(September 4, 2023 at 7:01 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Maybe a ‘real man’ would be the single dad who works two jobs to make sure his kids are taken care of, or the divorced dad who never misses a child support payment or visitation with his kids.
Maybe a ‘real man’ is the guy who stops to help someone change a tire, when the stranded motorist isn’t a pretty 5’6” blonde with big boobs, or the bloke who mows his neighbour’s lawn for free because the neighbour is an elderly pensioner.
Or the ‘real man’ could be the one who doesn’t care about someone else’s gender, skin tone, accent, or sexual habits, as long as that someone is a good person.
A ‘real man’ doesn’t beat his kids or his wife, doesn’t abuse animals, understands that the woman who rejects him isn’t a lesbian, and doesn’t think there’s such a thing as ‘woman’s work’.
There’s a difference between ‘manliness’ and ‘machismo’.
Boru
This reminds me of a track by Genesis Elijiah called G. (I disagree about the "snitch" part).
I've been the man from a youth
Always a stand up youth
Never back stabbed no people
No underhanded moves
No underhanded motives
Loyalty's a standard move
I was raised by real badman
And that's how real badman move
And there might be some confusion
About what a real G is
Real G's make their own money
Real G's raise their kids
Real G's don't hit women
That's to a G that's a bitch
Real G's ain't no rapist ain't no racist
Ain't no snitch