[lbo-talk] AFP: Macho man look is out of style

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jun 9 06:23:34 PDT 2005


B. wrote:


>[But how can this be squared away with the popular
>preference for political leaders like Arnold
>Schwarzenegger, Jesse "the Body" Ventura, "gruff" guys
>like Cheney and Rumsfeld, and Flight Suit/ranch hand
>Dubya?]

Because it's some sort of collective fantasy denial of what's really happening? Lots of the "macho" guys you list are cartoon versions of Real Men.

Doug



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