Dad to Son: Be “More Manly!” (What Is This, 1950?)

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John Schwartz tells a tale of two brothers on the road to manliness.

“When I tell people I’m bisexual, everyone seems to think ‘Oh he’s gay, just not totally comfortable with it yet.’ It’s infuriating.”

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These are comments by Doug and Jack on the post “How Not to Be a Jerk to Your Bisexual Friend”.

“I attended a homophobic, hyper-masculine all-male high school, and I listened to a lot of punk and hardcore as an outlet for my feelings there.”

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This is a comment by Evin Carty on the post “Is Music the Last Sanctioned Outlet for Men to Express Their Emotions?”

“Funerals for Males 101″

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These comments were from Archy and PursuitAce on the post “Five Important Things Women Don’t Know About Men”

“There are intangibles to playing sports: self-discipline, overcoming hardship, facing fear, camaraderie.”

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This is a comment by Rick on the post “Real Men Don’t Watch Sports”. While sports sometimes have a tendency to seem violent and bring out hostile “manly” attitudes, someone who has lived through them has a different perspective.

“I remember hypo-mania episodes: energy bursts, hyper-sexual, and irritable. I felt like the wolf man.”

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This is a comment by Miguel on the post “The Trouble with Monogamy and Mental Illness”.

Paid to Stay out of the Way

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Most boys learn to be a “real man” from their dad. Mine paid me to stay out of his way.

Measuring My Manhood: Faith and Machismo

It's THIS big.

The Registered Runaway compares himself to the “macho Christian” image some pastors espouse, and finds neither he nor Jesus Christ measure up.

“Don’t worry: women will be attracted to your manliness if you exert the right attitude.”

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This is a comment by Matt on the post “The Male Body: Repulsive or Beautiful?”

“Now, I’m getting my MFA in Poetry and it might be because Tupac made poetry okay.”

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This is a comment by Christian Coleman on the post “The Battle For Gay Rights is a Wrestling Match Over Masculine Identity”.

“Shame is a pervasive evils that suppresses men from fully expressing their feelings.”

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These are comments by tgolden and James Nakamura on the post “The Man Behind the Mask”.

“Your sexual activity does not make you a man. Things like compassion, honor, and honesty do.”

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Æther talks about how to start having the kind of sex you want while attracting the kind of partners you want.

“There are side effects to behaving like men are automatically untrustworthy.”

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This is a comment by Daniel B on the post “When Men Fear Women”.

My Wife Likes My Beard and So Does My Girlfriend

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As a married man, I must say, its important to me what my girlfriend thinks about how I look.

“The problem with the ‘horndog male’ role isn’t the role itself, but the why behind it.”

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This is a comment by Danny on the post “Confessions of An Ex-Sex Kitten”.

“I remember when I was a young lad, my hero was Stephen Hawking.”

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This is a comment by Jake on the post “Who Are Your Real-Life Heroes”.