I suspect most of my readers are not manly, masculine “he-men,” according to this declaration by Edward K. Strong.
Men Are Becoming Less Manly, Scientist Thinks
Men today are not as roughly masculine as they used to be, according to Dr. Edward K. Strong, of Palo Alto, California, noted psychology professor at Stanford University. He set forth this conclusion in an article in the current issue of the Journal of Social Psychology.
The only he-men are engineers and farmers, he stated in an account of a survey of divisions of interest among the sexes. But if you are a minister, a lawyer, a doctor, a writer or a newspaperman, you have feminine interests, which have become stronger with each generation.
Although…how can you trust Dr Strong? He was neither an engineer or farmer, but was a psychologist, a mere academic who wrote books like The Psychology of Selling and Advertisement and The Psychology of Selling Life Insurance. He reeks of “feminine interests.”
Also, he’s dead. The article is from 1936.
Mr Strong. Dr Edward K Strong. Hmm.. Did this guy choose his own name I wonder?
I’m sure all the military people – soldiers, fighter pilots etc .. were surprised to hear their professions were all feminie-y and cooties-laden! Now how do we tell Ole Kegsbreath ..,
Also blacksmiths, stone-masons, cowboys, metal-workers, police, other proefessiosnof the village people, er .. anyhow y’know so many others stereotypically labelled masculine .. nope. Not manly enough for Dr Strong!
I vaguely recall an actor with a weird accent named Arnold Strong. Acting isn’t very manly. I wonder what became of him.
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I believe he passed a few years ago. I primarily remember him for his voice acting work.
For some reason now I’m starting to wonder how much Strong’s views echoed the Damore memo.
His inventory may still be in use:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_Interest_Inventory
I’d hope it has been modified and updated against any biases our Edward K Strong character above may have imported into it so long ago.
Akira MacKenzie @4
You might be thinking of costar Arnold Stang. They are easily confused.
The ancient Greeks bemoaned the lack of masculinity in their society as compared to their ancestors.
Sure is taking a long time for masculinity to fade away — 2500 years and it’s still hanging around.
Think it’d be interesting to see a list of “masculine” and “feminine” interests over the years. IIRC, the first “computers” were women doing hard math.
Oh, yeah, that reminds me: Apparently there was this one brief time when gamerbros were declaring FPS games to no longer be “hardcore.” Why? Because girls were playing them and kicking their rears.
Meanwhile Anika Nilles has become drummer for Rush for their upcoming tour.