Real Men Love Flowers And Poetry?
I find myself taking pictures of the flowers out back fairly
often. As my friends know, I'm an enthusiastic amateur
photographer and the flowers are a great subject. Besides that,
they're beautiful in their own right. And, in the warmer months,
with the stinging multitude flying around that garden rectangle,
well, you half take your life in your hands going back there.
At any rate, it occurs to me that it's not considered, by many,
to be too terribly masculine to have too much interest in
flowers. This view, of course, like so many widely held views,
is stupid. After all, why should possession of an aesthetic
sense have anything to do with your manhood level? Really, the
question I want people to ask themselves is why should this view
exist. Does it make any sense? Why shouldn't a man appreciate
flowers? Well, I'm talking about mainstream opinions, and, you
know, the mainstream tends to be, um, retarded.
So, this gets me to thinking about other general opinions in
respect to the male gender role. Example: tea is considered by
many to be somewhat effeminate. Just how was this conclusion
reached? Folks, it's a beverage. Apparently, coffee is the way
to go. Well, fine and dandy. Poetry, of course, has some pretty
widely held stereotypes and associations. Why should that be?
Who knows.
Cats? A guy is seen by many as a little peculiar if he likes
cats. Dogs = man's best friend. It is generally considered
pretty masculine for a group of guys to be sitting around with a
case of Coors watching a football game. It just so happens that
this type of activity sometimes leads one to the corner of
Obesity Avenue and Impotence Lane: and, those things aren't so
manly. I don't know. Cats, tea, poetry, flowers... an interest
or love or passion for these things seems to make your manhood
questionable. Okay, you win. When does hunting season start? I'm
going to get my buck this year!
So, those are my thoughts on poems, flowers, tea and cats, and
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