De-Masculinization

So this is a long time coming. Granted I am not the source for fashion and manliness but call me crazy this world we live in today is gone Topsy turvey...

After I returned home from my mission I was going through boxes of clothing that I had put away till after my mission. I of course began to wonder why on earth caused me to buy most of the clothing I owned. Then I ran into a few magazines that I used to read in the old days. I am not ashamed to admit that I was a reader of Gentleman's Quarterly (AKA: GQ). I just laughed at how a magazine has the power to tell a person what is the "cool" look for the season. Then I ran into a photo spread of some shirts that just happened to be "in" at that time this particular issue was published. Pink was "in" and so were some other colors. I sat back and thought about my own amount of pink that I currently owned. Then I thought about all the people I have met in the last few years and how often I saw the color pink. Now in my behalf I probably only own the staple pink POLO shirt and two pink ties and that is it. However I have noticed many more amounts on other guys. Pink became a staple to most men shouting to the world that they are secure with who they are and they can be straight and wear their amounts of pink and not feel "less manly" to the world. But is that the way to state how much of a "man" you are?

The color pink has hit an all time high and it is not just in men's fashion. Women too seem to over do the color. I know, I know we all think we can pull it off but lets be honest, not everyone can. Insert the next problem: DE-MASCULINIZATION (I made this word up I think). Really it's not just the color pink, that was the beginning. With the explosion of pink in men's clothing came much more. Men now have a wide array of skin-care lines, men have began to get in touch with their more sensitive side, some watch day-time TV, (not I, yuck!) and probably the big one that might get me shot...alot of guys have become this "stay at home dad." Yes I know it's nice that men spend time with the kids and yes women have rights to, this is not what I am saying. What I am saying is men have seemed to forgotten the divine purpose of our existence. We have become so self involved that we have forgotten that we are to be providers and protectors of thoes around us. Now I dont have a family yet but that is our purpose. What seems to be going around is guys that want to do more "mirror time" and less "fulfill purpose time."

Now I am not sayin to forget about your apperance and be grunge like, (Curt Cobane is dead so lets move on.) All I am saying is we men need to get over the "guy is girly" days and be men. Care less about out the number of rinkles and more about providing.

That is all I am saying.. yah know???