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> not identifying with the whole “group showers and snapping towels at asses” masculinity Me, neither. And, in fact, I've never met anybody who did. Have you
by commandlinefan 3y ago
> not identifying with the whole “group showers and snapping towels at asses” masculinity
Me, neither. And, in fact, I've never met anybody who did. Have you ever noticed how many of the movies we grew up watching were about a "shy, sensitive boy" who "wasn't like the jocks" who ended up getting the girl in the end? Ever notice how that trope appealed to almost everybody? That's because that's how everybody remembers their teenage years, too - even the guys who actually were on the football team taking group showers.
- jncfhnb 3y agoThe high school jocks in the showers is a generational thing as well as a regional thing. It may not match your experience, but it is/was real. Your belief that everybody felt like the shy sensitive kid is wildly out of touch.
- isk517 3y agoWhen remembering my past I also try to remember that there were times that I was the villain of somebody else story. One of the reasons why there are always 'jerks' and 'bullies' is because most jerks and bullies don't view themselves as such.
- prepend 3y agoI went to a school with 1000 men. There were hundreds who identified with the towel ass slappers. And I have friends who still do. In my high school the jocks got the girl. Movies are fantasy and there was no sensitive kid who got the prom queen. At least for the limited experience I had.