The Characteristics Of Male Gender In High And Mighty, By Keith Bradsher

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Register to read the introduction… typically guys are aware of the rules of moral behavior, they just seem to have trouble following them, when there are certain extenuating circumstances. For example: " Zippy, a guy dog who has been told numerous times that he is not suppose to get into the kitchen garbage or poop on the floor, but he has never understood why, so he thinks that it should not apply to him when someone just threw away a seven week old kung Pao Chicken and is home alone."

Thinking since nobody is home they won't find out, yet when the owner comes home they discover the scene of the crime.
Similarly, Keith Bradsher, the author of "High and Mighty uses the characteristics of an animal to describe the male gender in this case the SUV. Bradsher observes that the sense of protection is what drives the SUV design. The whole idea was to make the SUV big and intimidating. Even design cues, like the drop fender design of the Dodge Ram pickup or the
Durango front grill was designed to mimic the look of predators. "A strong animal has a big jaw, that's why we put big fenders, 'Rapaille says." Even a more primitive or perhaps savage is
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Rapaille describes teens very well by commenting that “They want to give the message,
’I want to be able to fight back, don’t mess with me.’” Clotaire seems to sum up the thoughts of the American youth very well, at least for the most part. Rapille interested are focused in tanks, guns, cars and other "manly" things. It is not likely that a women would be interested in the same type of things. Therefore the strategy that he uses convinces the readers that men and women don't have the same interests, which in most cases are true, with a few exceptions. For example Rapaille has helped the car industry by finding out what consumers want, and providing important improvements. Rapaille agreed that the exterior of an SUV cant just look macho, therefore they added the feminine touch inside based on his argument. Rapaille said,
"The inside of an SUV should be Ritz-Carlton, with a minibar. I'm going to be on the battlefield a long time, so on the outside I want to be menacing but inside I want to be warm." (Reptile

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