The Docker’s ad campaign reveals that there’s an underlying sentiment amongst men that their masculinity has been devalued. They have been feminized – “left stranded on the road between boyhood and androgyny.” The new cultural definition of manhood does not “fit” with who they are, and they are keenly feeling the disconnect.
My husband drove to his home town to watch the Super Bowl with his Dad. He left me at home on the couch nursing a cold. Although I had little interest in the game — and couldn’t have even told you which teams were playing, I flicked on the game to watch the commercials and [...]
I love the phrase “Steel Magnolia” because to me it speaks to the essence of womanhood. The image melds beauty with perseverance, softness with backbone, delicacy with durability, sweetness with stamina. It reminds me of what the first man exclaimed when he saw the first woman.
