How to tell if a woman loves you

For Males

For males it goes without question that the female mind is very complex and often hard to understand. With all the mixed emotions women have it makes it very hard for some men to really know when a women is truly in love with them. Men and women fall in love differently. Although not every woman falls in love immediately as is often told in rumors. So how do you if she is or if she is just playing around? I will highlight the outline of signs women show when there in love. These signs are important to notice because even she may not have full realized if she is love and maybe questioning herself. ACTIONS don't lie because they are generated from within.

The myth of the "ugly" male body

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

The male body as it was represented in Ancient Greece - As a sensual, erotic symbol of beauty

The male body as it is represented in contemporary society - As a gross, bumbling lump of flesh best kept under wraps

Back in those days, those surfer shorts did not exist; men could wear Speedos without having their sexuality thrown into question

Male model in a dress, c. 1968

Many men are still not aware of the fact that women find the male body "sexy"

-Marilyn Monroe

You might be surprised, but the vast majority of straight men do not have any awareness of their own physical attractiveness whatsoever. A man may know what it is to be appreciated as a provider and/or confidant; he may know what it feels like to be loved and adored, and looked up to as a leader and role model, but I can assure you with good authority that very few men have actually had the sense of being longed for in a physical sense. You see, we boys have been indoctrinated by society into thinking that the female body is a work of art worthy of display, while the male body is a horrendously hideous hunk of junk, practical enough for the menial tasks of killing sabre-tooth tigers and skinning wooly mammoths, but nowhere near comparison to the female body in terms of aesthetic attractiveness. In other words, while the female body is an indication of The Creator's artistic genius, the male body is a representation of His artistic mistakes. In this essay, I attempt to debunk the myth of the male body's aesthetic inferiority, and maintain that the male body is no less beautiful and worthy of physical longing than the female body.

Manhood: Strap On Some Balls and Be A Man

Look familiar?

Source: http://www.fineartamerica.com

SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS

“A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.”
W. E. B. Du Bois

The quote above pretty much sums up how I was raised. Suck it up and be a man! Quit your whining and be a man! Men don’t cry in this house! A real man doesn’t make excuses; he just gets the job done! And yes, my personal favorite, strap on some balls and be a man!

There was a quote attributed to Henry Ford during the Great Depression. I cannot find it, but the intent of the quote was to say that those who were failing during the Depression were failing because they lacked the fortitude of a real man, and that the opportunities to succeed were available to any man willing to work hard. Obviously a bunch of horse dung, but that was the pervasive belief during the early –and-mid-Twentieth Century.

Men were expected to be strong. Men were expected to get the job done with a minimum of complaint. Men were the backbone of the country, the providers, and the pillars of society. They were rugged, silent, dependable, and showed very little emotion except for that occasional outburst of temper. Men were rough and ready, barely refined but always there when the going got tough. They played hard, they worked hard, they drank hard, and they cussed hard.