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The piece spawned plenty of responses — my favorite being an equally insightful piece from fellow Thought Catalog contributor Karyn Spencer — and in the discussions that followed men, in general, have taken a beating. Successful men recognize their scarcity and exploit it, playing the field with the sort of joie de vivre you might expect from a UNC fraternity brother , leaving their female counterparts in the unenviable position of having to tolerate their behavior or else significantly lower their expectations. They are finding it easier than ever to date upward, to latch onto lonely sugarmamas, to fall into a relationship despite themselves. It is, however, worrying , and for men, as well. We cannot wait this out. The playboys will keep playing and the losers will always be losers, but the reputation of men — of those millions of decent men situated somewhere between the two extremes — needs to be defended.

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But when my friends say it — whether male or female — it sounds almost like an insult. My fellow Thought Catalog contributor, Jack Cazir, published a piece earlier this month that serves as a manifesto of sorts for the proverbial Good Guy — or, as he terms it, the Southern Gentleman. There is a deafening cry of late that chivalry, romance, and courtship went the way of the dodo sometime in the early nineties — perhaps with the rise of grunge and Liv Tyler, no one quite knows. Far from it. As Cazir points out, many men still take immense pride in treating others including those they pursue romantically with the utmost respect. And these men, though perhaps fewer and farther between than a few generations ago, are worth all the more by continuing to embrace the importance of respect and honor even when it is not explicitly required of them.

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How many of you out there enjoy taking women out on dates? I absolutely love taking my girlfriend out on dates! It can be a lot of fun and I just love hearing stories about other guys and their date stories. They are fun and interesting to listen to if you get to hear the right ones! Many of your are probably wondering about how to treat them? Well from a Typical Southern Gentleman standpoint there are some rules or guidelines to follow when you are taking your special someone out on a date.

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10 Reasons Southern Guys Make The Best Boyfriends

I will admit to being partially biased on this topic, as my roots are about as deep-fried and Southern-grown as they can be. That being said, I have lived in what I believe to be the greatest city in the world, New York City, for five-and-a-half years, and I have traveled to almost every state in the US during my time here. As a self-proclaimed feminist, some people are surprised I value the traditional traits of a Southern man.

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