington’s, Sean Connery’s, and Russell Wong’s?
Yes, Gerard, Hugh, Clive, and George are holding Fort Manly quite well but it’s only a matter of time before Justin Bieber and his merry band of panty-clad emos breach their defenses…aka convince right thinking men that it’s okay to flat iron and Aqua-Net their hair to the bejeezus. Fare thee well, gentlemen—fare thee well.
This shift towards male femininity has nothing to do with sexual orientation so much as it men feeling increasingly comfortable with their mastery of styling products. Personally, I want my man to tremble in his boots when he sees my setting lotion and so should you. At no time should he be tempted to use it, move it, or sniff it.
There was a time, we’ll call them the good old days, when a misplaced flat iron was considered class-A misdemeanor and warranted a threatening midday phone lecture from your man. Nowadays the male victims will simply remove said article from the bathroom counter and carry on with his day, while leaving said female unpunished for her gross negligence. Warning Guys: Give her an inch, and she’ll take a mile.
Moving on….Where were we? Oh, feminine looking men.
Granted, Greg’s pretty hairless however he’s a tri-athlete. Tri-athletes are awarded a special hairless pass because of their swimming. I’m no fan of hairy men* but I’ll concede that no man, save aforementioned or burn victims, should be hairless at anytime. If a man should take it upon himself to disobey this lawful ordinance, the general populous (women) are well within their rights when kicking some hairless ass.
And moms should be on the lookout for any suspect twatness in their sons. Yes, that twiggity-twat Justin Bieber and his crew of twat-o-philes are on a mission to snatch your dear boy’s masculinity and leave you with a mirror hogging drama queen. Be ever vigilant, Ladies, as these bastards are relentless!
Should your tyrannical grip ever cause you a twinge of guilt, ask yourself: Do I want grandchildren someday? The answer will undoubtedly be a resounding yes—in that case this JB movement must be crushed! You owe it to your future daughter in-law. Trust me, I don’t know her but we’ve spoken and she wants you to know that every night she’s lulled to sleep by your son’s emo weeping and it’s getting old!!
Well, my late night rambling is over. Wake me when the men return.
* I actually boycotted an ex’s hair. It worked like a charm!
Sex Symbols?! I'll sew my legs shut!!!
Yes, Gerard, Hugh, Clive, and George are holding Fort Manly quite well but it’s only a matter of time before Justin Bieber and his merry band of panty-clad emos breach their defenses…aka convince right thinking men that it’s okay to flat iron and Aqua-Net their hair to the bejeezus. Fare thee well, gentlemen—fare thee well.
This shift towards male femininity has nothing to do with sexual orientation so much as it men feeling increasingly comfortable with their mastery of styling products. Personally, I want my man to tremble in his boots when he sees my setting lotion and so should you. At no time should he be tempted to use it, move it, or sniff it.
There was a time, we’ll call them the good old days, when a misplaced flat iron was considered class-A misdemeanor and warranted a threatening midday phone lecture from your man. Nowadays the male victims will simply remove said article from the bathroom counter and carry on with his day, while leaving said female unpunished for her gross negligence. Warning Guys: Give her an inch, and she’ll take a mile.
Moving on….Where were we? Oh, feminine looking men.
Granted, Greg’s pretty hairless however he’s a tri-athlete. Tri-athletes are awarded a special hairless pass because of their swimming. I’m no fan of hairy men* but I’ll concede that no man, save aforementioned or burn victims, should be hairless at anytime. If a man should take it upon himself to disobey this lawful ordinance, the general populous (women) are well within their rights when kicking some hairless ass.
And moms should be on the lookout for any suspect twatness in their sons. Yes, that twiggity-twat Justin Bieber and his crew of twat-o-philes are on a mission to snatch your dear boy’s masculinity and leave you with a mirror hogging drama queen. Be ever vigilant, Ladies, as these bastards are relentless!
Should your tyrannical grip ever cause you a twinge of guilt, ask yourself: Do I want grandchildren someday? The answer will undoubtedly be a resounding yes—in that case this JB movement must be crushed! You owe it to your future daughter in-law. Trust me, I don’t know her but we’ve spoken and she wants you to know that every night she’s lulled to sleep by your son’s emo weeping and it’s getting old!!
