macho

Dorothea: "What the fuck are you?"Nix: "A man who wanted to be a God...then changed his mind.

Trust me. What a phrase. Is it a phrase or an idiom? I was never a wordsmith and I was too far along in life to even attempt to tackle a problem as complicated as words. Do writers struggle as much with words as a painter does with his paint and his brush?__kay,_ it is impossible not to trust a beautiful woman. Even macho noir anti-heroes who talk about staying out of trouble and doin_ nothin_ for nobody always get sucked into intricate snares set for them by beautiful women_ I would not be an exception.

You might be able to kiss like a rock star, but you__e got to get over this macho trip. You don__ own me.

How does he get that caveman shit to work for him? I would get my balls ripped off and stuffed in my mouth if I pulled what he does.

Sometimes she couldn't tolerate a man's physical superiority. No wonder they were so damned macho.

I draw a line down the middle of a chalkboard, sketching a male symbol on one side and a female symbol on the other. Then I ask just the men: What steps do you guys take, on a daily basis, to prevent yourselves from being sexually assaulted? At first there is a kind of awkward silence as the men try to figure out if they've been asked a trick question. The silence gives way to a smattering of nervous laughter. Occasionally, a young a guy will raise his hand and say, 'I stay out of prison.' This is typically followed by another moment of laughter, before someone finally raises his hand and soberly states, 'Nothing. I don't think about it.' Then I ask women the same question. What steps do you take on a daily basis to prevent yourselves from being sexually assaulted? Women throughout the audience immediately start raising their hands. As the men sit in stunned silence, the women recount safety precautions they take as part of their daily routine. Here are some of their answers: Hold my keys as a potential weapon. Look in the back seat of the car before getting in. Carry a cell phone. Don't go jogging at night. Lock all the windows when I sleep, even on hot summer nights. Be careful not to drink too much. Don't put my drink down and come back to it; make sure I see it being poured. Own a big dog. Carry Mace or pepper spray. Have an unlisted phone number. Have a man's voice on my answering machine. Park in well-lit areas. Don't use parking garages. Don't get on elevators with only one man, or with a group of men. Vary my route home from work. Watch what I wear. Don't use highway rest areas. Use a home alarm system. Don't wear headphones when jogging. Avoid forests or wooded areas, even in the daytime. Don't take a first-floor apartment. Go out in groups. Own a firearm. Meet men on first dates in public places. Make sure to have a car or cab fare. Don't make eye contact with men on the street. Make assertive eye contact with men on the street.

We must stand together and resist all such incursion! We must come together in brotherhood and toss out those like you__omen who take a man__ job, who rob a man of the ability to feed his family."__ho is __e_?_ Jessica peered at the empty green hedge behind him. __ou appear to be alone.___ speak for all working men!

It__ all society is, the repressed sex drives of men, the objectification of women, their paranoia, the posturing, the macho stances, the beauty standard, it__ all just one charade masking a never ending hard on.

Macho does not prove mucho.

You're so arrogant, you're almost macho.

Rumors went round that I might be gay. In some ways, I was happy w/ this. Larry Rivers proved to me that a gay man could be wild, attractive, and courageous; in any case one's sexuality was becoming less of an issue every day. One of the great things about the British Mod movement was that being macho was no longer the only measure of manhood.

How does that put me in danger?_ Nick asks. It__ the first question he__ asked the entire time. Devyn, however, has been Mr. Nonstop Wondering Question Guy.__ecause . . ._ I don__ know how to say it, struggle for the words. __ecause you and I are a thing and you__e a threat.___ou better believe I__ a threat,_ Nick growls. The entire car seems to shake with his energy. Little hairs on my arm lift and vibrate.__e__ going macho again,_ Dev says, totally nonchalantly, while he unlocks the door.__e__ always going macho,_ Is adds. __t must be the wolf thing.___ am not going macho. I am always macho,_ Nick says, and for a moment the tension ratchets down, but then his face muscles become rigid again.

Now you bitches can stand here quaking in your boots about what your women might do to you. I__ going to get my woman.