Machismo and the idea of manhood
The idea of manhood, in this framework, is usually linked to masculinity: the quality of masculine. That is why the manhood is related to those attributes that, traditionally, are attributed to men: physical strength, courage, gentlemen, etc.These thoughts, of course, have a macho dye. Women can also have physical force and be brave: so establish a link between manhood as a male condition and those qualities attempts against gender equality.
Manhood, on the other hand, can mention positive qualities of a human being in general. In this framework, the expression of good manhood is used to refer to the honesty, honesty and integrity of someone. Sounds strange, however, to point out that a woman has "good manhood", demonstrating once again the machismo inherent in this type of language constructions.It can even be understood that manhood refers to the positive qualities of a man who does not incur machismo. In this context, the subject who shows his manhood is one who respects women and acts correctly from a moral point of view. Another look adds that manhood should not be associated with physical strength or a misunderstood courage that is exercised through violence.
The more we open our minds to diversity and gender equality, the more it is difficult for us to understand terms such as this and expressions that tend to divide and put the heterosexual man above the rest of the people. Let us not forget that machismo not only attentive against heterosexual women but against anyone who was not born with male genital organs and is recognized as a man who sexually attracts women sexually.
In other words, the use – and misuse – of the term manhood can negatively affect an important part of the human population. Homosexual men, for example, are usually victims of comments that question their masculinity, as if it were linked to their sexual tastes. Returning to the process – but existing – of cultural renewal that we are going through to gradually approach a state of mental openness, we know that there are so many examples of male homosexual men, physically strong and reckless as possible heterosexuals, weak and cowardly, cowardly,Among many other intermediate combinations.
The personality features of each individual cannot be inferred from their sexual orientation, but are formed as a result of complex development processes that begin in tender childhood and continue for many years. We are not the mere reflection of the body parts with which we were born, but the result of the experiences that we have lived, so that the path that our personality is going through is absolutely unpredictable and can surprise us until the last day of our life.
As mentioned in previous paragraphs, if we are going to continue using the word man fromForget to focus on those that include us all or that do not contain subjective ideas that respect an absurd hierarchy in which the heterosexual male reigns, since this scheme weakens every second.
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