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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Women are the new men on TV

Broads are the cops and lawyers and masters of the business universe on the new shows. So what happened to the men?
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:30 AM

    No whining

    The first thing I learned about being a man is not to whine. Some people are smarter, some are better looking, faster, stronger, better singers, whatever. Masculinity is about competing and accepting the outcome.

    Petulance isn't sexy. Neither is incompetence, Judd Apatow notwithstanding.

    —masaccio Read masaccio's other letters

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