[Marina Kits]

In your original question you stated: "If I was proud to be a man, what is it exactly, that I could be proud of? ... This kind of set the stage for a feminist-like "what are men good for" bashing of the male sex that I found very distasteful.

I see what you mean. I've always said that written communication can be risky because it lacks facial expressions,tone, inflection and body language - this statement of mine is a perfect example. When I said,

"IF I was proud to be a man..."

You, and who knows how many others, took it to mean, "I'm NOT proud to be a man and I can't fathom why anyone would want to be either." When in reality, I was saying, "I WANT to be proud to be a man, can you help me?"

Same string of words, huge difference in meaning. Sorry for the confusion & glad we cleared it up. I don't want to be at odds with anyone here especially a good-hearted person like you.