I find "manliness" to be a societal concept that discriminates against men by attempting to paint them in a specific manner and asigning roles to them, effectively encouraging gender roles.
Poll: The Manliness Conundrum
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Some the things I do are considered masculine some feminine and some gender neutral by others. Some might consider my tendency to violence is masculine, some might consider me Singing to be feminine, I don't really identify either of these things in such a way, I don't consider violence to be manly as there are plenty of violent Females (You know meat eater Ants? Those things that charge into battle and eat their enemy alive? They're pretty much all Female) and I don't consider singing to be feminine because there are plenty of Male singers, that and I've never sang in high pitch, always low.
Well, there are specific things that I can think of that are masculine in nature that I wuold consider, maybe not essential, but would add towards a mans manliness. Overall though, unrestricted is manly. If a man admits to liking MLP and dressing up as a woman on the weekends, then he has a lot of balls. So I guess I'd consider that manly.
and like you said, whilst having Rainbow Dash saluting as your Avatar!SPARTANXIII said:
this is actually the best opinion. its also 99% similar to mine! so, what the Spartan said.
A real man is manly not because he follows the set rules or actions that we define manliness with, but because he does these things purely on the basis that he believes such actions are the right thing to do.
Example: A man should not protect women and children around him because society says he should, but because it's what he thinks is his duty. That is manly.
Example: A man should not protect women and children around him because society says he should, but because it's what he thinks is his duty. That is manly.
*checks contents of pants*
Yup, still the same - two hairy legs, a set of marbles and my beloved boingswatter. Guess I'm still a man.
It's fun engaging in silly discussions about manliness with your pals, with all the beer-drinking meat-loving Chuck-Norris-praising goodness it entails, but taking yourself and the topic seriously while doing so is silly in and of itself.
Why would you need affirmation about your manliness from someone else? That speaks of brittle self-confidence.
Yup, still the same - two hairy legs, a set of marbles and my beloved boingswatter. Guess I'm still a man.
It's fun engaging in silly discussions about manliness with your pals, with all the beer-drinking meat-loving Chuck-Norris-praising goodness it entails, but taking yourself and the topic seriously while doing so is silly in and of itself.
Why would you need affirmation about your manliness from someone else? That speaks of brittle self-confidence.
Wasn't implying that they were. Was just the first two relativley common non-masculine things I could think of that some men chose to do for the example.gabmed said:
I'm a man because my genitalia say I am, and I am a man for being able to act with reason and civility. The question should be not be what constitutes the man as "manly" but what makes him a man in comparison to the dogs.
I don't consider myself a manly man (tho i have read the man rules (was gonna post a link but i forgot the site) and the amount of effort it would take to live by the man rules is ridiculous)
Yes. A real man should follow the "man rules", just like a little *****. +++SARCASM CORE SELF TEST COMPLETE+++
Seriously though, a dude who goes around acting a certain way because he thinks that'll please other men? Freud would have a field day with that.
Seriously though, a dude who goes around acting a certain way because he thinks that'll please other men? Freud would have a field day with that.
Well, can't really argue with that for two reasons. Would contradict what I first said. And I've never actually watched it.gabmed said: