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Monday, March 13, 2006 12:00 AM

The manliest of manly men, man

A Harvard prof thinks chicks need to be educated about manliness.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Tuesday, March 14, 2006 02:04 PM

    "manliness"...?

    Mansfield's examples of manliness include Humphrey Bogart, Harry Truman, the police and firemen who risked their lives on Sept. 11 and Margaret Thatcher.

    What about the police and firefighters who risked their lives on 9/11 but aren't male? You know, they let girls do those things now. They even let gays do it, are they manly too?

    Whether the men who risked their lives on Margaret Thatcher are manly -- well, you'll have to ask Mrs. Thatcher. That's the first I've heard of this particular feat of manliness.

    (Why yes, proper grammar and punctuation is a female trait, I guess, why do you ask?)

    —Kathleen L. Read Kathleen L.'s other letters

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