DISPELLING SOME SERIOUSLY DISTORTED MYTHS ABOUT GUYS-WE FIGHT BACK
Pick up any women's magazine-it really doesn't matter which one and you'll see the same old headlines.
Things like guys don't commit, guys don't know how to show affection, guys simply aren't sensitive enough...the list goes on and on.
This kind of gender-centric slander is actually a growth industry.
But is it true?
THE GUYS WHO HATE SPONTANEOUS DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION MYTH
That's a great place to start. I'd like to invite anybody to witness the bond between a guy and his dog.
You take Tom-Tom the large black Lab and his average guy owner and you'll see affection that's going to rival anything seen in 7 decades of chick flicks.
Any red-blooded guy will hug his mutt like he's a teammate in the end zone celebrating a Super Bowl winning TD. He'll hug that mutt anywhere, anytime, anyplace because hugging your dog is like hugging Santa Claus when you're a five year old kid-it just feels right.
Plus your fellow males understand the dog-hugging paradigm and hold no sanctions against you for that spontaneous burst of affection.
In fact, they'll probably be lined up to give the loveable furry buddy a big giant hug themselves. You can't do that with a guy's wife, but you can sure hug his dog. And the guy will respect you for that.
THE NON-SENSITIVE GUY MYTH
This is the cliché that really gets beaten to death-and not only in women's magazines. It's the default joke for just about every domestic situation comedy in the world.
But that doesn't make it right.
Take a memorial video about the late NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, add a compellingly sad song like Free Bird and you'll see fully grown males blubbering like 3 year olds when Mommy says it's bedtime. And it doesn't even have to be a sad story like Dale Earnhardt-we'll lose it over a game winning point done in slow motion.
And those won't be fake tears.
THE NON-COMMITMENT MYTH
Yet another reason to use males as speed bags. But like the other myths, it's just not true despite the massive media campaign to make it a reality.
Guys commit. We just like to commit to different things.
Things like Corvettes, the Budweiser brand, the Detroit Lions or the Chicago Cubs-and if you don't think a commitment to those 2 teams isn't strong and long term then maybe it's time to pick up a sports almanac.
I don't even want to get into the male commitment to Tom-Tom his loveable black Lab.
As you can see the myths perpetuated by mainstream society about the average guy just don't hold up under serious scrutiny...so I'm going to end this with one simple thought.
Don't believe everything you hear about insensitive, non-committal males because we all know we're just a huggable dog and a beer away from blowing that myth up sky-high.
Jerry Sutherland @mystarcollectorcar.com
