The decline of the Aussie male?

Mark Latham has decided to write a new book due to his constant need
to be an attention-whore ex-politician who everyone thinks is a total
wanker.

He says:

"One of the saddest things I have seen in my lifetime has been the
decline in Australian male culture - the loss of our larrikin language
and values....Australian mates and good blokes have been replaced by
nervous wrecks, metrosexual knobs and toss-bags."

I'm sorry, Mark, but *you're* the knob and tosser here. No one
respects you because you're seen as a whinging, wanking, failure. So
what makes you think you're in a position to judge other Australian
men?

And so what if the typical Australian man has changed over the years?

As for the "nervous wrecks", look - there will always be the
pussy-type man who can't change a lightbulb, or check the oil in his
car, and who gets all worked up about little things. And sure, that
kind of man isn't very attractive, but I don't actually think it's a
new phenomemon at all! There's always been men like that - then and
now.

What *is* new though, is that more and more men are being raised to be
comfortable with who they are, to be comfortable in saying what they
think and feel, and to see women as fellow human beings (rather than a
different species) and treat them accordingly.

These men aren't afraid to help out equally at home because they don't
see housework as being someone's job. They help out because they
recognise that they're in a partnership where each person needs to
pull their weight.

Then men are not afraid to be with a woman who earns more than them,
they're not afraid to be the one who has to take parental leave, they
don't define their role in their family in such a way.

These men are not afraid to express what they think, they're not
afraid to say what they feel, and they realise that this is a sign of
strength - not weakness.

These men are not afraid to take care of their appearance. They don't
think that removing their nostril hairs makes them pussies.

The men who are the real losers are the ones who expect women to pick
up after them, cook for them, clean for them and generally be their
slave.

The men who are the real losers are the ones who also idealise women
as sexy goddesses without knowing how to look them squarely in the eye
and seeing them as true equals.

The men who are the real losers are the ones who are insecure about
the position they hold in regards to their relationships with women.

No woman wants some old-fashioned Aussie male who hangs out at the pub
with his mates after work, comes home drunk asking why dinner isn't on
the table, and never talks about what's really going on in his head.

So guess what, Mark? I'm glad they're a dying breed.