I feel the flames already........
Yes, today's men are wimpy b/c society has neutered us. After many years of kicking the dog, the dog stays under the porch and doesn't come out anymore.
We have to live in fear of disciplining our kids, b/c some family-van driving, cell-phone-toting mom may call the cops if I smack my kids' ass in the middle of the grocery store b/c he pulled a whole shelf of jars down on the floor and made a huge mess.
We have to live in fear of having a good, old-fashioned, brawl w/our wife/girlfriend because if she hits me and I defend myself, I go to jail. As a matter of fact, the mere accusation that I hit her (I don't and wouldn't) sends me to jail! At least for the night. You raise your voice, the nosy woman neighbor calls the cops...or she yells at her neutered husband and tells him to call the cops.
We have to live in fear of women, in general, because men are not respected by women anymore. It used to be when your man yelled at you, you respected him and shut you damn mouth. Not anymore. Now we have "intelligent, liberated women", who still can't work a screwdriver to fix a hinge or start their car on a cold morning, but they'll be damned if they're gonna "let you tell me what to do!"
We have to live in fear of relationships, b/c of what we might lose (i.e. everything) if it goes sour. There are no more "amicable" split-ups. Used to be you could trust a woman to not set your clothes on fire or lock you out....the old fashioned women would NEVER do something like that. To women these days, that behavior is perfectly acceptble.
It's not cool to be "A Man" anymore. Used to be a real man could strut down the street, crowing like a rooster in a henhouse and he was respected. Men hung out at the barber shop and the hardware store, talking trash and being men. Now he's called "barbaric" "neanderthal" "uncouth"...and has to hurry home in the family van b/c he has to take little Suzy to ballet...or the wife will get pissed and he'll be in the doghouse. Again.
I long for the olden days. Sometimes, I think I was born about 100 years too late.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
*EDIT*
My attitude is pissing people off and that's good. How 'bout some more? These are MY beliefs.
If a couple gets married and they choose to not have children, then BOTH of them should work. Someday, I will be married and we will be a "DINK" couple. Dual Income, No Kids.
However, if the wife chooses to bear children, then the wife should stay home, cook, clean and do the shopping. The man should work all day, come home, eat dinner that the wife made. Then he should fix things around the house, change the oil in the car and take out the trash. On the weekends, the man can and should help with the house cleaning.
Sigh. I see the movies from the 1950's and hear stories from my older relatives...I was born too late. I missed my era.