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Why Is Anger Considered Masculine?  

passer58by 66M
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9/6/2014 5:08 am

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Why Is Anger Considered Masculine?
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passer58by 66M
4170 posts
9/6/2014 7:29 am
    Quoting Marcie2012:
    It's NOT! I have NOTHING to do with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate watching sports on tv anyways....
I used sports as an example because that's where I most often see this sort of behavior. I have no doubt that it manifests itself in other areas of life.


passer58by 66M
4170 posts
9/6/2014 7:38 am
    Quoting Michaelhopes:
    Maybe being in the minority is a GOOD THING, in THIS situation! I think also that some people, in groups, often get emotionally caught up in the moment, and they act beyond what they would normally do.

    But being aggressive doesn't necessarily mean that's a bad behavior, as you mentioned. Aggressively working hard or doing one's best is a good thing. But when aggression leads to anger, that is when it goes overboard.

    Anger is NOT masculine.

    It's okay to protest a call. It's not okay to throw or break things.

    After the fact, some young people DO realize their actions were wrong, thus a learning experience for them. For people who are not relatively young, their anger is a part of them, and tougher lessons are in their future.

    passer58.... I'm in the minority with you. You are not alone about this thought.
I am involved in auto racing, not as a participant, but in another area. In the past month there was a highly publicized incident in which a young man was killed after getting out of his car to express his displeasure with another driver. The internet was abuzz with discussion about this event. Way too many comments were defending the actions of the young man who was killed by saying things like, "if you wouldn't do what he did, then you're a pussy" or "any driver who hasn't done something like that is a pussy" or "not letting a driver show his passion is pussifying men". Those aren't direct quotes but they are close. The man who died was 20 years old, way too young for something like this to happen. And I am not criticizing him. He made a mistake and paid for it with his life. But the attitude that this sort of expression of anger is masculine bothers me and it may have gotten him killed.


passer58by 66M
4170 posts
9/6/2014 7:38 am
    Quoting  :
It's nice to know I'm not alone on this.....


Travel_Couple69 58M
1604 posts
9/6/2014 8:34 am

 No we would not consider anger a masculine trait.

Displays at or from watching sporting events probably have a psychology all of their own. Look at how we (mostly males) are groomed from birth to participate or identify either nationally, regionally, or cuz your Dad is a fan, to have an emotional connection to a team/player. From the Olympics to local little league we view sporting competitions to mean something more than the play time.

Toss in the gladiator-esq and militaristic substitute element combined with the fact that we can not all play, but pent up our individual emotional investment on the outcome of a game - think The Miracle on Ice, heap in gallons of testosterone and a dash or two of liquor...and what do you get? The Vancouver riots (hey I'm Canadian....the only sports analogies we got involve hockey...and a Canuck fan...fucken Bruins....).

To anger and men, or anger from anyone...we can not all be milquetoast, and how we respond to the things that drive us nuts....either fly off in a fit of rage, or control our response measured to the incident, is one of the traits to our character and how we are admired/loathed by those around us.


canyaz 56F
17128 posts
9/7/2014 3:56 am

 I call them knuckle draggers. I love some sports but like you, I hate when the blood flow leaves the rational mind and goes to their dick for the purpose of being one.
There is a difference between a good BJ and a bad BJ.
canyaz


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