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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I think society is attempting to break down gender roles. For some groups of people, they almost think it is outdated to be a traditional male, and this is unfortunate. The traditional male role is one that has existed, in my faith, since Adam, and I think any attempts to weaken it are pathetic. There is a good book regarding this, not really controversial but it is faith based..."Wild At Heart," by John Eldridge. It gives his view that men were created to be leaders, to be explorers and adventurers, and think the current social trends attempt to dissuade them from doing such. I'm not saying that if you'd rather be involved in art than play football, you're doing something wrong. However, I think the whole push in metrosexual culture is bad for male society. Some people claim it is a good thing, as it emphasizes cleanliness and dressing well, but we've been doing that in the South for a century, while retaining our traditional male roles.
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I haven't read the book you mentioned, so I'm not commenting on that. I don't know where you're living, but I haven't seen much of a breakdown of gender roles. As far as I've heard, no one if forcing anyone to be metrosexual (well except for maybe a handful of very controlling girlfriends). Yeah, metrosexual may be trendy right now, but guys are still largely expected to be
MANLY MEN. It's still not ok for a guy to cry. It's still not ok for a guy to tell his best friend that he loves him. Any kind of show of emotion (other than the emotions of anger, rage, etc.) is considered gay or effeminate. The gender role that's really changing is women. We're breaking down doors in all sorts of places. And I think a lot of guys feels threatened by that. Since there's few job industries and few sports/hobbies that women haven't entered (maybe not necessarily in your corner of the world), it's become harder for a guy to feel like a
MANLY MAN. Also, a little bit of a tangent, but I think with women becoming more powerful/assertive/independent, men are confused about how to act. They have to be careful not to do anything that can be construed as sexual harrassment, whereas in previous generations, it was a "boy's club" at work and they could pull pranks, tell vulgar jokes, etc. I also think guys today are confused about how to act when they like a girl. Fifty years ago, the dating roles were much more defined. Boy asks girl out...simple. Nowadays, a guy going up to a girl to ask her out is risking a lot. She might tell him off, call him a pig/jerk/asshole/pervert, and humiliate him in front of everyone.