Let it be known, I do not consider myself a chauvenist.... Merely intrested in what it means to be a man... To be a man is powerful. A solid heartbeat like a wardrum echoing an ancient hunt in my past. Have you any idea what it feels like to conquer? To overpower. "A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men." -Camille Paglia Freudian analysts claim that all sons feel they are in competition with their father and often feel in a battle against the father. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gmbrown/denis/macho.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-feminism 'Testosterone poisoning: The accident statistics show that most avalanche victims are between the ages of 20 and 35 and are male. Very few females get killed in avalanches and those who do are usually following a male at the time. In a number of cases the men involved in avalanche accidents did not listen to the advice of sensible women. But a man has got to be a MAN! And no better way to prove it than in a stupendously violent death.' 1