Real Men

Context, Michael, context!

Cecil and I were fancying up our feet and doing a dance on the steps of City Hall as part of a promotional fundraising video for Our Voice.

Our VOICE is currently seeking men who are willing to “walk the walk” and take a stand against sexual violence. We are recruiting men to be in a promotional video which will be filmed February 2nd – 5th.

If you would like to show the community that you support Our VOICE’s efforts to prevent sexual violence and promote your business at the same time, please contact Robin Payne at (828) 713-9281.

We’ll provide the shoes, you provide the dance moves!

Good question, Ralph. Maybe it’s an experiment in ‘cross-hobbling’. You know, make it fashionable for men to wear stupid shoes, and then they won’t be able to chase women as easily? I don’t know…

Really? “Walk Like a Man”? I mean, I get it. Men dressing up as ladies for a good cause is a time-honored American tradition, and kudos for keeping the flame alive. (There’s a suggestive pun in there that I choose not to acknowledge.)

But “Walk Like a Man”? Très cliché. “Lady Godiva’s Operation” by The Velvet Underground is a much better song for a man to prance around in high heels to.

Better yet, how about “Goodbye Horses” by Q. Lazzarus?

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Wll, ys. Wh wldn’t?

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Style is less what you wear than how you wear it. OWN them shoes, Gordon! Honi soit qui mal y pense.

certifiable both of them. and thats what make them so real.

Ralph Roberts says:
“Well, yes. Who wouldn’t?

Is it too much to ask for flowers behind one ear and a tasteful but colorful tutu?”

Is it too much ask Ralph himself to participate in the walk? Or is he not “man enough” to endure a little pain to stop a lot of pain?

Says Ralph Roberts: “real men contribute in ways that do not hurt their feet, but thanks for asking.”

Sorry Ralph. “Real” men (and women) ignore the pain to help another, and they don’t mock how other’s make their contribution.