Are you man enough?

[wildrover]

It's because the world you experience and know is the one in your brain.

Huh? I was OT...what does that have to do with bugs as a source of protein, or other biblical history?

These "are you man enough," "real men" do this that and the other, and "gentlemen" do this that and the other mantras bother me a little in the back of my mind. Can't quite figure out why, but it has the feel of bully-speak after a point.

I can see that. Mostly, I read it as marketing gimmick..."you're not a real man if you don't drink our beer, drive this brand of automobile, partake of these hobbies..."

...most of which have absolutely no bearing on one's manhood whatsoever, and in the worst cases, are bizarre attempts to appeal to masculinity in efforts to encourage emasculation.

A real man doesn't need a load of ad copy to tell him how to be a real man.