great depression or vietnam or some other times when life was pretty rough. absolutely. i think it s not about me saying that maybe men right now have it tougher than any other time in history, but you do see specific periods where men are going through hard times and there s a necessity to adapt and change, and i think right now is one of those urgent times, especially with us having the recession right now, the biggest economic downturn since the great depression. so especially with the economy changing, i think it s really time to know that it s okay to adapt, change, and start to shift the definition of what we re allowed to be. you know, carlos, there was a movement maybe in the 70s and into the early 80s, new age sensitive male was a term that got thrown around, the allen alda ideal, i guess, where parents were sort of encouraged to raise their kids, their sons particularly, to be more emotionally open and to be more sensitive. i can remember growing up listening to that