The Den of Traditional Masculinity

~ Clarissa

Cigar shops are the last remaining refuges of traditional masculinity.

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Men gather here to smoke, drink and play poker in an all-male group.

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25 thoughts on “The Den of Traditional Masculinity”

  2. We have a small shop here that exclusively focuses on male grooming products, such as shaving tools, facial hair grooming utensils, o de toilet, and quite some other things.

    It is kind of a cool place 🙂

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  3. the fact people even talk about this is proof women themselves feel inferior to men. it’s not men’s or even society’s view of women they want to change, it’s their own. how much insecurity do women have to have to notice males having spaces of their own to the degree it sets off a discussion? this reminds me of people who are obsessed with homosexuality. people are gay; deal with if. men want to be around other men and away from women sometimes; deal with it.

    this is not a discussion, this is passive aggressive subject whining.

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      1. I’m guessing you’re an intellectual lightweight; I’ll be gentle. my comment was an observation, a subject was posted and I gave my personal opinion.

        now, your response was what I assume is a default shaming defense mechanism. did my observation hit a little too close to home for comfort?

        should I apologize for not joining a groupthink circle jerk to make you feel better about your insecurities from looking at a tree house with a sign that says, “no girls allowed”?

        please, respond with something not related to the topic. please, try to shame me,… try anything but looking in the mirror and facing the facts.

        the only reason this is a story is because you are obsessed with men. build your own tree house.

        girls can use hammers. amiright?

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    2. Brandon, it’s rather funny how you react to a post that’s perfectly neutral and fact-stating with a diatribe on the insecurity of women and then you blame the original poster for passive aggressive subject whining. I swear, the moment I learned about the psychological mechanism of projection everything started making sense.

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      1. my precious little simpleton, let me pat you on the head and teach you about how one develops an opinion.

        you see, I did something crazy. I looked at the poster of said contents self authored bio. a bio that stated feminism, academia, ect.

        as a man of superior intellect I connected the dots with my super-mind and reached a theoretical conclusion of motive and possible thought process the poster had in posting such material.

        this is called media literacy. sadly, a skill very few develop.

        carry on with your groupthink hug to reinforce your fragile belief structure.

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      2. You’d think your superior male intellect would also include some reading comprehension skills, but you complain about the womanly grouphugginess of a post where the two other comments (both made by people with masculine-sounding nicks) have entirely different opinions on the value of male-only spaces. So either you’re incapable to read on a 3rd grade level (which I doubt; you make relatively few grammar and punctuation mistakes for J. Random BlogCommenter, and they might as well be due to hurried typing), or there’s funnier psychological stuff going on, case in which I’ll ask: why do you want us to be a mass of grouphuggy women?

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      3. honestly, the only part about grammar I like is the actual word. seriously, a pirate had to have done that.
        Advice: grammaarrrrr is a dinosaur saddle. welcome to the 21st century where thumb typing is more of an important skill thAn well placed punctuation mark.s
        the people who care about gramaaaaarrrrr arrrrr usually not people I want to hang out w/because despite being educated they apparently missed the entire point of da education dey received. grammar(r) is meant to help communicate a message to a receiver. if poor grammaR changed the message then it’s a problem, if not, get over yourself. I refuse to tuck in my shirt also.

        and I didn’t read the other comments on the piece…

        a 3rd option in your long rant about nothing ( which I helped add to).

        the truth is I like walking around with a giant mirror. a. because I’m sexy b. people need the truth.

        it was a window viewpoint ( obviously) an educated guess at best. but I’m pretty confident in my theoreeee.

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      4. I was only mentioning grammar as it pertained to my estimation of your reading comprehension. Good to know you don’t have any problems in that area. Considering how you decide disagreeing men are actually groupthinking women without even reading the comments, and how you describe others’ actions in terms that clearly apply better to yours, I’ll be sticking around with my second guess.

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  4. Brandon,

    I don’t mean to antagonize you. But that women get obsessed with men and viceversa is a pretty natural and, somehow, expected reaction, don’t you think?. Is that not part of the attraction that human beings feel and go about each other?.

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    1. i agree, I do think it’s natural. however, when gluttony develops there are often negative results. eating food is natural but eating too much causes problems.

      noticing this type of thing is one thing, writing an article is another, wanting discussion on it is a bit overboard. to me, it shows signs of someone who is obsessed in a non-healthy way.

      it’s concerning yourself too much with someone else’s life decisions.

      thanks for the intelligent response.

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      1. “noticing this type of thing is one thing, writing an article is another, wanting discussion on it is a bit overboard. to me, it shows signs of someone who is obsessed in a non-healthy way.”

        Indeed, she’s unhealthily obsessed.

        Every time I come here I see posts about men and cigars and male poker games and other manly things, with the occasional photo of a deconstructed bagel to give the illusion of variety. It reinforces my well-thought-out theory about her possible motives – that she considers herself deeply inferior as a woman, loves smothery, womanly group hugs (that is SO LIKE HER), and that… work with me here… she’s perhaps planning to infiltrate one of these male spaces, dressed as a man (which shouldn’t be hard for a feminist, amirite?), or – egads! – petitioning to have them shut down… maybe with the help of her gamer husband, who is plotting to betray his own kind from the shadowy corners of his man cave rather than helping her build an all-girls’ clubhouse. This is the conclusion I have reached after carefully applying my finely honed critical thinking skills.

        (Granted, the words ‘feminist’ and ‘academia’ might have set off shrill mental alarms, making it difficult for me to consider alternatives, perceive the blog author as an individual and analyze my own response to her… but anything is theoretically possible, especially to a savvy reader such as myself – so I have my eye on her, and will send out a distress signal to all the cigar shops and other traditional male enclaves in her area if I suspect further evidence of an imminent plot. As a reward, I expect a group hug… I mean, a manly slap on the back.)

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  8. When I forst saw this picture, I thought it was some sort of display of open laptop computers. Thus, I wonder whether there is a market for laptops that look like cigar boxes… A battery that large would mean hours and hours of use without recharging!

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    1. Men in cigar bars love it when women come by and behave with extreme courtesy. I uses to go to cigar bars a lot, even though I can’t smoke cigars. These were great places to study.

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