This isn’t a bait of some sort, but rather just a self-realization on how we view masculinity. I, for context, am a man, rather a boy who was not treated fairly in regards of being a man.
Growing up, I wasn’t treated well by my father and I would often get the belt whenever I showed signs of femininity or any emotions that could lead me into crying. I had thoughts whether or not I was wrong for having those things, or if being sensitive was wrong. The truth is farther from that.
The idea of masculinity isn’t necessarily about being the biggest and the greatest to the point wherein natural selection won’t affect you due to how godly you are in any sense. Moreover, it is about the responsibilities, not how you present yourself. Yes, you could exhibit feminine traits, but that does not make you less of a man.
There is no reason for you to be dictated by traditionalist ideas archaic in the contemporary world. One must go against the flow of the seas, for getting dragged along with rough waves makes you less of a person with an identity. Going with the flow is a sentiment I undeniably loathe due to how pretentious it sounds. Your life is malleable by you. Just because many people are going through with one thing, that doesn’t mean you must follow suit as well. It makes you no different from the people of the previous years and those in the current world.
Similarly, masculinity is not about being the strongest physically but can also mean being strong mentally. Being strongly willed is something most people are not used to hearing. Yes, you could argue that the sentiment “ mind over matter “ overcomes this argument, but I digress. Mind over matter often refers to situations that are supposed to be succeeded in a physical form, but not over the concerns of the heart. We have been trained to go beyond the feeling of physical pain but not to go beyond and understand the problems of the heart. The heart is often disregarded by the concept of “masculinity” because the physical form is superficial and easily noticed. That, in itself, hurts the innate emotions and feelings people have.
We must not let the previous ideologies hold us back. We might not even think about it, but maybe in a few years time we will be the ones who are unreasonable to the current generation.
Masculinity is not about being all physical, it is also about knowing what you are and what you can feasibly achieve. It does not mean that you must be content with being weak per se, but being able to understand those weaknesses and being able to do something about it. I have been afraid of spiders since then, but slowly I have been regaining a stable wavelength in handling that fear. Being masculine does not mean you can immediately shift into a powerful being, but a process that takes time and effort to understand yourself. Taking care of yourself doesn’t make you less of a man, it is a basic human function that everyone must do.
Realizations in Regards to Masculinity
This isn’t a bait of some sort, but rather just a self-realization on how we view masculinity. I, for context, am a man, rather a boy who was not treated fairly in regards of being a man.
Growing up, I wasn’t treated well by my father and I would often get the belt whenever I showed signs of femininity or any emotions that could lead me into crying. I had thoughts whether or not I was wrong for having those things, or if being sensitive was wrong. The truth is farther from that.
The idea of masculinity isn’t necessarily about being the biggest and the greatest to the point wherein natural selection won’t affect you due to how godly you are in any sense. Moreover, it is about the responsibilities, not how you present yourself. Yes, you could exhibit feminine traits, but that does not make you less of a man.
There is no reason for you to be dictated by traditionalist ideas archaic in the contemporary world. One must go against the flow of the seas, for getting dragged along with rough waves makes you less of a person with an identity. Going with the flow is a sentiment I undeniably loathe due to how pretentious it sounds. Your life is malleable by you. Just because many people are going through with one thing, that doesn’t mean you must follow suit as well. It makes you no different from the people of the previous years and those in the current world.
Similarly, masculinity is not about being the strongest physically but can also mean being strong mentally. Being strongly willed is something most people are not used to hearing. Yes, you could argue that the sentiment “ mind over matter “ overcomes this argument, but I digress. Mind over matter often refers to situations that are supposed to be succeeded in a physical form, but not over the concerns of the heart. We have been trained to go beyond the feeling of physical pain but not to go beyond and understand the problems of the heart. The heart is often disregarded by the concept of “masculinity” because the physical form is superficial and easily noticed. That, in itself, hurts the innate emotions and feelings people have.
We must not let the previous ideologies hold us back. We might not even think about it, but maybe in a few years time we will be the ones who are unreasonable to the current generation.
Masculinity is not about being all physical, it is also about knowing what you are and what you can feasibly achieve. It does not mean that you must be content with being weak per se, but being able to understand those weaknesses and being able to do something about it. I have been afraid of spiders since then, but slowly I have been regaining a stable wavelength in handling that fear. Being masculine does not mean you can immediately shift into a powerful being, but a process that takes time and effort to understand yourself. Taking care of yourself doesn’t make you less of a man, it is a basic human function that everyone must do.