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WHAT ARE little men made of?
Rare steaks and American beer and hot chili and apple pie that's what little regular guys are made of. Guys who are proud that they know how to change the oil but can't hang a picture. Guys who get rid of depression by blasting a venison steak right off its hoofs.
That's what little men are made of?
Yeah, shouts Lee Stratton, author of "Are You a Regular Guy? A Guide to Being a Man in the 90s."
Yeah, moans Myriam Miedzian, author of "Boys Will Be Boys Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence."
Yeah, cautions Bill Kauth, author of "A Circle of Men, the Original Manual for Men's Support Groups."
Yes, today it's in to be men. Hurrah for that. It's time the feminist movement had an auxiliary for men. After all, we've come a long way, too, baby.
Or have we? And if we have, where are we?
"A Circle of Men," takes us the furthest, to a land of mutual trust, a land where men are not afraid to talk about themselves instead of the football game.
"Boys Will Be Boys" worries that the journey just keeps men going around in circles that men just can't break away from rejoicing over one person knocking another person senseless, whether it be in the boxing ring, on the football field or the hockey rink.
Which is just fine for the regular guy who in his quest for the real me bypasses prissy golf, polite tennis and complicated soccer for football, in...