Eldridge (author of
Wild At Heart) is writing to men, and given his selection of metaphors, white men.. he did mention that women can read it to gain some insight into what men can and should become, implying many of them are wimping out; which I think says that male passivity isn't only a stereotypical Asian thing, but it's a male thing.. that was the premise of Crabb & Hudson's book,
Silence Of Adam, which traces passivity all the way back to Adam in the garden, who was with Eve when she was tempted and fell into sin.. so just as Adam was passive, so are many (most?) men.... both of these books paint a picture of what manhood is, tho' stereotypically, men either go to the aggressive and abusive extreme, or the passive extreme.. neither of which is particularly attractive to women, right?
The thing about the heroes of the stories like Braveheart and Gladiator, it's easy to see the strength of the men who fought the battle that were forced upon them.. but in the world today, what is the battle? What kind of a purpose to battle is the average man supposed to fight? And how would that battle be attractive to women? (certainly you don't mean to compete for the affection of a woman.. :) )
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