“The old 'qualities' of masculinity - a narrow focus on life, domestic incompetence signalling a mind on higher things, emotional reserve and acts of endurance - have become absurdities, signs more of incompetence, insensitivity, lack of intelligence than of strength.” StrengthEnduranceMasculinityIncompetenceSelf Restraint Book:Sacred Cows: Is Feminism Relevant to the New Millennium? Source: Sacred Cows: Is Feminism Relevant to the New Millennium?