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Originally Posted by blueshirt222
You know when people love to post "inspirational sayings" on FB? I came across this gem recently:
"A man’s rite of passage is loving a woman with all of his heart.
Until a man can love a woman the way she deserves to be
loved, he’s still a boy. "
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Completely wrong. Men are measured by their accomplishments in life. Look at Shakespeare.
And love does not exist in terms of relationships with someone you are not related to. Just doesn't work that way seeing how attraction works.
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Originally Posted by blueshirt222
I have no problem with a man loving a woman with all of his heart but considering it a "rite of passage"
that defines whether he transitions from a boy to a man if he doesn't love a woman the way she "deserves"
to be loved? Ugh.
Can you imagine switching the genders and how offensive this would immediately sound to women?
"A woman’s rite of passage is loving a man with all of her heart.
Until a woman can love a man the way he deserves to be
loved, she’s still a girl. "
Sounds like something from the 1950's on how to be a good housewife, doesn't it?
Yet, in 2014, we have no trouble at all defining the passage into manhood by how well a given man loves a woman as much as she "deserves" to be loved.
While I am at it, I am a little sick and tired of this notion in our society that manhood is something that must be earned by doing X.
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Feminism at its finest..!
All these guys living in a generation from which most men are weak and needy. Why do you think Elliot Rodgers happened? That type of sh*t is the reason I'm here spreading enlightenment.
Manhood is earned by dominating your mind. Not other people.
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Originally Posted by blueshirt222
"If you don't do X you are not a real man and are still a boy."
In my mind, you become a man when you reach the age of majority. Whether or not you are a good man or a bad man is another issue but since when is manhood itself up to society and usually women to define it's threshold?
The sentiment above just REEKS of entitlement and shaming language. You don't "deserve" to be loved just by virtue of being born a specific gender. Love is a two way street.
Sexism is also a two way street. It's sexist to think women deserve special treatment or should be placed on a pedestal just because they are female.
Now, I love my wife with all of my heart and do little and big things all the time to show her this, as she does for me but that's because we are compatible, we love each other and have put effort into the relationship. It also had a large degree of luck involved as I know plenty of good people, male and female who have not had the fortune of meeting their true loves yet.
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Sexism isn't real. Discrimination is real.
Both genders have their limits and have their strengths that the other does not. Women tend to be a bit more caring while men are typicality more stronger. Of course there will always be people who fall in between the cracks. But in this society, it's raising boys to become more feminine and women to become more masculine. Trying to fit a circle in a square.
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