Today American men are hurting for a role model. The so called modern women claims that masculinity is old hat. I heard one say that testosterone is a poison. So they want little boys to play like little girls. No more toy guns and if they do make one it is yellow or pink. Can't play dodge ball or tag at school. Too aggressive. Boys want to be aggressive and we should encourage them to be so. It is what men do.
Ironically, no matter how hard they try not to, women still are attracted to masculine men. They are becoming harder and harder to find. Some go man hunting in Australia. Amercian men go to the same place to find feminine women. (Yes, I know that I am generalizing, but you get my drift.)
I see a resurgence in Hemingway's popularity, maybe because American men are searching for a masculine role model. Failed or no, Ernie provides that.
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