Real men do dance?

[sarahmichigan]

I should know better than to read some damn essay in Esquire about what makes a man (the "real" is sort of implied). There was a line that a man doesn't cringe at the thought of dancing, but it is to be avoided.

I call B.S. There are tons of cultures, here in the U.S. and abroad where it's perfectly normal and expected that men should dance and enjoy it, not to mention that the essay tended to imply that gay men aren't really men.

And, last night, I went to City Club with a couple of women and four men who are pretty secure in their gender identity who didn't seem to get the memo that dancing is "to be avoided."

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[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

They forgot one:

A man does not rely on Esquire magazine articles spewing tripe and stereotypes to define his identity.

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

By the way, I wouldn't be surprised if I asked the author to describe himself and he pretty much used the same descriptions he does in that article.