Men: Our Turn

AverageSe7en31

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Hello my fellow men, ALL men:

I hope your day is going well. Im going to keep this brief for the question itself is a simple one:

When you think of the man you want to embody, what are YOUR personal standards for this "manliness." There is no wrong answer. Let's try to build some camaraderie here.


Now, I asked a relatively same question a couple days ago in the "ask a woman" section. There's some very enlightened and caring women on this site.

I hope a discussion like this can show us how similar we actually are. Sometimes expressing ourselves it makes us feel like are uniqueness will make us different, never realizing that actually these are the things that connect us the most! (When done healthy)

Again guys take this seriously. I will respond so if you want to be aggressive, I was in the military I have no problem snapping some discipline into a man. Honestly, I ask to please respect first, opinion second.

Really reflect on yourself. Get motivated on what makes you tick! Express it! Let's show this website how unique we as men are!

My personal standard: I believe I am at my best when I am protecting the ones I love. When I'm saving a person's life. When I'm so close to my lover that we could swear we share the same flesh...true security. When I am honest to the face of my greatest fears. When I kiss my baby's forehead. These "acts" make me a "man" because for some reason, when I commit them I feel like I am the very glue that is holding these moments together and it gives me a feeling that life is only meant to be shared...and I have a part in that.

I'm excited to hear what you guys got!

Be brave, be bold, be you!

- A7
 
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Sagittarius84

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I read that thread, Not especially surprised as to how it turned out, but that's a different subject.

That all being said my personal metric for manliness lies in restraint: The idea of balancing the real world imperative to build up one's own value, power, and privilege only to never leverage it in a way that purposely disadvantages nor harms someone else. It's building all of the potential destructive capabilities inherent to traditional masculinity, while exercising the restraint to not use them. Manliness is essentially nuclear deterrence.
 

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The man I want to embody is a human.

Aside from the anatomical & physiological differences between male and female bodies most of what is defined as masculine and feminine is based on cultural stereotypes which create the gender roles in which we are/were indoctrinated.

My standard is to break out of the confines of those stereotypes, become a whole human being and accept and respect all others wherever they're at in their individual journeys. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I fail. It's a work in progress. :cool: