A Little About Manhood Discussions
In many liberal circles, if I define manhood I will probably be yelled at. After all, what is manhood other than a social convention? (#sarcasm)
Still, I see a few things that are important to being a man. A man takes responsibility for himself. A man takes care of those he loves. This manifests itself through things like holding a job, not getting drunk every night, showering, not being whiny, etc.
Yet that definition will piss off a few extreme feminists. Why is that? Well they would argue that everything I said above is not inherently male and it is sexist to attribute these qualities to men only.
Se what was done there? My original point was about manhood and what it takes to be a man. The argument is that those qualities are not only male, and its sexist to suggest so.
This perverts the original statement.
I think what happens much of the time when some of us discuss what it means to be a man is that some people get offended and think the discussion divides men and women. But that's not the case. At least, it's certainly not a part of what I believe it takes to be a man.
The division I make is between men and boys. It's about how a male adolescent becomes and adult. It's not about a difference between men and women, it's about boys and men.
Maybe sometime I'll flesh this idea out a little more. There really isn't any particular incident that I'm referring to. I just kind of started thinking about the topic the other day and came to the above conclusion.
Still, I see a few things that are important to being a man. A man takes responsibility for himself. A man takes care of those he loves. This manifests itself through things like holding a job, not getting drunk every night, showering, not being whiny, etc.
Yet that definition will piss off a few extreme feminists. Why is that? Well they would argue that everything I said above is not inherently male and it is sexist to attribute these qualities to men only.
Se what was done there? My original point was about manhood and what it takes to be a man. The argument is that those qualities are not only male, and its sexist to suggest so.
This perverts the original statement.
I think what happens much of the time when some of us discuss what it means to be a man is that some people get offended and think the discussion divides men and women. But that's not the case. At least, it's certainly not a part of what I believe it takes to be a man.
The division I make is between men and boys. It's about how a male adolescent becomes and adult. It's not about a difference between men and women, it's about boys and men.
Maybe sometime I'll flesh this idea out a little more. There really isn't any particular incident that I'm referring to. I just kind of started thinking about the topic the other day and came to the above conclusion.
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