For today, I thought I'd just do a small photo exercise comparing various ways men have captured the essence of manliness and how others just failed miserably. To start off, while they are not homo sapiens, I think that starting with these gorillas is still appropriate, and whoever captured this moment did so superbly.
Agressively Manly
Not Quite There, Maybe Another Spray?
The Epic Grill of Manliness
There's just something missing here
Crazy Tough Manliness
Failure to Achieve
Sorry, but This Doesn't Cut It
Manliness in the Female Form