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#25227 - 04/01/02 08:30 PM
Re: What is Masculinity?
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Member MaleSurvivor
Registered: 05/18/01
Posts: 510
Loc: Los Angeles, California
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I think the mark of a true man is being able to accept and love yourself for who you are and being able to feel and show appropriate emotions that are fitting for the situation. I dont go much for stereotypes and i dont have a lot to prove to anyone, including myself. Does that come anywhere close to answering your question? I loved your question and your first post by the way!  Hugs, John
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I asked him about this law he spoke of, he said,,, *watch* he then asked the others to share about their lives,,, the others talked of how things were for them, how things worked in their lives,,, and as they believed, it was so.
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#25229 - 04/02/02 07:44 PM
Re: What is Masculinity?
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Registered: 03/25/01
Posts: 273
Loc: Huntingtun Beach, CA, US
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This is a good question. I think about that a lot. I think the stereotypes for gender are rediculous. A man who hides behind a facade of strength and is too insecure to show feeling is in a way, very weak. For us, its different, because we had very little choice as to the ways we were forced to adapt. Hiding behind masks is all i've ever known, because it was the only way to hang on.
But if being a man means being strong, id have to agree with that. But i think being tough is exactely what being a survivor of sexual abuse means.
In africa, there are a type of people called bushmen. If you want to know what it means to be strong, i think they are the perfect example.
A bushmans entire life revolves mostly around family. They are humble, egalitarian, and have one of the most happy and peacefull societies in human history. They have survived for thousands of years in an environment where your toughest, most bullheaded marine would probably die of thirst in less than a couple of weeks. Whats more they do it by respecting the amount of resources in thier environment, and respecting and caring for one another.
A few bushman still exist in africa, surviving in the desert. These are real people, of flesh and blood. If you met them you could shake thier hand.
To me, nothing is stonger or more masculine than being kind and mercifull.
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#25230 - 04/05/02 02:52 PM
Re: What is Masculinity?
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Junior Member
Registered: 03/08/02
Posts: 12
Loc: lyme connecticut & nyc
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i can no longer see masculinity within myself, and quite frankly i am comfortable that way. i despise te element in masculinity, it appalls me for some reason. i see myself as asexual , and an imbodiment of every gender, race, sexuality, everything. im a homgolous personality. i am like a universal representation. and i do this becaus its clearly the long term symptom of abuse...sometimes i wish there was something i could do to reverse this manner of perception and thought.....
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