When Having Lots of Testosterone Was Still Okay

melb22 · 2010-12-23T12:20:11+00:00

Here's something else that's odd about this writer. He is a nihilst of sorts, not believing in a concept of the truth:

As a storycatcher I do my best to capture what is out there as the ways in which people perceive their own reality, without thinking that any of those is something weird like 'the truth'.

But if there is no truth but only subjective perceptions of reality, then who is he to claim that masculinity is false and harmful? Isn't that a truth claim?

melb22 · 2010-12-23T12:13:18+00:00

He writes about testosterone as if it's some kind of toxin and then advises men about the non-masculine place in the world he wants them to adopt.

IMO, not friendly to men.

rantgrrl · 2010-12-23T15:11:38+00:00

The magazine covers are awesome. I vote for the killer squirrels as the best one. Those little fuzzy fuckers are scary!

thetrollking · 2010-12-23T11:22:51+00:00

I mean, even today, in any modern European, American, African or Asian household the desires for material well-being and personal development are so high, that it’s crucial for both adults to make an income. Mortgages need to be paid, cars, schooling, gadgets. Having only him go collect the cash simply is no viable option. We simply want too much to resort to roles that might actually have only been dominant for a few years, shortly after the Second Word War.

No, I don’t have stats to prove that. Stats like that aren’t gathered, because they’re not deemed relevant for the ways we study and look at our society at the moment. Any Social Science – from History to Psychology – will always claim to portray reality, but hardly ever does so. What we see, you see, is mostly defined by how we look, and not by what’s out there. Independently of our observations.

Anyway, having said all that: this week I bumped into a web page with a hilarious collection of vintage men’s magazines, with covers of half naked men wrestling snakes, or soldiers with stubbles smoking cigarettes and with titles like “Real Men” or simply “Male”.

The natural state? Pure, undiluted testosterone and pure misogyny.

You see now comrades, Snowball was not a Hero of the battle of the cowshed, NO Comrades. He was the enemy! If Napoleon says it's true, then it must be so. Napoleon is always right. I will work harder.

Title	When Having Lots of Testosterone Was Still Okay
Author	LeopardMan
Upvotes	3
Comments	9
Date	December 23, 2010 8:19 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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