Well, my late night rambling is over. Wake me when the men return.
* I actually boycotted an ex’s hair. It worked like a charm!
Sex Symbols?! I'll sew my legs shut!!!
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14 Responses to "What Happened to Real Men?"
said this on 17 Oct 2010 8:41:15 AM CDT
Wow, you have no love for the Biebs! :D Have you seen the website, Lesbians that Look like Bieber? HILARIOUS! I agree, where are the real men who don't complain and whine about their hair or the way they look, 24/7? I love men who dress like they stepped out of GQ, but I also love a man that is athletic and willing to do some hardcore work, like chopping wood or building something. Too many soft men out there. I do love the tri-athletes and marathon runners though..yummy. What's wrong with asking a man to run 14 miles with you, but pick you up when you want them too? HUH? sheesh. I get tired of out of shape guys looking at me like they want to eat me alive, and refuse to head to the gym with me. I'm not the only who will be at the gym Mr. I'm not sacrificing my sleep for nothing to hit the gym or go for a run before work....oh boy! *end of rant* See what you started Tracy?? :P
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said this on 18 Oct 2010 4:02:18 AM CDT
I'll have to check it out. Thanks! We share the same taste in men: step off of GQ and chop down a tree. Two thumbs up!
People say that we're attracted to men like our fathers. Yep! My dad is a Southern with a degree and a trade...well mannered and well dressed...but he's no stranger to hard work. Lord knows why he fell for a little snobby German. Mom, I know you're reading this...:D |
said this on 17 Oct 2010 11:36:15 AM CDT
LOL! Ok I can't believe I'm about to defend Justin Beiber. But this whole thing with men started way before Biebster came into the limelight. So he's not the problem. He's just reacting to to world around him. In all honesty as women we have to take some of the resposibility. How man times have we said we wanted men who where more in touch with emotions and more sentive to our needs? How many time have we complained about always being expected to look percfect at all times while men made no effort in their appearance at all? Well now we got what we wanted. The problem is some men have began to take it too far and we now we have to deal with it. To a certain extent I don't have an issue with it. While I don't want a guy who takes longer than I do to get ready, I have a problem with a man who puts a little effort in his apperance and wants to look good. Yes I greatly apprecitae a man who will get rid of his back hair and cut down his toes nails so I don't all scrathed up in bed at night. While I don't wan't man who cries over everthing. I do like a man who can feeling things and doesn't acts like nothing ever effects him and is affaid to show any emotions. I guess it's all bout the guy find the right balance.
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said this on 18 Oct 2010 2:23:25 AM CDT
Crystall, So true!!!!!!! sometimes we, women are so complicated ;-)
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said this on 18 Oct 2010 3:53:49 AM CDT
Justin is just my whipping post. Yuck! Absolutely, women have some of the blame. Remember Queer Eye for the Straight Guy? All of my friends forced their men to watch it and then got pissed when he because a metro. *smh*
Taking care of yourself is a must but, like you said, some men take it too far. I love that Greg is in touch with his emotions. He's still a WASP but he can cue emotions quite well! Men who go too far in one or the other direction worry me....like one day they'll snap and kill us all. |
said this on 17 Oct 2010 12:37:28 PM CDT
Tracy-n-Keisha you 2 are so right. Yep where are those real men and I know that’s right if you can’t motivate me out of my bed for a morning run you’re useless to me. Next! It starts when they are boys, anyone can ask me son what is your my favorite phrase (he’ll say one or the other) NO or just walk it off. Yes if his hand gets broken-walk off the pain, scrape knee, walk it off, walk it off, walk it off, walk it off!! And you know the world always blame us the mother when thing go wrong with our kids.
*I must say I don’t mind an hair less chest or but I do appreciate that treasure trail so I can be reminded where I should be traveling *As far as J Bieber, I will say Usher knew what he was doing when he signed him-there wasn’t a boy “teen idol” and JB fit the box for the young female audience there are so many others on youtube with better singing voice and dance move than JB |
said this on 18 Oct 2010 4:16:52 AM CDT
LMAO! Judy, you nailed it. Walk it off! I can't tell you how many times I heard that as a child. Hell, how many times I've said it to my kids.
