What determines whether or not a man is a man?

[PunkRex]

HARD WORK!!! Someone with the strength to push through any situation, emotional or physical, and come out of it stronger. Real men have emotions but struggle on and grow from them. If you need an example Rock Lee and Gai Sensei are perfect. By the way women can acheieve this to. PERSEVERE!!!

 

[manaman]

I don't think a person that truly believes themselves to be a women is a man even if they where born with a penis.

Are you saying that if a man believes with no doubt that he is a woman, is a woman? I kind of agree and disagree with this. Ok here comes some crazy explanation/theroy to what os going on in my head so bear with me.

If your quote is correct could you also say that a fanatical religious person who believes he is god (or what ever he worships), is god?

If someone believed truely that they were an alien with 3 heads does that make them an alien with 3 heads? (ok examples are getting worse so I'll stop there)

Here's where I agree and dsiagree with you. Mentally I guess they are correct and that they truely believe to be what they are. Physically however they are still just going to be people. This applies to this topic. If a person is born with a penis then he is physically a man (unless some sort of disorder thingy gave you the wrong junk but the chances are small) however mentally a man could to be a woman.

This is how I see it anyway. I have simple conversations and take them way too seriously.

What I was saying wasn't so complex. I was saying I keep the terms Man - Women, and Male-Female separate. Your culture determines what makes you a man or women, your genetic makeup determines what makes you male or female.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

Virtue.

Sadly, there are such few men in this world.

 

[ddon]

When he has done something that changed someone else's life for the better. Or found out how to control someone without them realizing it.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

What determines if a man is a man?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkD9kId1jwQ

You beat me to it.

But on a serious note, I'm going to have to agree with the majority and say the fact that he has a penis.

A new born baby has a penis but that doesn't mean he has become a man.

Perhaps. But I don't really think that there is a set time or even that makes you man. I think it's all about when you think that you are a man. If you believe you are than you most likely are, or are just too young and think you are.

 

[peduncle]

if he has multiple wives/girlfriends?
really though, it is a cultural thing that doesn't have a one size fits all

 

[Blue Musician]

Its an important question all guys strive for is the day they can stand tall and proudly say they have become a man! But what is it that truly determines whether or not you have become a man? Some responses would be its the first time you have sex. However others might say its the day you become a father and a loving husband. So share with me in your own words what makes a true man. That goes for both male and female Escapists what do you think makes a man?

Edit: Having a penis makes you a male not a man. Please use your brain if at all possible. Thank you.

I would say when he's psychologically mature.

 

[Nihilism_Is_Bliss]

You're not a man until you've climbed the great wall...

 

[ottenni]

Crocodile wrestling. And if you wish to be king you must box a kangaroo and win. Its a foolproof system.

 

[TIMESWORDSMAN]

Its an important question all guys strive for is the day they can stand tall and proudly say they have become a man! But what is it that truly determines whether or not you have become a man? Some responses would be its the first time you have sex. However others might say its the day you become a father and a loving husband. So share with me in your own words what makes a true man. That goes for both male and female Escapists what do you think makes a man?

Edit: Having a penis makes you a male not a man. Please use your brain if at all possible. Thank you.

What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!

 

[Dags90]

Average age of bone ossification seems like a good arbitrary standard for me for "adult" status.

 

[Serenegoose]

What makes a man a man? His identity. If he says he is, then he is. Why would anybody else presume to know better?

 

[Dark2003]

Being a man is not being afraid of anything

 

[Apretentiousname]

Don't be ridiculous. Go read up on existentialism. People can't be categorized into such hazy and foolish categories. People are who they are, and they aren't "men" or anything like that.

 

[Signa]

Yeah, it's probably the titties.

 

[Hollock]

the y chromosome my friend, the y chromosome. Chromosome.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

A man is a man when his K/D ratio on any CoD game is over 1.0...

...haha just kidding around, then the only people who are man are the least manly men of all.

"A man chooses, a slave obeys"
Would you kindly agree that I just won the thread?

Ahem, thread win. This could be extended with the suffix 'his hat' to say 'A man chooses his hat, a slave obeys his hat' of course giving a more manly approach to the current hat situation embedded into the threads clear underlying of hat implications. Per say.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

Being a man is not being afraid of anything

If that was the case, no one would ever be a man.

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

If he had balls and a dick at birth, he's a man.