What's more manly?

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rutger5000

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Depends on the feeling, and the extend to how much you show.
Sir Broccoli said:
Real men express their feelings by punching a grizzly bear in the face.
Wrong they use a headbut, but yours is close enough.
 

Mordwyl

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A true man knows what are the right emotions to express at the right time. Say, don't take out your frustrations on people that love you. There's a whole world of assholes out there that deserve it.
 

automatron

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A real man doesn't have feelings

Seriously though, it doesn't really matter.
A real man will do what he wants, and doesn't care what others will say/think. If he feels like expresses his emotions, he can. If he doesn't want to, he doesn't have to
 

Torrasque

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No human can bottle their emotions up without serious psychological trauma.
Most "Men" you see in movies and whatnot, deal with their emotions in some other way: drinking, violence, etc.

A real man hunts down his emotions and kills them all until he is left with a cold harsh wasteland with nothing else but himself, a stool, and a never-ending bottle of Irish Whiskey.
 

Sejs Cube

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Being manly is about confidence.

A confident man has emotions, but doesn't feel the need to express or justify them other than where and when appropriate. Likewise he doesn't feel pressured to hide his feelings for fear of how it will reflect on him. A confident man takes ownership of his feelings - they aren't something that run away from him or that need to be harshly suppressed - and thus he is manly.
 

Sunrider

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A real man swallows puny emotions like sadness and grief like it was yesterdays breakfast!
 

Togs

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Erana said:
Bottling up emotions is not a healthy practice. To me, a "Real man" would be able to deal with his feelings in a rational manner.
Wow /thread on the 1st reply, quite an achievement.
Repressing your emotions is well documented at being really bloody unhealthy- so deal with them but keep your composure and dignity.
 

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Tdc2182 said:
I might get a lot of Flak for this, but I'm gonna go with a huge no on this one.

Do you realize how whiny you sound when you constantly express your feelings? It's not even that it makes you sound feminine or what not, you just sound like a baby.

That does not mean that you shouldn't trust loved ones with feelings if they want you to open up to them, but you really have to learn to get a grip on yourself.

It takes much more psychological power to deal with them yourself then to confide in others.

And seriously, what the hell is up with all this new Masculinity denial thread theme week going on recently? Why are people getting so uppity about being a guy?

Reminds me of that South Park episode to tell you the truth.
Again scary amounts of sense being displayed, not used to this on the Escapist.
 

Jackhorse

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Its manly to deal with them. I prefer alone if were shooting for manliness as going crying to others always feels far less masculine to me but it does depend. You have to recognise your own weakness and if you can't deal with it alone don't bottle it up, you have to work towards manliness rather than covering your ears and declaring your already there and don't need anybody. If you can deal with it alone, you don't always need to. You can use others in the confidence you could do without but it is your decision to let them in.

Manliness lies in the balance. You must be strong enough to allow yourself weakness, but never out of weakness.
 

Tiscolfo

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I believe all of you that are giving the cliched answer saw the "answer" before and it felt like posting it here, Use your own thoughts and opinions not someone Else's that is provided, this discussion is for thought not easy "I found the answer on the "interwebs". Thinking for yourself, please learn what that means. The people who bottle it up aren't this "Mask of evil" that represents every "durr" man in society and that the people who blast it out like if they feel mild discomfort aren't "wimps" or to be seen as them. People have problems, some people are born with them, others the environment screws with them (not fallout style :p) , and some have dug such a deep hole they can't get out.

Simple as one sentence, Don't judge people by these things before you get to know them, you have no clue what they're going through.
 

Sharalon

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Expressing emotions is more manly, however I'm not very good at this so I guess I'm not really a man... :(
 
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A true man does both. A true man must know who to share his emotions with and who to hide them from; for he who knows a man's innermost feelings knows how to cause ruin in that man.
 

Sharalon

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Tiscolfo said:
Sharalon said:
Expressing emotions is more manly, however I'm not very good at this so I guess I'm not really a man... :(
Who say's its more manly?
You got me kinda confused here... I think that I just did. As with everything else this is my subjective opinion.

I'm sorry if I didn't answer your question properly.
 

Jonluw

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Jordi said:
I definitely don't think that expressing your feelings is manly. I mean, by what possible definition of manliness could you argue that expressing your feelings is manly? Because you're a guy and you do it? Well, if there's one other guy who doesn't, then there goes your argument. Do you think it takes more courage or a lack of interest in what others think about you? Fine. But then that also applies to a guy wanting to dress up like a drag queen.

I'm not saying that expressing your feelings isn't the right thing to do, but that doesn't make it manly to me. I'm less sure about whether I actually think it is "unmanly" or just not related to the concept of manliness at all.
Yeah, that was pretty much what I was going to say.

By the traditional definition of manly, at least, it is not manly. Honestly, I think this whole 'expressing your feelings is manly' movement is just an attempt to artificially change the standards of what's manly.

You could argue that expressing your feelings doesn't make you less manly, but it certainly doesn't make you more manly.