Right there, when you read that word, you had a flood of associations, both conscious and unconscious. What being a man is, what it entails, what it doesn't entail.
And somewhere else, someone else read that same word and came up with a completely different meaning.
All my life, I've had an inner conflict between what I was told was manly and what I believed was manly. I collected My Little Ponies, but for me they were War Ponies and shot lasers at each other. I've always gotten along well with women, and found men to be abrasive and uncouth.
So where does that leave a blog about being a man?
Here's what I'm getting at: Masculinity is a cultural construction. It changes with time, region, an individuals. Everyone has their own approach. This blog documents mine. I think the state of men in America is sad, approaching pathetic. I think we can change. I think we can be better.
Seriously though the ponies fought each other, it was the Trojan War of Ponies all up ins. It was totally manly. Seriously.
