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12. If you watch First Blood

Reply to bemildred (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 10:27 AM

Jan 2012

John Rambo is actually a very sensitive, vulnerable man.

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"Ahhh.... MEN." (Bette Davis, All About Eve) And BOYS. [View all] Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 OP

"So... what's to be done?" Zorra Jan 2012 #1

1000 JDPriestly Jan 2012 #15

A-FUCKING-MEN!!! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #25

Coping Skills RadiationTherapy Jan 2012 #2

Me too. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #5

all i know is raising two boys, i saw NO difference in emotional need. at about 12 i saw one son seabeyond Jan 2012 #10

What a bunch of weirdos you guys are. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #14

evolutionary biology has been hijacked for agenda. seabeyond Jan 2012 #18

+1. Not unlike the revisionism that undid the lessons learned from Viet Nam re. foreign policy. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #33

you are right, though. that is exactly what has happened in both situations. agreed. seabeyond Jan 2012 #34

exactly, us guys are socialized to repress out emotions. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #26

Women and Gender Studies have shown over and over that it is unrelated to our birth sex. RadiationTherapy Jan 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Jan 2012 #13

So.... what would that portend for suicide rates , and other psychopathologies, in say......... Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #16

I am not sure what you are asking. RadiationTherapy Jan 2012 #23

How can women's studies class show that men are just like women? lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #20

What it shows is there is no correlation between sex, gender, and sexual preference. RadiationTherapy Jan 2012 #22

WAIT. you're claiming you have sources that show maggiesfarmer Jan 2012 #28

Sorry, I do not have sources for that. RadiationTherapy Jan 2012 #30

Exactly. I'm a guy, but my emotional experience and expression is quite "feminine". Odin2005 Jan 2012 #27

Is it more accurate to say that you hang out with more emotionally communicative people? RadiationTherapy Jan 2012 #29

my sons heart was crushed at the end of the summer. seabeyond Jan 2012 #31

That could be. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #32

Stop treating displays of emotion as weak, undesireable, shameful and worthy of mocking. Brickbat Jan 2012 #3

You write the memo. I'll sign it. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #7

this is why i am throwing my tantrums daily on du. what can be done? don't raise our boys with seabeyond Jan 2012 #4

Men are not socially and culturally encouraged to develop in ways that... stillwaiting Jan 2012 #6

That kind of cultural change is going to take forever. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #9

Maybe pretending we all ought to be Rambo is part of it. bemildred Jan 2012 #8

If you watch First Blood datasuspect Jan 2012 #12

"He's a LOUSE." Smarmie Doofus Jan 2012 #17

Step one: do exactly as the link suggests, create a White House Council on Boys and Men. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #19

So people who are born a certain way have to follow strict social norms? RadiationTherapy Jan 2012 #24

that old fashioned conditioning treestar Jan 2012 #21