Appreciation of Masculine Beauty

Hello from the ever-smoldering Middle East! (And HELLO to that ever smoldering picture of Gerard Butler...more to come on THAT!)
I wanted to take a moment to appreciate Masculinity. So many men in our culture think that masculinity is shown through "muchismo", bravado and unnecessary overconfidence. I've never seen that reality show, "Jersey Shore", but I hear tell of the shallowness of both men and women on it...and even then, the show is applauded as entertainment in our society. Those men definitely work on their "outer shells", but inwardly they seem to be LACKING IN DROVES! Speaks volumes on what our culture values today.
Others in our society (I hate to say it, but especially Catholic Men) think that that the pursuit of virtue and holiness--very masculine in it's essence--is a path of pusillanimity and that fake humility that ends in wormy weakness.
Let me now proclaim to both sides--VIRTUE IS A BALANCE, A MEANS BETWEEN EXTREMES!
Women (and I here speak of TRULY FEMININE women, not "feminazis" and not those brainwashed weak little fainting creatures who define themselves only by how many children they bear and how well they serve their men in utter, mindless obedience) are not impressed by braggarts and cocky bravado, but are FAR more attracted to that form of so called "masculinity" nowadays. They are most definitely not attracted to the weak, skinny men who care little about seeking to be attractive outwardly- who think that such a focus would be prideful--that a woman will be attracted to him based solely on his spiritual life. I ask you, if you can't even attract a woman long enough for her to hold a conversation with you... to see that beautiful soul, then what is the point to your thesis? You can't leave it all to God, Gents...we work TOGETHER with Him, remember?
It isn't prideful to TRY and attract a woman, to seek after masculine activities such as weightlifting, shooting, hunting, fishing, camping, rock-climbing...etc (has anyone else ever noticed that so many truly Catholic men do not work on themselves outwardly, or is it just me?!)...just as it isn't a bad thing for a woman to TRY to be attractive to men.
The more I see dowdy men and women in the Catholic Church, the more I lament the loss of seeking after Beauty. Dowdy Churches, dowdy Homilies, "dowdiness" even surrounds the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass! WHY do we think displaying such grey and blandness represents some sort of sacrificial virtue and holiness?
No wonder so many men and women are confused! I guess we all have to seek this path our own way, but...
I present to you, ladies...CONTEMPLATION OF BEAUTY for today. This picture above displays, in my opinion, a VERY FINE example of a HANDSOME, MASCULINE MAN. Now, it is your turn. Feel free to post your idea of MASCULINITY (keep it PG, ladies!) on this page, or my FB page. Let's CELEBRATE Masculine Beauty, and in turn, encourage men towards aiming for both inner and outer masculinity!
Pax