Is Australia a masculine country

Answer 1

Originally Australia was a penal (prison) colony. England sent out many of her criminals and dumped them here. They were governed by some soldiers and a few administrators and a few Christian ministers and virtually carved out the land from a "nothing start". They were tough men and some did bad things like killing aborgines and becoming outlaws or bush rangers and the whole place for a long time was a wild frontier. Australian men today still harken back to those early men and women and believe they are tough themselves but mostly modern Australian men are over-pampered and quite a lot have gone gay. For country folk it is still a hard life in the bush and I would say that the farmers were somewhat masculine guys. The great Aussie male is no longer what he once was, same in America with the great American male. I read one lady newspaper reporter a while ago saying that most of the last of the real men in Australia were the World War 2 soldiers. She might have been right. Most young Australian males have never known survival any further than the nearest McDonalds fast food shop. We also have no national service and the decay in our youth... e.g. alcohol, drugs, easy modern living... is not good for National defence. Not with so many large Asian armies to Australia's north.