Mr. Olina, is the bro movement a city thing? I ask, because I have not heard any of these sentiments or attitudes expressed by men or boys. Is that because I live in the country? Is this bro movement confined to cities and suburbs? If so, that makes sense to me.

The men in my family built their own homes with their bare hands – and my daughters are building their own homes the same way. I grew up around farmers, ranchers, miners, lumbermen, construction workers, mechanics, heavy equipment operators, factory workers, professionals and businessmen who own their own companies. Today, I know several young men who travel the country installing wind farms, solar farms, etc. and others who work in agriculture, factories and the trades.

The men I know call the kind of men you describe as bros, demeaning terms like sissy, city boy or metrosexual. Near as I can tell, it’s because of the emotional tone of bros complaints, their focus on self, and their sense of entitlement regarding women.

Around men and women who live and work in the country, city and suburban men are fish out of water and just as useless. City men don’t have any of the skills people once considered male. I’m not talking about muscles. I’m talking about basic male skills – as in basic home repair, roofing, plumbing, electrical wiring, woodworking, hand tools, power tools, construction, fencing, auto repair, etc. Heck, most city men don’t even own a toolbox, let alone all the basic tools.

Is city and suburban life the root cause of male emasculation? Are urban and suburban jobs – serving coffee, waiting tables, telephone work, distribution center jobs, hotel service, call center jobs, uber drivers, or sitting in matching cubicles typing all day - emasculating? Is the boredom and oppressive nature of repetitious city jobs, emasculating men?

PS Great piece of writing. That you stayed on topic impressed me.