# Why are American men generally more manly than European men? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563 "2013-06-21T16:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/81 "2013-06-22T21:05:17Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Baseball is a game where a man 60 feet away from you throws a deadly round object at 95 MPH inches from your head/body. Sounds kinda manly to me. Yeah but in cricket they do they same but actually aim _directly_ at your head/body on purpose. And all perfectly legal! Plus they bounce it off the floor first so you have less chance to do anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/82 "2013-06-22T23:54:58Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > …what we in the UK call rounders? A game not played by anyone over the age of 12? Or later than 1790, I thought…do people still really play rounders? That said, apart from its manliness–however much that is or isn’t–baseball has a huge cultural significance in this country that goes beyond those who play or avidly follow the progress of every season in minute detail. > [@](#): > > Anyway, must dash, I’m out of lapsang souchong. It’s tea. Thought you had me, did you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/83 "2013-06-23T00:01:02Z")
This pole (& POV) seems to be the turf of the women (or the men who prefer men). I recuse myself on both counts, but welcome their comments. \*drives a VW Jetta & a Toyota FJ ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/84 "2013-06-23T00:03:41Z")
However overly generalized the OP is, at least he raised an interesting question. His bullet points are overblown yet it’s hard to deny that there really are at least some Americans who agree with them literally. ---
**Author:** ![Tracijo67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@Tracijo67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracijo67)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/85 "2013-06-23T00:33:55Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > I think that the op.s totally right, speaking as a Brit we all of us look up to the Americans as being the epitome of rough, tough masculinity. > > And as you say, Americans respect cowboys, also I believe Red Indians, motorcycle cops, leather fetishists and construction workers ! > > If ever you’re visiting Europe do help us out by going into a Brit, or an Irish pub and helping us “up” our masculine image. > > I’m sure you’ll be warmly received . Nothin’ but love from this American 😃 Morons with the “gay” comparisons: You’d be mod-slapped for using the “N” word. Why is this flying by unchecked? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/86 "2013-06-23T00:35:34Z")
And then there’s me, who is so manly that other American males are awestruck. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/87 "2013-06-23T01:11:08Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I hear there’s a whole country full of men who speak _French_?! :eek: What bar-goin’, beer-swillin’, pickemup-drivin’ manly-man would admit to speaking French?! And they fart in your general direction.😛 > [@Lust4Life](#): > > I think that it comes back to the old adage, Big car, small Dick. In that case, I should be driving a pink polka dot Smart car with a Hello Kitty sticker on the hood. ---
**Author:** ![onPS3IamCrowKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@onPS3IamCrowKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onPS3IamCrowKing)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/88 "2013-06-23T18:08:26Z")
Dude a european guy might look like a fag to you but he will kick your ass! Also most countries require military service so believe me, they know how to use guns. You need to take a trip to france and find someone your size to challenge to a fight and you will see who the wussie is. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/89 "2013-06-24T00:06:02Z")
[quote=“davidborts, post:1, topic:661563”] [li]Europeans like soccer, which is considered a girls sport in America. Americans like masculine sports like football, baseball and basketball, which are not considered girls sport in Europe.[/li][/QUOTE] Baseball is considered a girls sport. At least in Denmark. Baseball too to some extend. American football is just silly. If you want play such a game you should play rugby, which is many times more manly than American football. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/90 "2013-06-24T00:12:45Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > Baseball is considered a girls sport. At least in Denmark. Baseball too to some extend. American football is just silly. If you want play such a game you should play rugby, which is many times more manly than American football. They would probably appreciate this from George Carlin: [Baseball vs Football](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRfhbEUkg7o). ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/91 "2013-06-24T03:08:44Z")
> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > “… > \*You know what’s a manly sport - bullfighting. But it has never and will never take off in America …” HAH! In America they [_RIDE_ the damn bull!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sf02zLZWQk) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/92 "2013-06-25T19:00:56Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Yeah, but the big-screen action movies these days are All-American _superhero_ movies: we want to see a growling Christian Bale slug it out with a brawny Tom Hardy, or a bare-chested Henry Cavill showing off his six-pack and wrapping guys up in choke-holds. Idris Elba! Michael Fassbender! Manly men! Marry me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/93 "2013-06-25T19:20:34Z")
Never mind the football, check out the hooligans. I know he’s banned but I would have asked him which men he prefers. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/94 "2013-07-05T01:02:29Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Baseball is manly sport because it involves chewing tobacco, spitting, ball scratching, no crying, and women aren’t allowed to play. And smacking each other on the butt. ---
**Author:** ![claramorena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@claramorena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/claramorena)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/95 "2013-07-06T02:59:40Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > HAH! In America they [_RIDE_ the damn bull!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sf02zLZWQk) Well, in Spain they get chased by the bull. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563/96 "2013-07-06T15:21:35Z")
In Russia, bull ride YOU. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-men-generally-more-manly-than-european-men/661563.md?page=4)