So yesterday I was sitting at my computer and I head quite allot of screams from the hallway. I was going to get up and investigate but before I could my flatmates (including the two guys) came in and started gabbling that a wasp was in the bathroom and could I get it out for them.
Suddenly i was the man.
I'm not exactly an alpha male , pissing contests never interested me. I'm not into traditionally manly things such as cars, football and being racist so it's not an every day occurrence being "the man". The last time was a few years ago when I de-iced the freezer with a screw driver. My flatmate at the time commented that it was the first time she'd actually seen do anything "manly"
So what is manly?? What is this indefinable quality that makes you manly? Getting rid of wasps is part of it, as is de-icing freezers but how are the two related?. Its a mystery.
As I said before I'm not alpha male but nevertheless occasionally when I'm in the supermarket I am sexed by the terrible urge to buy some tools. Not that I'd use them you understand but just so I would have them there. Rather like Arthur Dent and his towel.
In an age where gender rolls are becoming more fluid is it even desirable to be manly any more? Do women, despite all the feminist literature, still like to see a man unscrew a jam jar lid or put up a shelf? Who knows....hang on I'll ask my female flatmate..... OK she says that its fine for a guy to hold open a door, or what ever but not because he assumes she cant do it for herself. She also says that being manly isn't on her list of things she looks for in a guy, hmmmm.
Do you guys have an opinion about this? Is manly on its way out or is there always a place for a little testosterone??
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