"Real Men"

[catsmate]

There's an interesting discussion article here at The Society Pages on attempts by NYPriest.com to "re-masculinise" the priesthood in the wake of the various scandals, part of the "The World Needs Heroes" campaign, with the slogan:
The Priesthood is tough and it's for real men. You have to a a Real Man if you want to become a priest.

[The image seems to have been pulled from NYPriest]

Often when we see these efforts, they’re aimed at attracting men to traditionally-female jobs such as nursing by asserting that only “real men” would be able to handle the demands of the job, or emphasizing compatibility with masculinity.

In this case, the occupation that is being framed as highly masculine isn’t one dominated by women; it is, in fact, open only to men: the Catholic priesthood. The image, originally posted at NYPriest, is taken from Fishers of Men, a video released as part of the Archdiocese of New York’s Office of Vocations “The World Needs Heroes” campaign, meant to attract men to the priesthood.

Am I the only one who laughed when I saw the picture?

 

[slingblade]

Maybe. It looks like a picture of priests, to me. What did I miss that made it funny?

 

[paiute]

Maybe. It looks like a picture of priests, to me. What did I miss that made it funny?

I never sausage a party of fine fellows.

 

[The Norseman]

They gotta long ways to go...



...until they can become real priests...

I tell you what, it takes a really dead-icated man to do what this Priest does.

 

[Robrob]

Didn't they already make that movie...?

 

[Brian-M]

And Real Men don't eat quiche.