You can imagine my surprise to learn that the word POUF, (that round scrubby thing I've been showering with the last few years), is, according to a few dictionaries. Urban and otherwise, an "effeminate or Homosexual man." Upon learning this, the fact that my Pouf is BLUE, the "appointed color" for maleness, did very little to comfort me, I must admit.
Pardon the pun, but, temporarily at least, I felt....unclean.
And seriously, it made me wonder, legitimately so, if naming that round scrubby thing "Pouf" wasn't our godless society's latest attempt to emasculate "real men"...just like those men's briefs with no "FLY" that I wrote about in my March 6th blog, and described as "panties for men," are such an attempt. (Maybe, maybe not, regarding the Poufs thing...I'm still undecided.)
But there is NO doubt that men are being "effeminated" in our American society....all I have to do is listen to, and watch, the whiny and wispy looking "men" hosting on my local news each morning, or starring in many TV commercials now, and I'm convinced of THAT.
Recently I keep hearing that "Real Men Wear Pink" in support of fighting Breast Cancer. The great John Wayne, The Epitome of Masculinity for our society as I was growing up, wore pink all of the time...we just didn't know it because we were watching reruns of his movies on our black and white TVs, in the 60s, Lol! (See John's photo above.)
But "The Duke" did it because he liked the color, NOT because someone told him to do it to support a cause. He defined masculinity in many ways, he didn't let OTHERS tell him what real manhood was, you see.
Today, Clint Eastwood is ALSO known as "a man's man" and he has never worn pink to my knowledge (though he WAS in a movie "Pink Cadillac" once.) And, I have a pink T-Shirt I wear in the summertime (see photo in my last blog.) I get teased by some of the guys when I wear it, and it doesn't bother me, I wear it because I (and my wife) like the color. But why does society now say that "Real Men Wear Pink?" Who defines what "Real Men" are, why did they just start trying to re-orient us NOW, and would they say we men were "Real Men" if we opposed the blatant, open Homosexuality that we now see all around us? (I doubt it. They'd label us "Homophobes.") In MY opinion, REAL men don't let other people lead them into thinking what "Real" is. They lead, they are not led by other people (even into "good" causes.) They think for themselves and are willing to stand alone, if necessary, in the process.
That's what Real Men are to ME.
On a blog site I was once on, Xanga, a so-called Christian guy had gullible women send him pics of themselves topless supposedly "to fight breast cancer" once a year. I'm sure HE thought he was a "Real Man" because he apparently liked porn but that's not MY idea of, nor is it GOD'S idea of, Real Manhood. When I was a kid, my dad taught me "real men don't cry" but I totally rejected that notion then, and I reject it NOW. When there's something worth crying about, I cry just like JESUS did!! HE is my Example of REAL and TRUE Manhood, in all things. I happen to like Elton John's music, and his CD that I ordered arrived yesterday. I've been criticized for liking him in the past because he's a Homosexual, but "the fear of man brings a snare"...if I live my life governed by what anyone but GOD thinks, that is NOT being a "Real Man."
Jesus cared about people and was moved with compassion when He saw the sick, but He never let society define Him nor did He ever sin or endorse sin. He was led by God, His Father and led others TO God. In short, I'm content to let HIM, via His Word and Example, define what a Real Man is and seek to continue to be one, with His help. Only GOD can truly define what "Real Men" are supposed to be, only HE can make us one and it takes a lot more than wearing pink one month a year to be what God intends us men to be.
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