philmonroe
Superstar
Same simple things that have been said already by others
The idea of Masculinity: is it harmful or helpful to today's black male youth?
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Help is good. To depend on another is not
MrPentatonic
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If anything it's the lack of masculine principles that's got young men fukked up.
Laziness, dishonour, no principles, no pride, no loyalty, bitterness and being a hater, jealousy, self doubt, responsibility avoidance, poor conflict resolution, dependency issues, attention seeking, non-competitiveness, contempt in stagnation and the harbouring of victim mentalities.
bytchmade & toxic traits. You can even see some of these traits everyday in a lot of posters
Laziness, dishonour, no principles, no pride, no loyalty, bitterness and being a hater, jealousy, self doubt, responsibility avoidance, poor conflict resolution, dependency issues, attention seeking, non-competitiveness, contempt in stagnation and the harbouring of victim mentalities.
bytchmade & toxic traits. You can even see some of these traits everyday in a lot of posters
Suleiman Bey
Banned
You're foolish. If you have a business, you're dependant on your customers. if you are a fisherman you're dependent on the waters and the fish. Independence doesn't exist.
It's what I see in the schools, streets and tvs.
I live among it, i have every right to speak on it.
Abstract83
Superstar
Without reading the thread, My idea of masculinity as a black man is being responsible for your actions right or wrong. Standing up for yourself/ Not taking any shyt from women or men. Treating people with respect and vice versa. Be a man of ur word.
I believe masculinity is not defined by how manly u think u are. That shyt is only used to intimidate men and to impress women. Its ok to display confidence And a little arrogance as long as it's a balance of humor mixed in. Im mostly speaking about my self and how i move in this world.
The media loves to push an agenda thru movies and music to be this tough cool character that's a threat to any and everyone but a tamed beast when it comes to women (sorta like the hulk in avengers). U can destroy the world but p*ssy is the only road block that's stopping u from doing that. Its a beautiful story in fiction but in reality its getting us killed easily.
This tough image that some of us crave to imitate often gets us side track from real issues. In so many ways it makes us hate each other, hate our women, and most importantly hate ourselves. We're constantly begging for attention. We got most of these women chasing a false narrative of what they perceived a man to be. And it's being passed down thru generations. There's no one think power amongst us black men. Too much ego, attention whoring from men and women, not enough leadership mixed with intelligence and common sense being pushed these days.
I believe masculinity is not defined by how manly u think u are. That shyt is only used to intimidate men and to impress women. Its ok to display confidence And a little arrogance as long as it's a balance of humor mixed in. Im mostly speaking about my self and how i move in this world.
The media loves to push an agenda thru movies and music to be this tough cool character that's a threat to any and everyone but a tamed beast when it comes to women (sorta like the hulk in avengers). U can destroy the world but p*ssy is the only road block that's stopping u from doing that. Its a beautiful story in fiction but in reality its getting us killed easily.
This tough image that some of us crave to imitate often gets us side track from real issues. In so many ways it makes us hate each other, hate our women, and most importantly hate ourselves. We're constantly begging for attention. We got most of these women chasing a false narrative of what they perceived a man to be. And it's being passed down thru generations. There's no one think power amongst us black men. Too much ego, attention whoring from men and women, not enough leadership mixed with intelligence and common sense being pushed these days.
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Superstar
I agree with you up to an extent.
philmonroe
Superstar
I ain't going to lie if you just said be yourself I wouldn't even quoted it was just that example where I was like nah son lol. I don't think you have to be super masculine and honestly outside of the confines of online where cats seem to see/hear the most outlandish shyt most people don't even have interactions with all these "super" masculine people. The reason is most people are just regular dudes.
1 other person
Superstar
Masculine = Assertive
Feminine = Passive
Feminine = Passive
Im terrible at analogies and shyt like that. But yea, my whole thing is about people just being what they are and not this strange idea of masculinity.
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
Word, we gotta address this so we can go toward some solutions.
philmonroe
Superstar
Oh you still in school? Carry on then didn't know I was interacting with teenagers.
philmonroe
Superstar
Aint no word y'all nikkas don't even talk about this shyt IRL. I bet you do though? Instead if talking about normal shyt you and all the other cats talk about make masculinity? Gotcha fam