THE MAN'S CASE

In my culture, a man is exactly that.

A MAN.

He cannot dare to be less.

He cannot aspire to be just a little lesser than what is expected.

He is a MAN.

He is born with responsibilities lining up before and after him.

It is somewhat automatic, the transference of responsibilities and feelings and behavior.

And somewhere in the middle of all this, is the expectation to continue tradition.

Tradition is good. Culture is good also.

But at the expense of the human, tradition should be evaluated.

The man is expected to accept everything, to be stonelike, in heart and character.

He is expected to handle feelings like meat under the butcher's knife.

Talking is for the weaker sex.

The strength of a man is evaluated by his arrogance, his disregard for others, his insensitivity.

Such metrics are normal, and deviations are abnormal.

The MAN grows under expectations and whether he knows it or not, he measures everything that he does, measures all of his achievements by these expectations.

The MAN.

Emphasis on capital letters.

So many things that he hides, so many things that he keeps to himself.

To be continued!

You guys!!!!!

June is Men's Health Month, and I'm going to be writing about men this whole entire month!

Yes, an entire series dedicated to men.

I am quivering in excitement!

So, stay tuned!

There's more.

P.S. This photo belongs to Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.