with the death of prominent australian men of machismo steve irwin and peter brock, blokes and mates are wondering what it takes to be a man. the question isn’t unique to the land down under; my bro recently addressed it in the most recent edition of revisions.
quoted in the bbc article, mark latham, author of a new book, says “Australian mates and good blokes have been replaced by nervous wrecks, metrosexual knobs and toss-bags.”


