I agree with her, Men need to be Men. I hate TV shows that make men out to be wimps and controlled by their wife or stupid half the time. IMO what woman wants a little man who is stupid? What does that say for their choice? Anyway... I rant on, here is Chris.
I LIKE MEN
First I want to thank Aaron Patterson for having me on his blog today. He invited me after I made a comment here and I thought that was cool.
I like men. I like them to be men.
Not juvenile boys in comedies. Men. In all their flaws and warts and strengths and weaknesses.
For instance, I love the show Top Gear.
There I said it. And I’m not ashamed.
Not the lame American version. Those three guys have no chemistry together.
Nope, I like the original British version.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go check out BBC America or Netflix because you can get it on there. I’ll wait.
(Whistling. Checking Facebook and Twitter.)
Done?
Yeah, I know they trash Americans, but I’m not sure some of their criticisms aren’t correct.
I love that Jeremy is bombastic. I like that James is a little flighty and that Richard is earnest. I also like that they all get along and no matter what, even if they don’t agree, they are good-natured about it. Ahem.
Anyway. Why am I making this confession?
Because I write a lot about men. I do a workshop called Show Up Naked: Writing the Male POV. One of the suggestions I make to my workshop attendees is to watch Top Gear. (The British Version.) You will see how men interact when women aren’t around. Well a G version certainly.
And how do I know all this? I work around men. My department probably has 100 employees and I think there are ten women. Just the other day I related to the men a conversation among female friends about stockings versus not when wearing a dress. I posited that women dress for other women when if we dressed for men it would be easier.
Men like to see skin. End of story. All the men agreed.
Back to Top Gear. I love that the hosts are allowed to be men. Criticisms have been leveled at them for not having a female host. I think it would completely change the dynamic. I want them to be men. I want them to drive the cars fast and careen around the track. I want them to play jokes on each other. I want them to disagree and still be friends and the end of the show.
It’s refreshing.
Know what else I want? I want men to be allowed to be men in romance novels. I want them to be strong and weak, but in only the way men are. I want them to goof up and I want them to make up for it and when they decide they want the heroine, I want them to move Heaven and Earth to get her.
In other words, I want them to be real.
Is that too much to ask?
Chris Redding lives in New Jersey with her husband, two kids, one dog, three rabbits. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in Journalism. When she isn’t writing, she works for her local hospital part time.
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Buy links:
Corpse Whisperer
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The Drinking Game
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Incendiary
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Author Aaron Patterson: Blog: The Worst Book Ever.
I love ALPHA MALES....I read them I write them. They are what I crave.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh---YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please give me a man that rolls his eyes when you ask if you look fat, who says "You look fine," and that's what he means and who stands strong in the face of a woman's ranting. Oh, and who pinches you when you walk by, because you are his, and he shows his affection that way. (Although, I think he might also be marking territory.) But because he is a man, he won't tell you that. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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