Men Are Getting Weaker — because We’re Not Raising Men

[Sanguine]

by David French

August 16, 2016 2:16 PM

Young American males are losing touch with a critical element of true masculinity. If you’re the average Millennial male, your dad is stronger than you are. In fact, you may not be stronger than the average Millennial female. You’re exactly the kind of person who in generations past had your milk money confiscated every day — who got swirlied in the middle-school bathroom. The very idea of manual labor is alien to you, and even if you were asked to help, say, build a back porch, the task would exhaust you to the point of uselessness. Welcome to the new, post-masculine reality.

This morning, the Washington Post highlighted a study showing that the grip strength of a sample of college men had declined significantly between 1985 and 2016. Indeed, the grip strength of the sample of college men had declined so much — from 117 pounds of force to 98 — that it now matched that of older Millennial women. In other words, the average college male had no more hand strength than a 30-year-old mom....

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Yep.

[Oceander]

[mirraflake]

A "His & Hers" nail salon opened up near where I live.  Not making this up.

[Sanguine]

A "His & Hers" nail salon opened up near where I live.  Not making this up.

OMG...

[truth_seeker]

This area shows what the impact the military draft had, on male society. (For thousands of years, too.)

Every guy from early school, knew that one day he might face military service, complete with the rigors that involved.

School playground activity and athletics, provided training for all males, if they liked it or not.

But over time, mandatory physical education classes have been eliminated, and nobody has to serve if they do not want to.

The path to being a soft, pansy-ass nerd is easy. So many follow it these days.

[skeeter]

This area shows what the impact the military draft had, on male society. (For thousands of years, too.)

Every guy from early school, knew that one day he might face military service, complete with the rigors that involved.

School playground activity and athletics, provided training for all males, if they liked it or not.

But over time, mandatory physical education classes have been eliminated, and nobody has to serve if they do not want to.

The path to being a soft, pansy-ass nerd is easy. So many follow it these days.

Adjusting various aspects of our society to de-emphasize and often eliminate the natural advantages males have is another sad outgrowth of the civil rights movement.

There was much right with it, and there was/is much wrong with it as well. Its too bad society never learned how to separate the good from the nefarious.

[bigheadfred]

@ truth_seeker  @skeeter


The path to being a soft, pansy-ass nerd is easy. So many follow it these days.

Reminds me so much of something my old mama said to me when we came here back when. I told her, "Mama, we can't cross the Atlantic ocean  like this." She said, "Shut up and SWIM!"

[Dirt for sale]

Soy in everything and bisphenol a everywhere plays a major role in men going Devo.

[TomSea]

And maybe that is the genetically modified soy.

Fermented Soy, probably not a problem, Okinawa diet.

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Yes, our ways in becoming politically correct, reaching for a gender neutral norm, these are damaging.

Being too macho as Latin America has "machismo" is probably damaging too.

[Dirt for sale]

Fermented foods and ahem, beverages seem to be the ticket, Tom. There's an excellent cookbook out there called "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon. It is very big on fermenting your food. The only knowledge I've applied is soaking quinoa overnight to sprout. Otherwise it acts as an anti-nutrient.