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Column Six
Summerfest rocks on
A tiger in his tank The machismo side effects of a kid's first car BY LARRY COTÉ
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In contrast to a slow afternoon in blazing heat, cooler temps on Saturday night saw the crowds come out to hear the music at Summerfest.
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OR MANY MALES, likely one of their most cherished memories is their first car. Not the dad’s family sedan, but the first one with their name on the ownership. I’m not excluding females here, but it seems there were fewer car buffs within their ranks than in the other gender. Perhaps their most cherished memories were more altruistic and purposeful than those enamoured with motor vehicles. That first car for many guys seemed unmistakably symbolic of their passage into some higher level of masculinity. Racing stripes, wheel covers, fender skirts, mud flaps, straight pipes, and a trunk full of other auto accessories were somehow equated with the traits of masculinity for some males. Decorated and individualized from grill to tail pipe, these customized vehicles paraded the streets and
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