... Because I gotta say, for most of the men at the U Illinois gym that's just not working.
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In shower, I developed a theory suitable for a David Brooks column on the
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(As everything is, these days. It's the only demographic that's worth writing about.) /2
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Men (the part of the white working class that counts) long for the days when factory work was enough to support a middle-class family. /3
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Does factory work involve leg strength? It does not. It's all about upper body strength. /4
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(As a think-piece writer who's never worked in a factory, I do not believe brains matter for factory work.) /5
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As people (i.e. white males) yearn for the days of olde ... /6
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... they naturally want to emphasize the characteristics that would make them seem a fit provider back then. /7
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That is not "cut quadriceps" - that's for effete runners who don't get proper exercise at work. <etc. 600 words total and I'm done.> /end
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[As an opinion writer of a Certain Age, I am like an evo-psych, but my "environment of evolutionary adaptedness" is what I remember as a kid
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My assumption is that the torso is what men see of hot actors on TV and in movies, so that's what they emphasize.
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