(September 4, 2023 at 5:29 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: I've been told plenty of times that I'm not a real man. Which is in part what led me to abandon the label of man altogether, so I guess they're now right, lol.
But the criteria for what counts as a 'real man' is fairly vague.
For me, the message I got from my surrounding UK culture was that a 'real man' was a tall, physically strong, adult heterosexual male, with a deep voice, who had killed other men in combat, could drink prodigious amounts, ate lots of meat, was fully independent, never displayed fear or sentimentality, had a large number of sexual conquests, enjoyed playing sports, and was an expert in engineering and DIY.
What message did you recieve in your culture about what constituted a 'real man'?
No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.
A real man would be the one who showed up to help Horatius.
