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Lawrence Cottrell Appalachian Heritage, Volume 20, Number 3, Summer 1992, p. 11 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1992.0072 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438389/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:39 GMT from JHU Libraries began—I listened recently while a seventeen-year-old told me what a "real man" is. "I can't do this sobriety thing," he said. "Why not, Alan?" "Because . .. real men eat red meat and they don't drink bottled water. Real men fight. Real men never show their feelings and talk about being scared. Real men sure as hell don't do therapy. Real men are the rulers of their household. Real men smoke. Real men drink!" This young man did not grow up in Appalachia. I was surprised at the intensity of feeling behind his ideal image of adult masculinity, since it came from one who drives a BMW, plays golf at the country club, and was educated in private schools. "Where did you get those messages?" I asked. "From my dad," he said. "And where did your dad grow up?" "Harlan County." The roadside is for me A harem of hawkweed and daisy. As the bee, who dips his
Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press
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