"Real Men"
Real men don’t ask; they tell.  (Real men don’t care what others think.)Real men are dominant.
DR. MANHATTAN: Pay attention.  You will all return to your homes.RIOTER: Oh, yeah?  And what if we don’t, ya big blue fruit?DR. MANHATTAN: You misunderstand me.  It was not a request.[The rioters disappear.]LAURIE: Jesus.DR. MANHATTAN (internal monologue): The next day, I am reading in the paper of two people who suffered heart attacks upon suddenly finding themselves indoors.  More would have suffered during a riot, I’m certain.Alan Moore, Watchmen issue 4, December 1986.

Real men don’t ask; they tell.  (Real men don’t care what others think.)
Real men are dominant.

DR. MANHATTAN: Pay attention.  You will all return to your homes.

RIOTER: Oh, yeah?  And what if we don’t, ya big blue fruit?

DR. MANHATTAN: You misunderstand me.  It was not a request.

[The rioters disappear.]

LAURIE: Jesus.

DR. MANHATTAN (internal monologue): The next day, I am reading in the paper of two people who suffered heart attacks upon suddenly finding themselves indoors.  More would have suffered during a riot, I’m certain.

Alan Moore, Watchmen issue 4, December 1986.