Masculinity: What makes you a real man.

[chocolatethunder]

What defines you as a man, besides the obvious organ?

What separates the real men from the boys. What are some respectable characteristics? What makes you a real man?

Strength?
Money?
Knowledge?
Courage?
........TBD

 

[CAswole]

Facial hair and a huge deadlift

 

[BigNattyDaddy]

Ask this to 1000 different people and you will get 1000 different answers. It's kind of like asking what it means to be successful. Some would say it's the amount of money you have. Some might say power. Others would say that having a family and house make them successful.

 

[Sparkyp]

Wife, children and family are first
Respect
Compassion
Charity
Leads by example
Humble
Honest
And yes, hold doors for women.

The macho, arrogant, cocky, obnoxious, loud alpha type male is not a real man. Someone that can kick people’s ass is not a real man. Real men stand by their family, don’t bail when times are hard, takes care of their children, honors their wife, helps others, doesn’t put people down. Lives an honest life.

Don’t get pulled into the stereotype of what men are supposed to be like or what extreme feminists want you to believe

 

[Ripped]

Ok I'll bite lol
That's a good question with probably many answers and might spark a good conversation.
Other than being masculine
I'm wired totally different from my wife we don't think or even approach things the same alot of my decisions are based off of experience without alot of emotion.
We're she is the opposite and uses emotions to make decisions not all the time but the majority.
My weakness is her strengths and hers mine
Sorry for the comparison but I thought it relevant.

 

[chileandawg]

DUTY & Responsability

 

[chocolatethunder]

for me, the biggest thing about what makes a real man is being fearless, having rationalization, and determination. these are qualities i work on having everyday.

you lose you job, you have to be fearless to rationalize a plan to provide. no matter what

somebody holds you up at gun point, you have to be fearless and rationalize a plan of reason so you live.

you get sick, lose somebody you love, have your house burn down, all of it just manifests into something so fucking ugly when you let fear overtake. fear will cripple you.

when you become fearless, when you rationalize, when you have determination and move forward, that’s when you become a man.

and facial hair helps

 

[chileandawg]

Thats the background bud,your in the right track.

 

[chocolatethunder]

Ask this to 1000 different people and you will get 1000 different answers. It's kind of like asking what it means to be successful. Some would say it's the amount of money you have. Some might say power. Others would say that having a family and house make them successful.

right, but what about you?

 

[chocolatethunder]

Wife, children and family are first
Respect
Compassion
Charity
Leads by example
Humble
Honest
And yes, hold doors for women.

The macho, arrogant, cocky, obnoxious, loud alpha type male is not a real man. Someone that can kick people’s ass is not a real man. Real men stand by their family, don’t bail when times are hard, takes care of their children, honors their wife, helps others, doesn’t put people down. Lives an honest life.

Don’t get pulled into the stereotype of what men are supposed to be like or what extreme feminists want you to believe

charity, i like that. often overlooked i would imagine.

 

[chileandawg]

Ask this to 1000 different people and you will get 1000 different answers. It's kind of like asking what it means to be successful. Some would say it's the amount of money you have. Some might say power. Others would say that having a family and house make them successful.

Dont be a lier Family and House are in the same boat but dont have the same priority

 

[chocolatethunder]

Dont be a lier Family and House are in the same boat but dont have the same priority

that’s his perspective and opinion of the conversation, that doesn’t make him a liar.

 

[legendary]

Loyalty, security, honesty

 

[chileandawg]

that’s his perspective and opinion of the conversation, that doesn’t make him a liar.

Comon,it was a sofistic structure.

Like saying Family and House are the same class of objects,imho.

 

[BigNattyDaddy]

right, but what about you?

World domination

 

[flenser]

XY

 

[chocolatethunder]

XY

usually yes but not always.

Jacobsen syndrome
swyer syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome

intersexed people do exist, and it’s not just limited to their sex organs but their chromosomes.

 

[Havah]

usually yes but not always.

Jacobsen syndrome
swyer syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome

intersexed people do exist, and it’s not just limited to their sex organs but their chromosomes.

Oh youre going down a dangerous road

 

[chocolatethunder]

Oh youre going down a dangerous road

in what regards?

 

[Sparkyp]

charity, i like that. often overlooked i would imagine.

Yeah. Basically to give and help others. Be honorable.

Feminists groups and other extreme groups are in the process of attacking masculinity off a perceived idea. There’s an ongoing saying that we are in the process of “feminizing men”

It takes all kinds. What these groups are doing are taking the annoying self entitled college kid who’s loud and treats women like objects rather than people and putting all men in this category. Their trying to paint all men with a broad brush saying we are all pigs, disrespectful, etc. so the political correctness now comes into play.

I don’t buy into this bullshit. Im an individualist. I don’t treat groups of people a certain way. It’s a person by person basis. And my take on masculinity is completely different then what these groups are saying I am.
I’m supposed to feel guilty now for wanting to be masculine. CT, don’t buy into this garbage. Being masculine doesn’t mean you have to fall into the minority of asshole men that are somehow now representing all men.