Who are "most men"? They are the little males (boys) who are being prepared for life in a culture that is not very welcoming of them. They are teenage boys and college-age males who negotiating the difficult years of becoming familiar with a new body and new impulses. They are looking for their first important relationship, and they are pretty uncertain about most things. But, then, here is a short list of the men I am concerned about and who never speak about their lives. These are the men who -- constructed the building you are in, built the roadways you used to drive to work, mined or otherwise gathered the materials needed to construct and erect your home or office building; who keep your town or city clean (sanitation workers), safe (police, firefighters), fed (truckers, haulers, porters, deliverymen--the LIFT the boxes and packages onto trolleys or carry them from trucks into stores or into your home), serve in the military (80-85% of the total force), lift patients onto and off operating room tables, repair automobiles and public transportation, operate buses, trains and subways (90% of the total workforce), farm and work in factories, oversee the operation of IT equipment. These are not jobs that are easy. They are often risky and require working unusual times of the day or on call. They are not the much smaller group of "white-collar" businessmen and executives, teachers and other professionals. These are MOST MEN and they are not being served well.
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