Does Robin look and act girlish? What do YOU think about Robin?

[SomeRandom]

There was a Lassie episode from the 1950's. A Brit boy, named Robin, visited America in the little farm town of Calverton and was a guest at the Martin farm. One country boy on a bicycle asks another if the Brit boy was a girl. He was wearing "skinny" black shorts that were down to about the knees. His hair was still short like a boy's though. Circa 1959.

Please go to time mark 8:25 below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi9H...ature=youtu.be

Does the Brit boy look girlish to you? English boys are a lot more polished in manners than their American counterparts.
They seem very learned and verbose at a younger age too.

The whole point of this thread is that what is considered masculine or feminine may vary among cultures. Evidently, American farm boys
in days of old thought shorts not manly somehow. I wonder what they'd think of Scotsmen in kilts if they saw them. And Japanese fellows
in kimonos.

Nah, that’s just British snootiness.

 

[Jonathan Bailey]

Nah, that’s just British snootiness.

Apparently, British snootiness comes across to many Americans as unmacho. My grandfather also said the Brits were sissy-like and said there was a lot of goofy stuff over in England. Many older British women come across to me as having a mannish face especially the horse/equestrian types.

The bad Brit teeth makes them look ugly and witch-like as well.

 

[Jonathan Bailey]

I've seen these guys there in Athens. They don't play! They'll kick your behind (and, thankfully, I am not talking from experience).

Your boy in your avatar has a goofy-looking spike in the middle of his head. My mother also said that hair parted in the middle looks like a girl.

 

[Rival]

Apparently, British snootiness comes across to many Americans as unmacho. My grandfather also said the Brits were sissy-like and said there was a lot of goofy stuff over in England. Many older British women come across to me as having a mannish face especially the horse/equestrian types.

The bad Brit teeth makes them look ugly and witch-like as well.

We actually have better teeth than most Americans.

 

[BSM1]

Your boy in your avatar has a goofy-looking spike in the middle of his head. My mother also said that hair parted in the middle looks like a girl.

I think I've met your mother...

 

[columbus]

I think I've met your mother...

If you're talking about that time your tongue got pinned to the grocery store checkout belt just as the SWAT team arrived, it wasn't his mother.
Tom

 

[Cooky]

There was a Lassie episode from the 1950's. A Brit boy, named Robin, visited America in the little farm town of Calverton and was a guest at the Martin farm. One country boy on a bicycle asks another if the Brit boy was a girl. He was wearing "skinny" black shorts that were down to about the knees. His hair was still short like a boy's though. Circa 1959.

Please go to time mark 8:25 below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi9H...ature=youtu.be

Does the Brit boy look girlish to you? English boys are a lot more polished in manners than their American counterparts.
They seem very learned and verbose at a younger age too.

The whole point of this thread is that what is considered masculine or feminine may vary among cultures. Evidently, American farm boys
in days of old thought shorts not manly somehow. I wonder what they'd think of Scotsmen in kilts if they saw them. And Japanese fellows
in kimonos.

Indeed. The following picture is John of Austria, the commander who defeated the Ottomans at the battle of Lepanto.

One might ask, how could a fierce leader who commanded an army in war wear pink tights for a portrait?

Yet, we have much to thank him for.

 

[SomeRandom]

Apparently, British snootiness comes across to many Americans as unmacho. My grandfather also said the Brits were sissy-like and said there was a lot of goofy stuff over in England. Many older British women come across to me as having a mannish face especially the horse/equestrian types.

The bad Brit teeth makes them look ugly and witch-like as well.

Mate, the Simpsons were just joking when they pulled out the “big book of British smiles” lol they’re not really like that.
You Americans need to get out more and actually interact with the world instead of relying on hyperbolic cartoon stereotypes

 

[BSM1]

If you're talking about that time your tongue got pinned to the grocery store checkout belt just as the SWAT team arrived, it wasn't his mother.
Tom

Hahaha...you thought that was an accident...

 

[Shad]

Evidently, American farm boys
in days of old thought shorts not manly somehow.

That wasn't the point of the episode. The boys were jealous of Robin as he was getting attention from class and friends. Due to their jealousy they attacked Robin for different reasons. Robin tries to act more "American" but is told to be himself. The two boys were setup for a "redemption" story arc. Watch the whole episode.

 

[BSM1]

That wasn't the point of the episode. The boys were jealous of Robin as he was getting attention from class and friends. Due to their jealousy they attacked Robin for different reasons. Robin tries to act more "American" but is told to be himself. The two boys were setup for a "redemption" story arc. Watch the whole episode.

"What's that, Lassie? Timmy's becoming enlightened..."

 

[SalixIncendium]

Apparently, British snootiness comes across to many Americans as unmacho. My grandfather also said the Brits were sissy-like and said there was a lot of goofy stuff over in England. Many older British women come across to me as having a mannish face especially the horse/equestrian types.

The bad Brit teeth makes them look ugly and witch-like as well.

Stereotype much?

 

[Jonathan Bailey]

Indeed. The following picture is John of Austria, the commander who defeated the Ottomans at the battle of Lepanto.

One might ask, how could a fierce leader who commanded an army in war wear pink tights for a portrait?

Yet, we have much to thank him for.
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That John of Austria looks so weird in that goofy outfit.