The difference between genders is becoming fuzzier.
Let’s take men for example. Adult males today exhibit a lesser degree of manly attributes than men did 100 years ago.
Case in point
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart was a Belgium-born Irish gentleman-soldier, who displayed a sort of pirate happy go lucky demeanour his entire life.
This gentleman saw action with the British Army countless times, having fought in both world wars, as well as the Boer War.
The man was shot so many times, it was a testament to his robust constitution that he lasted 83 years on this earth. His Majesty’s assorted enemies took shots at his face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear.
He lost an eye, survived two plane crashes, dug his way out of a POW camp, and tore off his own fingers when the surgeon refused to amputate them.
Awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration of the Commonwealth, de Wiart described his participation in the First World War thusly:
Frankly, I had enjoyed the war.
Götterdämmerung 