There are so many ways to interpret the question "What makes a man?", and I think we've all interpreted it a little differently. Some have thought "What is a man's role?", others "What makes a man different from a woman / child / traffic cone?".

I think there's as many answers to those questions as there are people in the world.

Quote from: Kara on June 13, 2009, 09:57:26 AM
As long as people think that gender roles apply, then what it really means is they do apply.

The previously defined gender roles seem to be largely ignored in the day to day lives of most people (at least in Western society), to the point where most people no longer neatly fit, yet society still rabidly clings to the idea that they exist! 

Joke's on them... the "nuclear family" that so many people think is "the norm", the basis of our society, and the template for gender roles, was nothing more than a fabricated piece of propaganda in the first place .

Man (tm)... brought to you by the RAND Corporation! 

I suppose my experience has been different than yours, because I've seen nothing other than the right-wing Christianized family unit over and over. It would be nice to encounter something different, though.

Quote from: Heartwood on June 09, 2009, 07:48:51 PM
Well, castlevania has an answer for that.

"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!"

I LOL'd

But yeah..good post milliontoone

Nice post.

Define what is a man and what is a women. I think we we need to identify our society. I suggest we first need to define what is human. We then may wish to divide humanity into genders. In some society's this is very important. In others it is not.
What is a man? The opposite to a woman. What is a woman? The opposite to a man. Can men love men? Of course. Can women love women. Of course.
What do I define as opposite? Not sure. Mmmm
Comments welcome

Cindy