are men too feminized?

I recently read this Are Women Feminizing Men? - AskMen article & thought it would be a pretty good & interesting question to ask here

Do you all think todays male is too feminized in today's culture? Why? Why not? Do you think it is a problem?

Share your thoughs :)

Well at first : would that really be a bad thing?

Explain

I think gender role stereotypes have never really fitted well with most people but in the past both sexes have gone along with them and acted accordingly.

Nowadays, these stereotypes have less validity or usefulness and they are abandoned by more people.

I don't think men are becoming more feminine or women are becoming more masculine. The gender roles are culturally more blurred. Androgyny is being more widely accepted or even desired in society.

These roles and expectations are cultural constructs and not really rooted in men and women.

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Yeah. What ^^ He said. No but seriously. Very well put Sykray. I think you're right.

..:::cleverly disguised as a responsible adult:::..

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(I am glad that I am not hetero.) Most of the world's problems would cease if there were no men on the planet.

Care to explain?

2012 a new age. men are twinks. women fight in public and stand with their legs wide apart.
role reversal is on the way in.

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i gotta think it depends much on the individuals....i know of relationships where there is no traditional man/woman roles at all...one of my best friends has one like that...there are no husband / wife roles at all...they both work but she has the primary income, he maintains the house inside and is much more "nurturing" to the children than she is. she is the dominant "personality" yet he's physically the dominant one...total bad-ass blackbelt martial arts guy...it all seems very "fuzzy" to me, but they have a great relationship, been together 30 yrs, have 2 kids...
i also have a good friend with the exact opposite, very defined "roles" and same result...been together 30 plus yrs and have 2 great kids.
and then there's me...i had a "blurry" relationship with a woman that wanted to be dominant...i tried to make it work as best i could but eventually couldnt take it and now have a relationship with a woman that wants to be the "woman"...and me to be the "man" which seems to work better for me personally...

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I don't mind the role reversal in the example 8barblues has given but in my surroundings there are just lots of I guess confused boys.

They identify as straight but wear skinny jeans pulled down below their cracks with a pink/purple boxer sticking out. And to compliment it even more they have to wear uggs on a hot summer day or wear designer flipflops.
They wear the latest glitter tshirts because girls say that's hot.

Friends who have been whipped by the gf and does whatever she says because it might mean he won't get laid that night.

So the only complaint I have is that a lot of men/boys these days betray their pride and personality to feel accepted by women.
They're just letting people control their lives.

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On a more selfish note I can't complain as I stand out as a more masculine guy when going to a club or party so easier acces to ladies but the side of me that cares about longterm welness of mankind is saying give these men/boys some balls and let them be men again.

Worst case scenario was with a friend of mine eating dogfood because his girlfriend wanted him to, also him asking to borrow 500 euros to buy a dog for her that he ended up walking and feeding everday.
He wants to go on a holliday with her as long as he pays for everything she's game.


And it's easy to say women are doing this or feminism is destroying todays men.
But this is only happening because men are allowing it to happen so that's what upsets me.

Why men are in trouble - CNN.com

This is a enlightening article about why men are in trouble in today's world and may be why they are becoming more "feminized".

What few bastions of masculinity are left in the world where masculinity is championed other than sports and perhaps the construction and manufacturing industries both in rapid decline today?

I have nothing to explain, I'm asking for someone to explain to me why it would be a bad thing, I just don't get it

A lot more than problems would cease were there no men on the planet but that doesn't explain why you can espouse such hate when the same thing would not be tolerated were it said about women or homosexuals and rightly so. I also think many would object to your implication that gays aren't men. All in all a post of unfathomable ignorance.

lol, there would also be no people in the world, you need men and women to repopulate