Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Men, Put the Cameras Down

This has been weighing on my mind for some time, so here it goes. If you get easily offended or can’t take scary, differing opinions, look away.

Alright dudes and bros, enough is enough. Stop taking constant selfies. Seriously. It’s one thing to take a picture with someone else to mark an event or things of that nature, another if someone takes a picture of you, or the occasional snap for your snapchat story, but stop taking pictures of yourself constantly on your own. 

Men shouldn’t be overly and overtly concerned with posing, or with what they look like. As my friend once said, it’s weird for a guy to be staring at his own face like that. Now I believe in vast differences between men and women, and it simply is not in a man’s nature to be vain or to care about their appearance to that extent. For women it’s different, because we are more naturally disposed to be vain and attentive to what we look like. It’s a vice, but it’s a feminine vice. There’s a reason women are mainly associated with taking selfies, and getting teased for it

But for guys? 

That’s just effeminate. Let’s take a look at the definition of effeminate...

ef·fem·i·nate
əˈfemənət/
adjective
(of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.
synonyms:womanisheffetefoppishunmanlyfeminine;



Thanks, Google. A lot of things can be effeminate, and I think selfies count as well. 
Sorry, but I’m not sorry. So please stop. You don’t want to be effeminate because to be effeminate is to not be authentically masculine. Leave the femininity to the ladies, because our femininity compliments masculinity. We can’t both be feminine, it doesn’t work that way. I say this for your own good, because I value men and I value true masculinity. So, put the camera down, and go chop some wood instead. You’ll thank me later.

2 comments:

  1. No selfie for me, since I have no private mobile (smart)phone (are these things so smart, by the way?)...

    Now, I find it quite annoying to see people of each sex/gender taking tons of selfies in touristic places. Why don't they just take the time to see, with their own eyes and not with a camera, what is beautiful here or there?

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  2. Thinking about this picture:

    http://www.alorsvoila.com/plein-de-pleins-de-choses-2

    Everyone takes pictures. One person just enjoys.

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