Here is one curious post about the qualities of Russian men. The author opened it with the following instruction.

“Recommended for Russian women who are unhappy with domestic product and prefer the ‘civilized Europeans’; and for Russian men, so that they don’t relax.”

Tough Russian men

Macho Kostya

In Southeast Asian countries roams one remarkable guy, known in narrow circles, Kostya. Raised in the harsh conditions of Siberia, this cheerful sailor has a charming but sometimes redneckish temper. Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam are his habitat.

Usually, after meeting someone, Kostya – as a sign of special respect – first simulates a blow to the liver and only then wholeheartedly embraces. In such way Kostya takes the throne of the leader of the pack. Some shy away, and others in response hit Kostik in his torso in a friendly manner. Well, you know, that is how in the movies they usually show the manifestations of friendship between tough guys.

On the night of February 23, I and Kostik met in the cozy bar on the shore of the Gulf of Siam. An hour later we went for a walk along the empty pier towards more vibrant centers of entertainment. On the way we stumbled upon the group of young Europeans, 3 boys and 4 girls, sitting in the sand. So, they sit there and sit, I passed by, but Kostya realized that one of the girls did not have a pair and decided to save her.

- Hi gerlzzz! – Kostya sat down besides and put his arm around one of the ladies.

- No! Don’ touch me! – hysterically yelled the girl.

- OK, OK – comforted her Kostya, lovingly looking into her eyes but not removing his hand from her tanned shoulder.

The girl tried to break away. Her girl friends started shouting. I walked over and picked up Kostya’s second arm in order to to take him from there. Tension of the situation slowly abated. Kostya stood up swaying, and in a fatherly way, with understanding, looked down on the girls. The girls in response threw residual curses and waved their hands. I wished the company good night, and slightly pushed Kostya in the direction of the next whiskey bar. We left.

During the whole scene neither of 3 boys said a word or looked at the rival males intruding their territory. How many times any of us participated or watched such things? Honestly, I cannot imagine such behavior from Russian men.

Let’s say, this company was approached by two drunken idiots in our country. Even the most subtle Russian boys would at least tell outsiders: “Come on, dude, we are sitting here, you’re wrong.” Yes, not everyone would pick up the fight, but to sit in silence and hide your eyes? I can not imagine this.

Most Russian men still have testosterone, and in most cases our man will stand up for his woman.

It turned out that the fuel for the function of defender and aggressor is the same. True, its combination with alcohol is not the best cocktail. But alcohol does not help anyone, however, without testosterone we are not men at all.

I think that for women the most igniting mixture in men is: testosterone + intellect + money. Am I wrong? Maybe the money should be replaced with success?

[By the way,  I'm not saying to act like Kostya. Drinking and aggression are bad]

Comments of Russian netizens

This post got few hundred responses (both from Russian men and women). Let’s see some of their comments.

yakovleva_sveta (female):  Yes, indeed. With our men, such thing obviously would not go unnoticed. Regarding the intellect, it’s debatable, by the way.да, действительно. с нашими мужчинами такой номер явно не прошёл бы. насчёт интеллекта спорно, кстати.

dimk_nevidimka (male):  If money is demonstrated not in a stupid way – it can be veeeeery strong aphrozodiac :) [ed: I think that commenter intentionally misspelled the word "aphrodisiac", so I left it as is]если деньги демонстрируются не тупо, по-быдлянски – то являются оооочень сильным афрозодиаком :)

And normal, smart girls who have high self-esteem usually value themselves quite expensively :)И нормальные, умные, ценящие себя девушки оценивают себя обычно достаточно дорого :)

Kinda – the money is not important, but one must have lots of it.Ну типа – деньги не главное, но их обязательно должно быть много.

oleum_13 (female):  Drunken redneck, harassing women is not a man, but animal. Do you think one must be proud of this “Kostya”, who by the level of civilization is slightly ahead of the chimpanzee?пьяное быдло, щупающее незнакомую женщину – оно не мужчино, а животное. Вы полагаете, что стоит гордиться такими вот ‘костиками’, которые по степени цивилизованности слегка обогнали шимпанзе?

shahius (male):  Didn’t interfere, apparently, because didn’t have to deal with such brazen drunk “chimpanzees.” No experience. Living in the prosperous country. ))Не вступились, видимо, потому что не приходилось в жизни сталкиваться с такими наглыми пьяными ‘шимпанзе’. Опыта нету. В благополучной стране живут. ))

prorabpetr (male):  The British and all sorts of Finns also like to drink, and can get drunk even more than our guys. But they are still safe for the environment. Bullying is our peculiarity – that’s why we have many times more drinking-related deaths.Англичане и всякие разные финны выпить не дураки, еще круче наших могут нализаться. Но при этом они безопасны для окружающих. А вот именно быковать очень свойственно нашим – поэтому у нас в разы больше пьяной смертности.

tvorets (male):  Simply ”their” similar problems are traditionally solved by specially trained people. Police, for example. And, as a rule, are solved quite successfully.Просто ‘у них’ подобные проблемы традиционно должны решать специально обученные люди. Полиция, например. И, как правило, решают. И порой довольно успешно.

