If you’re one of those people who whines at women’s events, when is men’s day?
, you’re in luck. Today’s the day! Just remember that the meaning of the day is “focusing on men’s and boys’ health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting male role models.” Those are all good and valuable goals.
So get to it!
I’ll get you started with suggestions for a few excellent role models who are manly men.
I’m sure you can think of others.
I don’t recognize second from the bottom. Could someone enlighten me, please?
Peter Gabriel. I just right clicked on the picture to get the name.
Steven Hawking, as an example carrying on and grinding away with everything you’ve got, in the face of truly hopeless odds.
Right clicking the pictures doesn’t show me names. Who picture is the last one?
@Larry: Terry Crews.
@Larry: Often, the “Save Image As…” item will display a useful default name in the “Save As…” window (if you are using Windows ).
Just as often, the default name is something randomly computer generated and completely useless. It all depends on the image source.
I’d add Jimmy Carter to my list. I can’t think of anyone who has walked the walk so consistently for so long. And mostly without fanfare and self aggrandizement.
I’d want to see Pete Seeger up there.
What @8Warrn Senders Said.
I’d include Jacob Bronowski.
fusilier
James 2:24
I imagine for most web browsers if you hover the mouse over the image, the URL of the file name appears in status bar (usually on the bottom of the screen). It would appear that if PZ chose to give each of these a filename of the person’s first and last name
Terry Pratchett for me.
Well I’m an international man (and I have dual passports to prove it!!
Well, if we are talking about famous men, then add John Legend and Daniel Radcliffe.
Dr. Karl indefatigable science communicator
Oh and Patrick Stewart for his campaign against domestic violence.
Yeah yeah. But when is International Women’s Day?
Answer me that. Ha! Run rings round you logically.
Louis
Definitely needs Patrick Stewart on the list.
Are any of those not from the USA? You mention “international”.
Lofty @18: Gabriel is from Surrey.
Examples of healthy male social interaction, and fine examples to show to children:
The “How Ridiculous” youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/whoisjimmy
They are very athletic and very competitive, but it’s all in good fun – they very clearly love each other like brothers. Additionally, their videos demonstrate practical physics, related to sports, and are very entertaining. Meeting the International requirement: they’re Australian!
On the History Channel, there is “Forged in Fire.” It is a blacksmithing competition, (difficult to imagine something manlier than forging weapons) but there is a lot of cooperation and mutual respect demonstrated here.
International Men’s Day is also World Toilet Day. Just saying….
Since PZ is so parochial – so many Americans – her’s my parochial Australian list:
Howard Florey – antibiotics
General Sir John Monash – probably Australia’s greatest soldier
John Curtin – wartime prime minister
Dr Grahame Clark – cochlear implants
Julian Burnside – human rights lawyer
David Marr – journalist and writer
Charlie Perkins – aboriginal leader
Steve Irwin? (a bit of a lair, but he brilliantly publicised the importance of nature)
Fred Hollows – eye doctor
None of Australia’s sporting “heroes”. Though some are respectable, there are too many disgraceful incidents.
Plenty of admirable men from outside the Anglo world – Kofi Annan, Mandela, etc
By the way, though I like Obama, he’s not wholly admirable. As some have pointed out, he kept on with the drone strikes and he was highly hypocritical about whether whistle-blowers were good or bad. Maybe no politician is ever without blame of some kind.
zackoz @22: I’d add Harry Vanda and George Young. And Peter Weir.
John E. Jones III. A conservative, but an honest one who is not full of shit, which makes him almost sui generis these days. Most people reading this blog probably remember his ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District; more recently, he struck down a Pennsylvania statute banning same-sex marriage.
Yeah, but when will you care about real issues men face like smaller than D cups in comics and women eating full meals?
As for extraordinary men, I’d add my grandpa, a loving, caring, peaceful, hard working simple miner.