We'd spend our summers in Alabama with my dad's family...girl, us kids came up with our own remedies for scraped knees: grass, red dirt, and spit! My aunt would put alcohol on everything. That crap burned! No thank you...pass the grass and dirt. Hairless chest are a must. I jumped for joy when I saw Greg only had peach fuzzy. Now the treasure trail is quite nice.;-) JB can kick rocks. Don't listen to me. He's my whipping post. |
said this on 18 Oct 2010 11:57:55 AM CDT
My daughter (13) can't stand Beiber.......not appreciating his so-called singing and dancing at all. She'd rather sing the parody songs because they make fun of him.
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said this on 19 Oct 2010 1:58:32 AM CDT
Your daughter has good taste. Well done, Yves! :)
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said this on 19 Oct 2010 3:02:43 AM CDT
Thanks goodness! Now, can you please rally the guys and retake the city? Womankind will be waiting for you. :)
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said this on 19 Oct 2010 12:58:06 AM CDT
My nieces like Beiber and Trey Songz, now they don't do it for me. But what the hey they are 13 and 14 and pretty dang flighty so at some point it will shift. I hate to say it but around the 14 or 15 year old mark, I like some dudes that I would say were less than masculine in college I was serious Jason Priestly fan, really a stiff wind could have blown by and pushed him over. LOL. But as I get older I like them more masculine, don't throw some gray hair on him, I'm effing gone with the mingly gray thing. When Will Smith and Brad Pitt got it, oww yea baby. Too men who are aging like fine wine, personally I think Brad just looks so much better now that he's older, more craggy and rough it says man all over again LOL. And that Josh Brolin, he's uber manly he does it for me. But no, if Matt stays in the bathroom more than 15 minutes I get irritated and he better not put anything in his hair it's so metrosexual. I blame this on the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy men, they really mucked it up. Keep the hair short and the cargo and t-shirts going. Dressing up means shaving LOL. Yes I am a woman that wants a man's man, the first time I'll see him in a full suit is at the wedding and that's good enough.
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said this on 19 Oct 2010 3:11:30 AM CDT
You're right. Remember when New Edition came out? What were our parents thinking as they watched us coming up with dance routines for "Mr. Telephone Man"? LOL!
I love well aged men...they're bloody hot! And yes, Brad and many other men look better as they age...Denzel, who has always been hot, is now SUPER HOT! Leave Matt alone. He's dancing in front of the bathroom mirror. I can't see him Queer Eye-ing it up in there...it's not happening. |
said this on 19 Oct 2010 9:13:10 AM CDT
I think you need to put some historical perspective on this. There have been a few "metrosexual" types getting more than an inordinate amount of press since Oscar Wilde* started pimping floral wall paper and foppish fab gear.
Oscar Wilde [fill in the blank] Liberace Tiny Tim Boy George Justin Bieber** (I am hesitant to offer black examples but I bet you women can.) Culture wants a template to bounce this shit off. I suspect it needs it as a means of defining the spectrum. But it passes. The percentages remain roughly the same in Western Culture for the last, I dunno, thousand years? I get a bit discouraged because this culture has done the Barbie thing to men. I admire Brad Pitt. A lot. But I'm 51 and medium income. If I had a personal trainer and a dietitian and spent 20 hours in a gym a week I'm still not gonna ever have the FIGHT CLUB torso (even though I adopted the mind set. Any more than women are gonna have Barbie physiques. I sacrificed more paunch for more brain YEARS ago. But I am looking for a good reasonably priced eye cream. ;-) - Barney Dannelke *Oscar, for all of his fucking young men "like sweaty panthers" did marry and do enough hetero fucking to get out a couple of kids. And he was nearly 6'3" and threw two students (at the same time) down a flight of stairs for mocking his attire. So even he conformed to some ladies expectations. In that sense I'll take Wilde over Boy George any day. ** as for the Justin phenom - this seems more like cultural pedophilia and gives me the whim-whams. |