Actually, that’s why out of all the planes hijacked on September 11, only in one there were men who messed with the terrorists and dropped the plane far from the planned target of attack.Собственно, именно поэтому из всех захваченных самолётов 11 сентября только в одном нашлись мужчины, ввязавшиеся в заваруху с террористами и уронившие самолёт далеко на подлёте к запланированной цели атаки.

natarom_357 (female):  If not be to picky about the words, I will agree with the essence. Testosterone is not necessarily macho, intellect – no doubts here, of course [needed], it does not always mean the doctoral degree, the money – everyone has different ideas about it, enough if [man is] not a miser.А я соглашусь, если не цепляться к словам, то по сути все верно.Тестестерон- не обязательно мачо, интеллект – тут даже без вопросов, но это же не всегда означает докторскую степень, деньги – у всех разное представление об этом, достаточно чтоб был не жмот.

vaideem (male):  To defend girls is right. I have no doubt that the average “civilized European” doesn’t pass by a girl in trouble and won’t let someone offend his girl. But can you imagine some “civilized European” on the shore of, say, some Mediterranean sea, who in a drunken state would approach the group of young people and start harassing the girls? Maybe, it can happen, but that’s an exception.Девушек защищать хорошо и правильно. Не сомневаюсь, что средний ‘цивилизованный европеец’ не пройдет мимо девушки в беде и свою девушку в обиду не даст. А вот вы представляете ‘цивилизованного европейца’ на берегу, скажем, какого-нибудь средиземного моря, подходящего в ужратом в хлам виде к компании молодых людей и по беспределу начинающего лапать девушек?? Может это там и бывает, но в порядке исключения.

Second, your cool hero Kostya, no matter how tough and drunk he was, would he come up to a company where instead of “boys” there would be three burly men? Or hurting the weak is also the sign of manliness? Второе, ваш суровый герой Костик, каким бы суровым и пьяным он не был, подошел бы к такой компании, если бы вместо ‘мальчиков’ там сидели 3 здоровенных мужика?? Или слабых обижать – это тоже признак мужественности?

Third, are you sure that if you did not intervene, the boys would not eventually stand up and beat Kostya?Третье, а Вы уверены, что если бы вы не вмешались, парни бы в конце концов не выдержали бы,встали и ввалили бы Костику?

Finally, from the experience of a person who saw the different side of described situation, let me tell you that that the majority of testosterone-related aggression of Russian men that you are trying to fly in the face, usually ends with absolutely womanly tears and whining in the procedural room during the surgical treatment of the “heroic” wounds. And, as a rule, the cooler and tougher these your “real Russian men” are – the more “spread into shit” they become when they get hurt.И последнее, из опыта человека, видящего другую несколько сторону описанных ситауций, позволю себе вам сообщить, что та псевдотесторонная агрессия большинства русских мужчин, которой вы здесь пытаетесь бравировать, заканчивается обычно асбсолютно бабскими слезами и скулежом в перевязочной во время хирургической обработки ‘героически’ полученных ран. И, как правило, чем круче и агрессивнее этот ваш ‘настоящий русский мужчина’ – тем в большую размазню и гавно он превращается, когда ему становится больно.

weleska (female):  Exactly because of such Russian pseudo-men it’s better not to leave the house without pepper spray.Вот из-за таких русских псевдомужиков без перцового баллончика из дома лучше не выходить.

polina_delia (female):  Kostya is disgusting. Europeans, though they sat quiet, as if nothing had happened, but in relation to other girls they wouldn’t behave like Kostya. And Russian Kostyas – maybe they fight back for their women, but at the same time they are very happy to “hug” other women, as well. Костик отвратителен. Но Вы сами копнули ту суть: европейцы, хотя и сидят спокойные, будто и не происходило ничего, но как Костик вести себя по отношению к незнакомым девушкам не будут. А российские Костики может быть и за своих баб сдачу и дадут, но и чужих облапать за всегда горазды.

luxmiroir (female):  I’m sick of the macho – men, overfilled with testosterone. As for aggressive alcoholics – would never come close, even for money :).Меня тошнит от мачо – мужчин, переполненных тестостероном. Ну а от агрессивных алкоголиков – за версту не подошла бы, даже за деньги :).

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