Comments on: Be a man! http://kerry-allen.com/2009/06/30/be-a-man/ Paranormal romance, episodic romantic humor, and a lone gothic erotic ghost story Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: C.J. Redwine http://kerry-allen.com/2009/06/30/be-a-man/#comment-5507 C.J. Redwine Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:58:43 +0000 http://kerry-allen.com/?p=2210#comment-5507 Just for the record, Clint would sooner cut out his tongue than say "my bff." For the matter, so would I. I like my men to be the slightly romanticized version but still recognizable as, yanno, MEN. I like them to show their feelings with their actions. And when a man starts describing a woman using flowery prose most WOMEN would need a thesaurus to disect, I toss the book out and move on. In one of my college courses, I learned that most men have 10k words a day. Women have more like 30k. So it makes sense that men act out their crap rather than talk it out. Just for the record, Clint would sooner cut out his tongue than say “my bff.”

For the matter, so would I.

I like my men to be the slightly romanticized version but still recognizable as, yanno, MEN. I like them to show their feelings with their actions. And when a man starts describing a woman using flowery prose most WOMEN would need a thesaurus to disect, I toss the book out and move on.

In one of my college courses, I learned that most men have 10k words a day. Women have more like 30k. So it makes sense that men act out their crap rather than talk it out.

]]> By: Ben http://kerry-allen.com/2009/06/30/be-a-man/#comment-5284 Ben Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:59:54 +0000 http://kerry-allen.com/?p=2210#comment-5284 I agree completely. Men ought to be men, but it's also healthy to sometimes take a look at how women wish we would be. And I agree with you about the idealized nature of heroes in stories. It would be boring to read stories that were about your average Joe. I agree completely. Men ought to be men, but it’s also healthy to sometimes take a look at how women wish we would be. And I agree with you about the idealized nature of heroes in stories. It would be boring to read stories that were about your average Joe.

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