What Is A Man?

[Bobic]

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[hamster mk 4]

A man is a male human that contributes more to his civilization's well being than he detracts from it. Anything less can not truly be called a man.

 

[inflamessoilwork]

Someone with XY chromosomes

 

[Eumersian]

That may depend. While the presence of a Y chromosome in the set of sex chromosomes almost always yields a male, there are numerous cases that say otherwise. There may be a female who has both an X and a Y, but is phenotypically female because her Y chromosome is lacking the "sex-determining region Y" (SRY) which codes for for the "testis-determining factor" (TDF), a protein that forms undifferentiated embryonic gonadal tissue into testes.

Conversely, there can also be a male with two X chromosomes as one of their X chromosomes has the SRY on it, presumably due to an error in crossing-over during meiosis.

As for the thing about reaching adulthood, that sounds right.

 

[Outright Villainy]

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Now that I'm done finishing people's references...
A man is a silly little ape-descended creature largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, who still thinks digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

The first thing I thought was Douglas Adams. I'm almost certain that was in the books somewhere...

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

All of the best things to say have been taken. I am disappointed.

Man: Responsible for a whole lot of crap since forever.

 

[dsmops2003]

http://vodpod.com/watch/355045-kindergarten-cop-moment

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

The ability to open a pot of jam

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

A real man is a human, with a penis, that loves women. That's pretty much all it takes.

Eh hem.

Whut?

Pretty striaght forward. I believe I said it all.

Ahahahaha, I thank you... so much.

 

[Connor Lonske]

A man is someone who makes his girlfriend come first.

A man is someone who takes care if his family.

A man is someone who can cry without shame.

A man is someone who can beat COD4 on Veteran.

Every man must live by this. {/sarcasm]

 

[The Undoer]

"A man chooses, a slave obeys."

Ninja'd, sort of. Though, I only just noticed the thread, and I was gonna post that

 

[neoman10]

2% of DNA is man's identity

that is all

but, of course, the Beatles are SUPERmen

 

[Sleekgiant]

The ability to admit your wrong

 

[AlchemicalGod]

A man is one who can both take responsibility for, and unterstand the consiqunces of his actions, one who can both raise his hands in defeat and in victory with honor. A Man Is someone who can uses his hands to Gracefully shake hands as easily as accepting one. And I must say, I've yet to meet a one.

(I'm male in case that comes up, and straight, again just in case)

 

[Infernai]

What is it that makes a man a man?
Is it his origins, the way things start?
No, its the choices he makes..
Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.

 

[Umberphoenix]

What is beauty? The answer is a gun. That don't work. More gun.

But, seriously, the question you should be asking is: what is love?

 

[Dapsen]

A p-p-pathetic creature of meat and bone.

what are you, a penguin?

what are you, a gay fish?
sorry i just couldnt help myself

 

[keillord]

Alright, my fellow Escapists.

By your own definition:

What Is A Man? (bonus points if you name the reference)

Thank you for your posts and time, they are greatly appreciated.

"If one is born as a male, at least once in his life, he'll dream of becoming the strongest man alive." from: &#12464;&#12521;&#12483;&#12503;&#12521;&#12540;&#20995;&#29273; (Grappler baki)

 

[The Riddler]

A miserable pile of secretes. But yea, it's a human male, counterpart to a human female.