What Is A Man?
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"Man" is the term given to human adult males. Meaning they have an X and a Y chromosome. Attaching any other requisites to the term is nothing more than adolescent posturing.
This is actually something I've never understood. I lost track, while going through my teen and early twenties, of how many times someone would try to get me to do something by attacking my "manhood." "If you were really a man you'd do it!" and what not. Needless to say their attempts always failed. I have been self-conscious and insecure most of my life, but never about that, which makes me wonder why others are taken in by it. In fact, it often seems that the people that society would dub the most "manly" (i.e. bodybuilders, jocks, etc) have always been the ones most intent on proving their "man-ness". If I had to venture a guess I would say that it's because the ideology of proving one's "manhood" is a self-defeating one, because it's based on social comparison. There will always be someone stronger, or tougher, or sexier so basing your self worth on how you compare to others is asking to be put down.
This is actually something I've never understood. I lost track, while going through my teen and early twenties, of how many times someone would try to get me to do something by attacking my "manhood." "If you were really a man you'd do it!" and what not. Needless to say their attempts always failed. I have been self-conscious and insecure most of my life, but never about that, which makes me wonder why others are taken in by it. In fact, it often seems that the people that society would dub the most "manly" (i.e. bodybuilders, jocks, etc) have always been the ones most intent on proving their "man-ness". If I had to venture a guess I would say that it's because the ideology of proving one's "manhood" is a self-defeating one, because it's based on social comparison. There will always be someone stronger, or tougher, or sexier so basing your self worth on how you compare to others is asking to be put down.
A male of the species Homo Sapiens.
I do think, however that that doesn't just apply to this universe. A perfect computer simulation of a person would qualify in my eyes. I even [a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.173347-A-series-of-short-questions"]made a thread[/a] about it.
I do think, however that that doesn't just apply to this universe. A perfect computer simulation of a person would qualify in my eyes. I even [a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.173347-A-series-of-short-questions"]made a thread[/a] about it.
I'm going to have to go with Dracula on this one. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrze-nKw9zQ&feature=video_response]
Uh, I know!
"Take your mind back - I don't know when
Sometime when it always seemed
To be just us and them
Girls that wore pink
And boys that wore blue
Boys that always grew up better men
Than me and you
What's a man now - what's a man mean
Is he rough or is he rugged
Is he cultural and clean
Now it's all change - it's got to change more
'Cause we think it's getting better
But nobody's really sure
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are
See the nice boys - dancing in pairs
Golden earring golden tan
Blow-wave in the hair
Sure they're all straight - straight as a line
All the gays are macho
Can't you see their leather shine
You don't want to sound dumb - don't want to offend
So don't call me a ******
Not unless you are a friend
Then if you're tall and handsome and strong
You can wear the uniform and I could play along
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are
Time to get scared - time to change plan
Don't know how to treat a lady
Don't know how to be a man
Time to admit - what you call defeat
'Cause there's women running past you now
And you just drag your feet
Man makes a gun - man goes to war
Man can kill and man can drink
And man can take a whore
Kill all the blacks - kill all the reds
And if there's war between the sexes
Then there'll be no people left
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are"
And yes, this is not an answer at all.
"Take your mind back - I don't know when
Sometime when it always seemed
To be just us and them
Girls that wore pink
And boys that wore blue
Boys that always grew up better men
Than me and you
What's a man now - what's a man mean
Is he rough or is he rugged
Is he cultural and clean
Now it's all change - it's got to change more
'Cause we think it's getting better
But nobody's really sure
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are
See the nice boys - dancing in pairs
Golden earring golden tan
Blow-wave in the hair
Sure they're all straight - straight as a line
All the gays are macho
Can't you see their leather shine
You don't want to sound dumb - don't want to offend
So don't call me a ******
Not unless you are a friend
Then if you're tall and handsome and strong
You can wear the uniform and I could play along
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are
Time to get scared - time to change plan
Don't know how to treat a lady
Don't know how to be a man
Time to admit - what you call defeat
'Cause there's women running past you now
And you just drag your feet
Man makes a gun - man goes to war
Man can kill and man can drink
And man can take a whore
Kill all the blacks - kill all the reds
And if there's war between the sexes
Then there'll be no people left
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are"
And yes, this is not an answer at all.
For what's a man... what has he got.
If not himself... then he has naught.
To say the things... he truly feels... and no the words... of one who kneels.
The record shows... I took the blows... and did it MY WAY!
If not himself... then he has naught.
To say the things... he truly feels... and no the words... of one who kneels.
The record shows... I took the blows... and did it MY WAY!
quote me and have a look. (it's [ youtube=(insert the code at the end of the video url)]UNKNOWNINCOGNITO said:
