You forgot dancing. Real men don't take dance
classes. Or art classes. Or care if their socks
match. All that's sissy stuff. At least that's what
my dad told me.
I didn't listen. I took piano (but the money for it
vanished). I took jazz balet and tap (but the money
for them was not forth coming). I taught myself to
paint from PBS instructional programs (plbbbt!). I
maid sure my socks matched and I only wear brown belts
with brown shoes! I strike matches any old way that's
convinient. And I know the difference between aqua
and teal!
I could whup my old man if I had reason to or cared.
So if that's the measure of a "real man" I guess I'm a
realer man than him inspite of it all. Every time I
hear "be a real man" or "act like a lady" for that
matter, I just wanna hurl.
Adam the straight guy who makes his own choices thank
you kindly
--- Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
wrote:
> > > What's so non-conservative about playing the
> piano?
>
> It wasn't so much that playing the piano was
> non-conservative nationwide,
> but iit was something that "real" men did not do -
> period.
>
> >piano = higher culture = upper-class = us!
> >but:
> >professional pianist = no real work = no money =
> them!
>
> Where I was reared,
> piano = higher culture = upper-class = them!
> and
> male pianist = fop = fag (i.e. homosexual male)
> female pianist = unmmarried female
>
> Other things "real" men didn't do where I was
> reared:
> 1. wear cologne
> 2. examine their nails by spreading the fingers and
> looking at the back of
> the hand
> 3. strike matches away from the body rather than
> towards
>
>
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