It Takes More than Abs
I couldn’t agree more. These guys are like no cattle farmers I know, and I have a family full of them. However, the do tend to look like this:
http://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2013/12/1484200_10152441515118835_1066206551_n-630×472.jpg
How come the most popular literature is romance, and the bulk of romance covers feature a half-nekkid cowboy? (And what’s up with these guys? You know what happens, you fall off a horse like that? And sunburn! Holy pectoral, Kemo Sabe, put a damn shirt on.) And where’d all the damn HAIR GO? These guys must bathe in acid-strength depilatory.
Frankly, I’m offended.
As a manist (opposite of feminist but damn near as ugly) I have to say, this objectification of the male form is insulting. Men are more than their abs. 
Katy Jurado, in a famous (to me) quote from High Noon, tells Harvey (Lloyd Bridges), “It takes more than big, broad shoulders to be a man.” You tell it, sister.
I thought machismo was out of style. I was told I had to be sensitive. Sip lattes. Go to movies with subtitles. Be Vegan. Get counseling and…
View original post 132 more words
Recent Comments