it just divided a big fraud into equal
parts the word masculinity has
connotations of barbarism and a feral
nature perhaps new you imagine a man at
the peak of his physical fitness a man
who can possibly would send months in
the wilderness and bear the elements of
appease you imagine a man and defend
himself from any danger whether it be
animals nature or other men however that
other have to be of an ocean of
masculinity being the pinnacle of
gentleman penis you imagine a man who
holds of morals and high pedestal and
always stand by what he says come on
open the door for women and his neatly
dressed the groomed whilst you’re not
completely mistaken and having these
connotations the notion of masculinity
being about either one with no regard
for the other should you happen is not
only which they can but leighton foolish
you see half of you thinking about good
men the other half of you are thinking
about a man who are good and being men
I’ll begin by explaining the latter as
the media has been fascinated with this
ideal it’s been used to create movie
villains stick of non masculinity and
criticize celebrities actions a man
who’s good at being a man has the
qualities and characteristics that would
have made him an efficient hunter
fighter and protector several hundreds
of years ago these qualities as writer
Jack Donovan were put in his books
articles and teachings or strength
courage mastery and honor
the for tactical virtues he mentions in
his book the way of men a man with no
strength is weak man without courage of
the coward mouth of mastery is
incompetent and a man without honor is
it joke men are stronger than women
biology and 4 million years of evolution
could not care less how offended this
David makes you biologically men are
physically stronger than women
in addition men need to be stronger not
only to attract the potential mate but
to survive nowadays men have forgotten
the value of strength because they don’t
need it today’s society of comfort ease
safety and softness nowadays we think of
strength building as an activity for
meatheads
and bros however there’s much more to
this strength building not only
increases one’s health and well-being
but also in parts of many metaphorical
life lessons teaches resilience
discipline and toughness courage courage
is the will to exert said strength
despite the odds presented Aristotle
defined courage as the mean between fear
and recklessness a coward stalks suffers
from a debilitating fear the things that
are mostly harmless a reckless man takes
unnecessary risks that puts him and the
ones you care about in danger courageous
man knows when to take a risk and when
it is unnecessary mastery is how
developed a man’s craft is if we’re
talking about men who are good at being
men you might talk about crops such as
fighting hunting or devising strategies
that’s why it’s paramount for every man
to learn how to fight to learn how to
take a punch to the face to practice
martial arts and self-defense systems to
practice and love violence to become a
human weapon
strong and courageous man without
mastery is basically an overgrown child
who has no idea what he’s doing
honor honor – probably the trickiest one
– the scrub bread McKay from The Art of
Manliness calm says that traditional
honor comes in two types
horizontal and vertical horizontal honor
is the mutual respect and an exclusive
honor truly an honor who can be anything
from sports team to a band or a fire
brigade you don’t earn this respect or
honor but simply existing as a human
being you’re not entitled to it rather
something that must be earned and sought
after it’s also paramount that this
honor can be lost for example think of a
rugby team where as long as you show up
the trainings put in an effort you can
stay on the team now four players
started slacking off not showing up to
trainings and not pushing himself this
is going to bring the team’s performance
level down so if the court doesn’t cut
them all his teammates will bully him
and shame him into quitting it’s
effective there has to be minimum
standards for inclusion and whoever
fails to meet these standards must be
cut off honor and egalitarianism are
mutually exclusive vertical honor is
given to the member of the other group
who excels in meeting these standards
and it’s outstanding from the glue the
Honor group is hierarchical and
competitive and this is what drives its
members into bettering themselves and
excel so vertical honor is giving to
that member who stands out it brings
privileges and his team from his peers
now returning to the analogy of a rugby
team the player has a particularly good
season where he puts in a tremendous
amount of effort makes the tackle scores
the trials and up performs as peers
to bring admiration and respect from
others most importantly from his peers
now that’s a man who’s good at being a
man a man who are the qualities that
would have made him an efficient hunter
fighter and protector several hundreds
of years ago now contrastingly the
definition of a good man is very
different to the affirmation and it’s
extremely ambiguous as it changes from
religion – religion from culture to
culture it changes with your arrow
changes if your European changes if your
australian appears spaniard your
definition of a good man will be
different than if you’re Japanese it he
been or should I say especially changes
from social class of social class being
a good man has more to do with your
morals and virtues one could be a
basement-dwelling troglodytic with only
movements consist of food collection and
bowel movements but they’re respectful
third trustworthy if still technically
be considered a good man this virtuous
nature is often referred to by today’s
society as being in touch with your
feminine side
however I profoundly disagree with this
as these virtues and morals have been a
key component of a rich balanced
masculinity and have been this way for
hundreds of years now to reach the
pinnacle of modern masculinity one must
have a perfect balance between these two
one could be ‘extra mentally physically
fit that fit athlete or very skilled
hunter or proficient in every single
martial arts I belong to man or all
three combined like Bruce Wayne however
you’re not a good man
you’re not a loving husband if you’re
not a good father you’re not tough
you’re not resilient if you’re not
trustworthy you’re far from the
archetypal ideal of what a man is
likewise if you have all the unfermented
virtues and qualities but you don’t have
a sense of physical sense of adventure
the desire and strive to have strength
courage mastery and honor
you’re also far from the archetypal idea
of of where man is I believe that a
balance between these two is paramount
for any man who aspires to be the better man