Happily, I speak not using the current meaning of the word “ejaculate”, but from the Latin combination of ex (out of) + iaculere (throw). So in the traditional sense, I mean to “exclaim” or “cry out”. (Incidentally, the same is true of “exclaim”: ex + clamare — to shout.)
And all because of this statement:
Sean Penn has claimed “cowardly genes” have led people to “surrender their jeans and put on a skirt”. The actor was asked about his views on masculinity by the Independent, after stating that he “believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminised” in a prior interview. Asked to clarify his comments, Penn said: “I think that men have, in my view, become quite feminised.”
Now, not that Sean Penn should be taken as an authority on anything, of course, but as Longtime Friend Trevor (who sent me the link) remarked: “You were vilified for saying the same thing years ago.” And indeed I was, when I published The Pussification Of The Western Male lo so many years ago.
What’s really interesting was that I was complaining about the girlymen of the 1990s; the girlymen of today would make those guys look like John Wayne by comparison.
And rather than link back, I’ve decided just to re-publish the old thing under the fold: Read more
