There was a time when men were men & the women were glad of it.

Once upon a time, being a man was a great thing. It meant you could do great things!

These days men keep quiet. When a couple is interviewed, on some news program or reality show, see how often the man is mostly silent and lets the woman talk. Men feel they are somehow guilty of all the abuse, the violence, all of it.

In divorce settlements, time and again, the woman gets the kids and the house and the man walks away. A bit hard to buy another house in Sydney or Melbourne these days. Who ends up doing better?

Seems we've let things move a bit too far.......

What makes a man is his plumbing. Namely the anatomy and biology of a man. Everything else that is related goes into what makes a good man, a strong man, or common characteristics and stereotypes of men. The topic of what makes a good man is a topic that is now a days often neglected instead of actively taught, which is a sad state of reality. Instead more often then not "all a man is" is a topic to criticize, just as the article points out.

But regardless good or not, the only factor that should matter for what a man is, is that the anatomy of a person is a man's anatomy. If they have that then they are real men regardless of any other individual or cultural characterists that they have as well. The coined phrase of being a "real man" in today's culture is expecially ironic due to the positions of gender identity politics muddying the issue, as well as the characteristics any group wants to argue for what makes good men or strong men.

Any talk of plumbing will arouse the ire of the feminist brigade.
See if they respond....

The demonisation of men is real. I wrote about that to an ALP politician in Maribyrnong in 2016 and two days later Victoria Police came to my home ready to arrest me.

Anger is inevitable but the solution will be for the majority of decent people to reject the crap: https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/2018/08/31/gender-and-society-calling-out-hysteria/

For the heterosexual majority, the question of what is a man cant be divorced from the context of what are women to us.

I have been a midwife for over 30 years.

"I fully agree with the previous author. I have long believed that the generally accepted concepts of masculinity or femininity are only questions of our bodies. Many standards in our society are imposed on people, which is why some may be uncomfortable in society.

But I went to this thread to discuss with you one problem regarding the male body. I am 44 years old and in time I have to resort to using stimulants to have a full sexual life. I plan to go to the doctor and get a prescription for this treatment https://trustmeds.com.au/generic-viagra-australia (this is due to some problems with my health, but they are not significant yet). I would like to hear advice from mature men and how you cope with the difficulties associated with age and potency. I am sure that this is not a problem and this should not be ashamed. To discuss this and share the experience will be most likely. Isn't it ?"