What does it mean to be a MAN?

Question

Just wanna get some opinions on this

I try to do all that I can.

thx to anybody who actually answered this. all the people that think "having a pair of cojones" means your a man, you're very wrong.

Answer 1

Are you kidding? Wow, what a complicated question...
Being a man takes decades. It means growing up, acquiring knowledge, finding your true self, developing morality, learning how to treat others with respect and earning respect for yourself. Being a man means that you can be powerful enough to make anyone back down from doing something wrong and it doesn't necessarily take your fist to do it....while being able to stand up for what you know to be right....again, the fist is not the first way to do that either. Being a man means leading a household and finding a woman who needs you to complete her soul and help her to bring children into this world who will respect and honor you for being a role model. It means getting up and going to work to earn a good living for the family you have created. It means that you will one day teach your sons and daughters about everything from your faith to the best way to tie a good knot in a fishing line. Being a man means that you can and will make a difference in this world because your word is your bond and when you shake someone's hand and look in their eyes, it is as good as any legal document created on earth. I know what it means to be a man because my father was one of the greatest men I ever knew and I watched him be a man and knew that really great men are not the ones on tv or the ones that are not necessarily politicians, but they are the ones who make my nation strong and the ones who have children who love them with their souls. I hope that my sons can be men like their grandfather was (God rest his soul) and my husband is.

Answer 2

It means handling and doing things in a more responsible and mature way. Be someone others will be proud of. Just be an adult with a caring attitude.
I don't know if you can really make the definition of being a man much different from being a responsible adult.
Obviously, there are some things that being a man is only possible for a man, but those are the ones any guy has and can do. LOL

Answer 3

1. Having to come to terms with the idea that other people will look to you to be in charge, making decisions and being in control at all times, to expect you to represent God or a father/authority figure, even though you are human, yet criticize you when you fail, want you to be flexible but think you are weak if you change your mind, to be strong and silent and somehow omniscient and sensitive at the same time.

2. Having to deal with women, being strong for them but at the same time careful with their feelings that you may never understand and don't know how to talk about with them. Somehow magically knowing when to be the strong upper hand and when to back off and just listen and sympathize.

3. I think the very hardest thing is to admit when you are right or wrong and communicating that. You can't stick to your decisions and commitments if they are the wrong ones.

Good luck! I don't envy men but admire any man who can do his job well. I think it takes lots of prayer and support, and forgiving the old ways of the past that don't always work for people, while keeping good traditions that do work well.

I think the only thing worse is being a woman and trying to be successful at that. Whatever job description comes with being me, I think I should have been fired by now!

Answer 4

i have to agree with justin b, fitzovich, bill, josh r, breezey, and DinahLynne. wow. that's a long list. you are definitely going to have a hard time selecting best answer. or maybe you are going to throw it into voting.

anyhow, i wouldn't worry about it. you already have taken responsibility. you are definitely an man. you just have a few things to work on. i do too though. not to mention, my list is a lot longer than yours. forget the whole age difference thing. really! you know, i don't really consider myself to be in the normal 23 year old phase. my older sister was married and had a stable job by now. i seem to be still lost. i do consider you to be a "man" not a "boy". stop trying to be something. just be yourself.

Answer 5

Other than genitally and physically, a man is a person who is independent, honest, strong enough to cry, tough enough to be nonviolent etc.
A real man respects himself enough to respect others.
A real man sees women as his equals and is not threatened by them.
A real man always takes responsibility for his own actions -no excuses, no blaming others.

Answer 6

First you need to grow lots of hair & growl, then you should only eat red meat with lots of salt on it, your only fluid intake should be beer :)
You go out to work & protect your Family She does the cooking & cleaning!!
Please dont thumbs me down Ladies im just joking :)

Answer 7

Being a man means not turning your back your responsibilities. There will be plenty of times when you don't want to. But being a man means stepping up to the plate and doing what is right.

Answer 8

not dong those childish things. being able to reason stuff out on your own and come up with a clever, creative answer/solution. be mature about things. It means "growing up!"

quite frankly, being a man is fine. but being "The Man" is better!

Answer 9

Raise a family and earn people's respect by having integrity and being accountable. Someone people can count on.

Answer 10

It's this whole thing about chromasomes and stuff. You can do all you can, but if you're a woman you'll never be a man, not even with surgery.