Since society has gotten sick of these fad lads and some guys are thinking, What was I thinking? and do not want to mimic what?s inane again, you might be wondering:  who, what, and where do we go to in order to set our sights on what to become as men?

Well ? you can start by completely blowing off anything postmodernism or its ugly mother modernity has to offer and, as far as I?m concerned, traipse back a few thousand years to medieval times.  A good book that lines out what these masculine worthies were is Brad Miner?s The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man?s Guide Chivalry.  Miner goes back not to the 1950?s but to the 1100?s and unearths the oldest and best ideal of manhood: the gentleman.  Resurrecting a thousand-year tradition of chivalry, honor, and heroism, Miner?s tome provides a solid blueprint for the lost Nancy Boys.

The Compleat Gentleman shows in a sharp and scholarly way that real manhood is not rocket science and that being a worthy warrior is based upon the simple, ancient, yet arduous ideal of selfless duty to one?s God, country, family and friends.  Miner traces the concept of manliness from the jousting fields of the twelfth century to the decks of the Titanic.  Miner states that the major traits of a true gentleman can be reduced to three masculine archetypes, namely, the warrior, the lover, and the monk.  These three, combined together, form the compleat gentleman.  This modern knight is a combatant for that which is true and beautiful, has passionate respect for the opposite sex and values learning in the pursuit of truth?doing all of the above with discretion, decorum, and nonchalance. 

My ClashPoint is this: something will fill the pink vacuum the metrosexual spirit is leaving, and I hope it will be that which history has always exonerated, i.e., the warrior gentleman.  Miner?s stellar book, young man, is a good starting point if you want to wash from your system all the residual metrosexual dung with which Hollywood and the television industry has inundated you.  So ?  grab a copy of Miner?s book, throw away your four different hair products, dig into the great truths of yesteryear, plumb the traditional traits of greatness and fly a holy finger at the culture-crippling machinations of metrosexual madness.

* Logon to ClashRadio.com to hear Giles? interview with Brad Miner, author of the book, The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man?s Guide Chivalry.