Be a man?
@positiveminded1977 (7072)
India
February 13, 2013 2:58am CST
What on earth does it really mean? Men are told to "be a man" while women are told "not to forget that they are women." I am woman and has been told so on one or two occasion. Left me speechless. Have you ever been told to "be a man" or "not to forget that you are a woman?" How would you respond?
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb 13
As a young boy I was taught that boys don't cry, and as a man he shouldn't show his weaknesses and should certainly not cry, So if being a man is not crying, I'd rather not be a man, anything but. I want to be in touch with my feelings, I want to be able to cry without it being seen as unmanly or non-macho. Why kind men have sensitive sides, why can't men be feminine? I actually think saying to someone be a man is quite insulting and quite patronizing to be honest.
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@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
15 Feb 13
You are right! That's exactly what I feel too, and I also feel that men and women should just be allowed to be human.
@marguicha (222967)
• Chile
15 Feb 13
When I was a girl there used to be a lot more of that where I live. Now this is changing and it is more important to be a good person than to have certain qualities that used to be asociated with a certain gender.
@extremefun4fun (2908)
• India
13 Feb 13
I hurt too much when I hear that I am a Man, I used to say and I am a lady the one has given birth to you and make you this much... that you will be able to say I am a Man! and it is just becuse of Women.
