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Gentlemanly Communication
The Art of the Conversation has all but ceased to exist in today's generation raised on instant messaging, through decades of an emasculating culture.
Take this experiment next time your with friends: Note that after stating a non-offensive or polarizing opinion, (what you thought a character was thinking in a movie, how you thought an exam, hike, run was difficult or fun etc) - I'll wager any dollar the next statement out of your "friend's" mouth is contradictory, argumentative, 'one-uppmanship' or outright ignores what you said in the first place.
Almost a 100 years ago Dale Carnegie taught the basics to the Art of the Conversation, and showed how it was the path to friendship and success. How to listen, how to consider what the person said and show interest.
How should men communicate?
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Permalink Reply by Dennard on -
A man should use is words to build up those around him and to correct those who need correcting.
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Permalink Reply by Carl Monster on -
You pretty much answered your own question, good book that is. Have your friends read it.
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Permalink Reply by Marty on -
Depends upon the discussion group. As one cop to another knows, gentlemanly conversation usually begins and ends with the famous four letter man word. That's how gentlemen on the f**king job f**king communicate. It is used as both a noun as in that f**ker, as an adjective as in that f**king asshole, as an expletive as in "F**k that man!" in both present and in past issues.
The grand f**k word builds up men and also corrects those who need correcting. When the good guys lock up the motherf**kers, that's a good job.
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Permalink Reply by Carl Monster on
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Thanks.
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Permalink Reply by kjg on -
Awesome books, everyone should read. I found a book he wrote on Lincoln in a university library- fascinating.
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Permalink Reply by Vytautas on -
"Decades of emasculating culture"? Sounds like BS to me, a bunch of garbage made up to complain about something. How do you measure emasculation? It seems like you're just blaming a nebulous social change (which is invented) for your perceived problems.
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Permalink Reply by Chuck Knight on -
Vy, the entire premise of this site is a *return* to the traditional principles of masculinity. Its very existence is predicated on an acceptance of emasculation as an unfortunate theme in our modern culture.
It *is* an interesting way to look at it.
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Permalink Reply by Shane on -
It's not invented. It's observable. Not so much these days, though, a couple decades ago there really was an emasculation going on.. These days boys aren't neutered so they can be girls, they're neutered so they can be boys forever.
Immaterial though. One can either observe it and complain about it, or observe it and do something about it. This guy takes the former.
*note to OP
This post is argumentative, contradictory and displays one-upmanship. If I hadn't thought it was worth replying to, I would have ignored it.
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Permalink Reply by Vytautas on
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I don't think that 'emasculation' is a social process we can prove. Take movie heroes, a popular form of evidence for this junk theory. Masculine characters have always been popular in film. Magazines are dedicated to forming our bodies into the (quasi-impossible) shape of the manly man (usually takes expensive diets, workouts, and gadgets as well). The image of the manly man never really lost currency, even in the 60s, 70s, or 90s.
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Permalink Reply by Shane on
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External trappings. Not internal security. I would point to the equal number of self help books/products sold to overcome the deficiencies/insecurities. There are a lot of therapists who made a lot of money off of guys like some of our regular posters due to the combined effects of WW2, 2nd/3rd wave feminism and suburbia. It may not be quantifiable, I know of no formal studies on the issue, Brett may. But, it is an observable trend.
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