Historically, southern men tend to be outwardly aggressive and southern women tend to be outwardly passive-aggressive.
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| I must see this. I feel like I will understand my life better. |
Either way it's not real healthy.
Through class discussions we found many possibilities for the source of the anger:
- We lost the Civil War (well some southerners don't realize that... shhhh)
- We are anti-progressionists living in a land of progression
- We see the distinction of our values being chipped away
- Men and women are pushed into very strict gender roles from a young age
- Intellectualism is still not fostered like it should be
None of these are answers, because there is no answer. Southerners just have a predetermination for aggressiveness, no matter the form.
For better or worse, it is part of the southern condition.
In my last post I posed the question "Am I passive-aggressive and don't realize it?"
I posed that question because I've been feeling rather passive-aggressive lately. Not to worry, I haven't so much given into those urges, but the fact that I feel them makes me uncomfortable.
Case in point.
As I was playing soccer today I saw a group of legitimate players across the field. Instantly I was angry.
Why wasn't I that good anymore? Why did I ever stop playing? Will I ever be good again?
And then like a sign from God, I pulled my quad muscle on the same leg I am recovering from a groin injury. Awesome.
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| Sweet Jesus I'm never going to get back in shape. |
Curse words were flying (without raising my voice of course), I was kicking the ball with my injured leg out of pure spite - it wasn't cute. No one would have blessed my heart at that moment.
But within a couple minutes I was perfectly calm. I have seen this phenomenon happen amongst friends and family more times than I can count, and it's always a southerner.
God bless our hearts, why are we so angry? We have Nascar, Daisy Duke and rednecks with mullets... what is there to be mad about?
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