Popular British feelings drama Downton Abbey, with all its
costumes and emotions and politeness, should in no way appeal to
men. (Straight men, anyway.) We're actually sure there's a law
on the books that makes it illegal for hetero men to watch
British period dramas (there's a famous Chariots of Fire
loophole, of course). And yet some foolish, strange souls flout
the law and watch Downton anyway. What weird chemistry is at
work in these men's brains? What curious desire is afire in
their hearts? An intrepid reporter for The Philadelphia Daily
News endeavored to find out, and the answers she found were...
Ha, well, they sort of made up a hilarious/wonderful catalog of
denial about why dudes are into this namby-pamby show.  The
explanations found in the article:    • "'There's not a whole
lot of World War I dramas. Not a lot of people do that time
period. World War II is exhausted.'"   • "many men cited the
time period, saying they enjoyed watching the shift in
technology from the first season when a car was v