[lumberjim]

yeah, "macho" to a woman has negative connotations.

"macho" to a man is a compliment.

I think the author of that article is struggling with the admission that women are the stronger sex. He has confused physical machoism and crudity with strength. As I see it, Perth may be among the stronger of men because he has the knuts to admit who he is and the self awareness to change back when he recognized a problem coming from acting in a way that was counter to what got him where he was. ( so what if he's wearing a powder blue cardigan)

Women don't seem to have that problem very often. That's why I say they are stronger. Why are women stronger than men?

I have my opinions; among them: they have to put up with our shit, give birth, endure being repressed since the beginning of time, blah, blah, blah.

Boy, am I glad I'm a man.