marketing of masculinity

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xp author's name too close to 'gay marriage', fail.

1) dont touch yrself in public

Oh, poo.

There is a generational need for some of these books TBH, just thinking of all the guys I know that didn't have activity-based quality time with their divorced dads but do have all this collective false nostalgia to pour into their own young families.

I am encouraged by the prominent presence of an ironing board on the cover.

It's not long enough to adequately iron the trousers.

Eh... it's one of those that hang from the top of the door. You make do.

More important to have an iron than an ironing board.

I am encouraged by the prominent presence of an ironing board on the cover.

I thought that was some kind of fucked-up snowboard. : (

YOU NEED THIS BOOK

You need "Snowboarding for Dummies"

I am confused by the triangle with the exclamation mark inside it. And the two magnifying glasses on either side of that. Did the cover artist run out of things he could draw, or did the author run out of things that men need to know?

afaik "how to change a tire" is on every single one of these lists, forever

Triangle represents fixing a car, "magnifying glass" looks more like a frying pan representing cooking skills, item top right is a baseball maybe?

xp and "how to suck a cock" is nowhere to be found. Hmmmm.

That'll be in the cookery section.

lol kenan

item top right is a baseball maybe?

Thought it was a burger

Can't be a baseball since it lacks seams. Golf ball, maybe, but no pocks.

The guy's British, so it can't be a baseball

Some kind of wickety stickety crickety bullshit?

snooker/billiard ball

testicle

It's a hamburger, you princesses.

afaik "how to change a tire" is on every single one of these lists, forever

A lot of people don't know how to change a tire.

It's a hamburger, you princesses.

How to Order a Burger

At least in the case of spare tires, the instructions are included. And changing any other tire is no different. If you can't figure out not to put the jack under a piece of molded plastic that will break, I have no pity for you.

my 8yo loves the dangerous book for boys

it taught him how to play poker + chess

it also has a section on how to talk to girls which is probably the most guidance he's going to get tbh

there's also a daring book for girls

this thread btw is like the inverse of itt a strange man asks etc

MEN WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR KHAKIS

^^doing the world a huge favor, btw

― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Wednesday, December 9, 2009 9:52 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

see laurel is sexually harassing us right here

I'm pretty sure she was thinking that the khakis would be replaced by other pants. A world of indiscriminately bare man legs is not a world any of us would want to live in.

ed i don't think i find objection to learning poker or chess from the dangerous book, but the fact that it's "for boys" is a bit odd to me. i'd be v surprised if the daring book for girls had a poker or chess tutorial tbh.

prescriptive gender roles therein are probably totally obvious but just sayin

I've only skimmed those books and yeah, lol gender prescriptivism. But aren't both of them kind of Boy Scout/Girl Guide-oriented? I don't think the girls' book is all "How to Change A Diaper" or anything.

Really the boys' book should include "How to Wash Your Own Sheets (Believe me, you'll thank us)".

I think the girls book is more like "here are some basic ciphers so you can trade secret gossipy messages with your girlfriends"?

karate moves, cartwheels, building a campfire, and yes--how to change a tire are all in the girls one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061472573/ref=s9_simp_gw_s0_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1VVYMQVTA98H5828CRZ1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846#reader_0061472573

I think both of these books sound awesome by the way--if I was a kid, I would be all over them

My dog found this one to be a pandering disappointment:

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xxxp Well, "huh" to gossip subtext but codes themselves are pretty cool. Oh look, Que confirms it. I sort of liked the books -- obv purposefully "of another time"-looking but that is kind of cool stuff even if it IS fake nostalgia about a post-war, road-tripping, outdoors-exploring, birthing-new-Americans generation.

Really the boys' book should include "How to Wash Your Own Sheets (Believe me, you'll thank us)".

LOL

learning how to build a scooter is timeless, imho

I know, my dad built one out of a bicycle frame and some small engine when he was like 15? And then went on to have Vespas and later, cars that he rebuilt. I mean, why was I not that awesome at 15? I had a dune buggy, I guess, but I didn't built it myself.

ok u had a dune buggy???

?????

i will remember this next time u r complaining abt something on this bord

Yeah, as my first car. Orange frame, no body panels, street legal, 4 seats. Engine & transmission out of a VW bus. I drove it spring & summer for a couple of years. And the family took it dune-running in an approved "park" nearby. Learned to drive a stick in that thing, which was awesome b/c it was geared for a whole VAN and the buggy weighed nothing, so actually it was very forgiving.