The unusual and interesting version of masculinity that we have, almost globally, these days concerns men who just wanna be "tops", but don't really care to do the hard slog that would get them there. Really, if anyone is capable of doing any of the work, any of the hard revolutionary slog, any of the desperate and gutsy activity that can bring about a change in a society, it is probably not the males of the particular society.
In Zimbabwe, these days, it is only Jenni Williams who is giving everyday Zimbabweans hope:
Perhaps my impressions ought to be mistaken when I see that men these days want power in order to be glamour-pusses. They want to lie there and be stroked and do nothing. They are naturally cynical to the cores of their beings, about old fashioned values that would have condemned them to stand up straight and be soldiers for a cause. It's all about the image, and their fortunes stand or fall upon that much.
Those who have a thicker skin, these days, have no use for image. So thick is the skin of their hide that they don't give a shit. They know that true soldiers are not always rewarded or even acknowledged for their tasks. Those know what they are -- and that they simply can't help being soldiers.
In Zimbabwe, these days, it is only Jenni Williams who is giving everyday Zimbabweans hope:
From: Women refuse to be silenced by Robert Mugabe
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, named Mrs Williams one of her ten "women of courage" last year. For all their success, however, the ultimate prize - the removal of Mr Mugabe - remains elusive because there are too few Zimbabweans as bold as Mrs Williams. Battered, terrifed and starving, they will not rise up.The regime is "weaker than it's ever been, but the missing link is the people", she said with evident frustration. "We live in hope. Mugabe is five days away from being removed if the people do something. But they are too good at being victims."We've taken to insulting them. We say, 'even the frog eventually jumps out of the sewage pond'."
Perhaps my impressions ought to be mistaken when I see that men these days want power in order to be glamour-pusses. They want to lie there and be stroked and do nothing. They are naturally cynical to the cores of their beings, about old fashioned values that would have condemned them to stand up straight and be soldiers for a cause. It's all about the image, and their fortunes stand or fall upon that much.
Those who have a thicker skin, these days, have no use for image. So thick is the skin of their hide that they don't give a shit. They know that true soldiers are not always rewarded or even acknowledged for their tasks. Those know what they are -- and that they simply can't help being soldiers.
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