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RUSH: In a truly pathetic news story, this is deeply troubling. We have been talking recently on this program about the chickification of American culture, the feminization of American universities, the chickification of the news business. From the Associated Press, this a story by Melissa Dutton, and this is about man showers. Brian, you went to one of these just last week, a man shower. ”Man showers\u2019 become popular for pre-wedding male bonding\u2019 — When Jonathan Morris\u2019 daughter was planning her wedding, he thought the groom was getting overlooked. So he planned a guys-only ‘man shower\u2019 to welcome Brian Wigand into the family. The party included manly snacks, games and gifts. ‘It seemed like there was a lot of hoopla for the ladies and not too much for the guys,\u2019 said Morris of Maple Valley, Wash. ‘It was really fun, male bonding.\u2019 Showers geared to grooms are a growing trend in the wedding industry, said Allana Baroni, the entertainment expert.\u2019 Have you heard about this, Snerdley? This is a growing trend?Other than Brian going to a baby shower, I\u2019ve not heard of a growing trend in man showers. Of course, I don\u2019t keep up with weddings much, don\u2019t go to too many. (interruption) Yeah, that\u2019s true. It was a couples shower, but you still went. ‘Showers geared to grooms are a growing trend in the wedding industry,\u2019 says a woman, Allana Baroni. ‘It\u2019s another example of grooms leaving their stereotypical roles behind, she said, noting that male bridesmaids and female groomsmen are becoming more common. That doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re abandoning tradition. For Rob Wise, the man shower was a warm-up to, not a substitute for, the bachelor party. ‘It was precursor, a chance to get the guys together and let off a little steam,\u2019 he said. Highlights of the party included playing football, drinking games and Rock Band, a video game where players perform in virtual bands.\u2019 No, there\u2019s no stripper. I guess the stripper is the bachelor party. But we don\u2019t hear anything about the bachelor party in this story. We only hear about the man shower.\"\"”First and foremost, it was getting all my friends together in one place,\u2019 the Baton Rouge, La., resident said. ‘It meant a lot for everyone to mingle before they got to the wedding.” But get this. This is what did it for me in this story: ”Men also are recognizing that showers are a great way to acquire tools and other necessities needed to maintain a home,\u2019 said Abby Buford,\u2019 another woman, ‘spokeswoman for Lowe\u2019s Home Improvement stores, which launched an online wedding registry in 2006.\u2019 So the purpose of the man shower is to teach men how to do housecleaning. Great way to acquire tools and other necessities needed to maintain a home. So anyway, man showers, if you have a son who is soon to be getting married, don\u2019t be surprised if someone comes along and says, ‘We gotta throw a shower for the groom, too,\u2019 in addition to the bachelor party. And note that this is an idea straight out of the female brain, by a wedding planner. Would you do one, Snerdley, if you were going to get married, would you? (laughter).BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: Here\u2019s Madam X. Madam X in Worcester, Massachusetts, as we go back to the phones. It\u2019s great to have you with us on the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, it\u2019s great to talk with you. God bless ya.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, your opening monologue, you were talking about boy-girl baby showers and mixed-gender wedding party attendants and all that. Well, I have two family members, God bless them, that did exactly that, and the first one was the mixed-gender wedding party and my daughter —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, wait a second. What is…? Can we speak English here?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh?<\/p>\n

RUSH: What is a ‘mixed-gender wedding party\u2019?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, the groom had a best babe instead of a best man, and she had —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, oh. When you said ‘party,\u2019 I thought you meant like a pre-wedding bash.<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, no, no, no, no.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So she had a mixed-gender ceremony.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And the groom had a best babe?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, we\u2019re in trouble.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But she wasn\u2019t dressed differently —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Let me tell you something. If I were going to get — God strike me dead — married again, and I told the lucky woman that my best man was going to be a woman, I can\u2019t imagine. I can\u2019t imagine that going over with a lot of happiness. ‘Oh, yeah, great idea! Let\u2019s drink to it.\u2019<\/p>\n

CALLER: My daughter, she\u2019s beautiful and intelligent, but she is the victim of a very, very liberal education, and when this metrosexual came along and wanted to marry her, she just thought it was great.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right, \u2019cause she could run the guy.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Uh, hmm. Eh. Not really. You know, it\u2019s more the other way around, truly.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, the metrosexual runs her.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I never knew a metrosexual that ran anybody.<\/p>\n

CALLER: This one does, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he holds his wine glass by the base.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Holds his wine glass by the base?<\/p>\n

CALLER: The base, not the stem or the bowl, but the base.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, isn\u2019t that just peachy.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yeah, yeah. He\u2019s kind of femme, actually.<\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: He\u2019s what?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Femme.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Kind of femme?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Like, as in effeminate?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah. And your daughter fell for the guy?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t get it, I just don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So, did you say anything to her about it?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Uh, (snorts) not directly. Not directly. But he has a bunch of friends —<\/p>\n

RUSH: If you didn\u2019t say anything directly, how did you say it, and to whom?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I talked to my husband, and —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Did he talk to them?<\/p>\n

CALLER: And he talked to her.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah? And a lot of good that did because they\u2019re now married, right?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s right, yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Are they happily married?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Apparently so.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What do you mean, apparently so? They either are or they aren\u2019t. You should be able to tell this; you\u2019re a parent.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, see, that\u2019s the thing, Rush, is that it\u2019s all so confusing to me.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And you think the mixed-gender wedding led to this?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, no, no. I think that whatever is up with him and the liberalism in this state-led up to the formation of these two, and the meeting of these two, and the OK for this mixed-gender wedding attendants thing.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, I know. It is what it is. Traditions die hard. You know, there\u2019s a lot more than just this part of our culture that\u2019s under assault — and you know what those things are. Anyway, look, I appreciate the call, Madam X. Madam X? Has she called here before, Snerdley? A long time ago. Okay, I thought Madam X was familiar.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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