Great Moments in Manhood

For those of you that don't know, I become a little soft during the month of December. What can I say? The holiday season gets the best of me. I start blasting Christmas like there's no tomorrow. But once the new year hits, I go right back to eating red meat, drinking beer, and watching football.

With that being said, I present the first installment of Great Moments in Manhood. These moments capture all that it is to be male by reinforcing the notion of patriarchy.


1.) Melvin Udall (played by Jack Nicholson) in As Good as It Gets (1997)



I've been referencing this scene ever since I saw the movie this summer. In the Oscar nominated film, Jack Nicholson plays a successful writer with obsessive compulsive disorder. At one point he goes to his publishers office to ask for a favor. As he is leaving, the female receptionist tells him how much of a fan she is of his writing. The dialogue then follows like this.

Female Receptionist- How do you write women so well?

Melvin Udall- I think of a man, and take away reason and accountability.


2.) Ari Gold (played by Jeremy Piven) in Entourage



I was recently bored so I re-watched Entourage season one and let me be the first to tell you that season one Ari was pure flames. We all know that he has had plenty of misogynist comments in his day, but I was glad to catch this gem.

"You fire a guy and you create a rival. You fire a girl and you create a housewife."


3.) Colin Cowherd of ESPN Radio



First off, he looks a little young in this picture. He's about 44-years-old nowadays, but he's still the best in the radio business every weekday from 10am-1pm. Last Monday he was talking about how all of the home NFL playoff teams were underdogs. He then said....

"You gotta remember, guys are different than women. If you tell a guy he can't do something, he'll do it. You tell a woman she's fat- she goes on anti-depressants. You tell a guy he's fat- he goes to the gym."