"Mad Men" and Manhood

I have spent a lot of time watching "Mad Men" from AMC. It highlights what life was like in the early 60's, right before the huge Counter Culture movement. The writers seem to want to highlight every negative of that time period, naturally being the product of the replacement culture. However, I am...awed at a great deal of what I see there. There is a vast lexicon of body language, assumptions, bits of character, a sense of sophistication and a 'lust for life' which seems missing from how we carry ourselves and what we teach our young men. I am hoping this is not just nostalgia on my part, and it's hard to get the wheat from the chaff of the blatant and (possibly) exaggerated misogyny, alcoholism, emotional distance and consistant and blatant infidelity which occurs...pretty much with every male figure in the show. But there are moments such as when the Lead Don Drapper does something which hurts his company and puts at risk the future and finances of a younger partner. And he mans up and pays for that young man's share of finances. And the entire exchange was carried out with a glance, a look and a raised glass. What are your thoughts on the series, manhood from that time, your experiences from fathers and grandfather (or dare I say) yourself?

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