Being a man

What does it mean to be masculine

I consider myself a centrist on the political scale, the only reason I state this is nowadays people are quick to make assumptions to critique, not debate opinions. I feel there’s two sides of debate on the internet, of this hyper masculine man who’s in peak physical condition and the man who is fully in touch with his emotions, which are both positive but exclude most of the male population.

I think the definition of being a man is “to endure temporary discomfort so others don’t have to”. It’s a vague and broad definition but most likely you can pick times in your life when you’ve been through this.

It’s small things, from giving up a seat on a bus to being a shoulder to cry on, at a general level to being angry at someone but making sure they get home safe.

Being a man is something that shouldn’t be held over, just do what you believe is the right thing to do. And when extremes get thrown into arguments about equality and war, men in the past didn’t fight for themselves, they endured that temporary discomfort so those less fortunate didn’t have to.

And whilst the world changes, how long the temporary lasts will change and so will the discomfort, but seeing people not have to experience that discomfort, whether close or strange, brings comfort.

So stop overthinking what it means to be a man.