What’s a testicle worth?
I love this story in Steve Biddulph’s Manhood:
“Our system has one outstanding way of holding men in place – it’s called a mortgage. When you go for that vital interview at the bank you walk out with a a hundred thousand dollars. It’s a miracle, but something else happens, something they don’t tell you about. You leave a testicle behind!”
And as Sam de Brito says, what about “taking out four, five and six hundred thousand dollar mortgages? That’s both testicles, your tackle and one bum cheek – goooone.”
Do we take the basic premise seriously? Do certain things make us ‘less male’, or half the man we could/should be? Are most men in a half-alive state, as Biddulph argues. What would make us fully alive? Going out on hunting trips? Drinking beer with a bunch of mates? Sleeping with multiple women? What are we doing if we’re fully intact males? Makes you wonder…
And how much is your testicle worth anyway? And what about the true price of other things?
If a mortgage is worth one testicle, is buying a fancy car worth half a testicle? Or does that add to our manhood?!
I have a feeling that being ‘chained to the desk’ of an office job makes you half the man you could be (or less). So, if we’re working full time just to pay off some new car, or iPhone, or TV, then perhaps we’re losing our manhood for the sake of some crappy gadgets that we don’t even need. Perhaps we should work a little less, get a less fancy car, and spend some time being real men (once we discover what that is, of course).
And guys, remember: Don’t lose your balls on a whim!