Word: manhoods
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...could not imagine my homely face, my mournful eyes, my geeky clothes, attracting any woman at all. In novels, women tossed their heads and flared their nostrils at the scent of Real Men; they moaned as the hero unlaced their bodice and they felt his manhood against their snow-white thigh; but I wasn't like those men and felt that I might never enjoy a normal, twice-weekly sex life. I assumed I would grow up to be a weird old bachelor living in a house trailer littered with bean cans and dirty magazines...
...desperate neighborhoods. Elijah Anderson, a sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, argues that young black males have such trouble finding family-sustaining jobs -- the traditional mark of adulthood -- that they end up building their self-esteem through games that emphasize sexual prowess. Their babies become evidence of their manhood. "I ask why they don't marry the girl," Anderson says, "and they say, 'Because I can't play house.' That means they don't have a job that allows them to support a family...
Admit it. Your impulse to categorize is kicking in "Science concentrators... pre-meds... studious...and Quincy House, these guys must be Asian." they are but they're secure enough not to mind your inference. Over chicken sandwiches and fries with tampico seasoning, an admittedly non-random sampling of Asian manhood--roommates Dan. Khoi, Andy, Alfred, Larry, and Albert, and lunch buddies Albert, Clarence, and David--good-humoredly talked stereotypes, the media, relationships and women...
...makes you cool. Above the Rim, a gamy but conventional film about a high school basketball phenom detoured on his road to Georgetown by Harlem sleaze kings, is all about not letting street sarcasm get you down. A stream of abuse is the musical accompaniment to the choreography of manhood in motion. The high testosterone content may not be all bad. "I do like the boys' rituals of sports," says Ron Shelton, writer- director of the smartly rueful Bull Durham and the zesty White Men Can't Jump. "I like the notion of boys playing games, men playing boys' games...
...Thomas Cruise Mapother (yes, the pedestrian last name had to go when our boy got to Hollywood) has reached film superstardom, playing Ivy Leaguers in several movies and reaching what the Hasty Pudding has proclaimed the "epitome of manhood." (Might the third accomplishment be related to the second? In any case, coming from the cross-dressing center of campus, this is quite a feat.) Tom Cruise, teenage heartthrob/film icon humbly started his acting career at a public high school in Glen Ridge, N.J. with a part in "Godspell...