"MY NAME IS KEVIN AND I AM A MAN.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOIN'? IT'S REALLY VERY GRATIFYING AND SOMEWHAT HUMBLING THAT YOU WOULD TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR LIVES TO HEAR WHAT A FEW MERE MEN HAVE TO SAY ABOUT.....WHAT IT'S LIKE....
I'M ESPECIALLY GRATIFIED TO SEE WOMEN IN THE AUDIENCE, HI!
ANYWAY I FIRST DECIDED TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AFTER ONCE TOO OFTEN HEARING ABOUT WOMAN THIS, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT THAT, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, FEMINIST MANIFESTO, WOMEN GOOD, MEN BAD, "YOU SUCK! YOU MALE SEXIST PIG!
I'VE LONG AGO DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FOOL'S ERRAND TO TAKE ON THESE ISSUES DIRECTLY. SO I KINDA JUST STARTED TALKING TO OTHER MEN, JUST RANDOM CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER GUYS, GUYS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, SOME WERE FRIENDS, A FEW WERE STRANGERS, ALL HAD OPINIONS ABOUT HOW NEBULOUS THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF BEING A "MAN" HAS BECOME.
I EVEN SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF WOMEN.....WHAT A MISTAKE THAT WAS! "MAKE SURE YOUSAY HOW THEY ALL WANT THEIR MOMMIES"....." OF COURSE YOU'LL INCLUDE WHAT TOTAL DOGS MEN ARE"...." WILL YOUHAVE THE BALLS TO MENTION HOW THE ALL EXPECT A MAID?"WITHOUT EVEN ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE "MADONNA-WHORE" THING, I'M FRANKLY NOT SMART ENOUGH TO DEFEND ANY ARGUMENTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE POINT! I NEVER WANTED THIS TO BE A MAN VS. WOMAN THING. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO TURN ANYONE TO MY SIDE OF THE FENCE. ANY OVERTLY MISOGYNISTIC DIATRIBES, WERE DOUBLE CHECKED FOR SPELLING.
I HAVE IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM ANY PRETENSE OF BEING COMPREHENSIVE. THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A WORD OR TWO ON HOMOSEXUALITY, WHICH IS VALUABLE IN THAT IT CUTS WOMEN OUT OF THE ENTIRE ARGUMENT. BUT, SERIOUSLY, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG WAY TOO FAR, AND IT SEEMS TO BE FROZEN IN STASIS. IT'S SHOWING NO SIGN OF SWINGING BACK THE OTHER WAY AND I THINK IT NEEDS A LITTLE PUSH.
I'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME SOUL SEARCHING, COLLABORATING, BITCHIN' AND MOANING AND INADVERTANTLY BONDING WITH OTHER MEN IN WAYS THAT WERE ASTONISHING AND ENORMOUSLY GRATIFYING.
WE HOPE YOU LIKE IT."
-KEVIN CANNON
