A boy can fall flat on his face with a bloody nose,
And he'll get up and run,
And run, and run, and run he will,
All the way home only so that he can cry.
A girl will simply stand up,
And cry.
What is it about males which requires us to be egoistic?
I wish that men could just set aside differences, and cast away preconceptions.
I wish that men could rejoice in another's victory, even when it is at their own expense.
I wish that men could praise those better than themselves.
I wish that men could learn to drop their facade of strength.
Facade is the key word here. We have become so engrossed and enticed by the appearance of strength, that we have neglected to actually develop any true strength at all. We've fallen so in love with the idea of strength, but only the idea. None of the ideals. We have taught and bred ourselves to sacrifice security for the mere appearance of it.
So being afraid of showing our true selves, we seek to gain a shallow security wrought from whatever acceptance we can get. And that we do by putting on our stupid acts of machismo.
Maybe we should realize that allowing ourselves to show weakness can be a display of true strength, one that stems from a confidence in one's self. But if it is only a display and nothing more, then the true purpose of allowing weakness it lost too. That is why only the truly strong allow themselves to appear weak and emotionally vulnerable; because they are very frankly, not bothered by it.
Society has spent too long inventing boxes to fit people into. We were fine before the boxes came along.
We'll be fine without them.
So be weak *flashes pinky*
And be real *TeenStreet guys, you know*
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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3 comments:
Interestingly, I actually feel that there are girls who are 'masochistic' in a similar sense: being strong on the outside because tears are a sign of a woman's weakness or a ploy to set guys on a guilt trip.
As life plods along, you'll find that the "typical" and "common" (for people and sense respectively) sometimes turns out to be quite the opposite.
We're so confused la.
Yea, we humans are a confused lot aren't we?
I'm guessing that it's basically the same thing, wanting to appear strong. Only that it's somewhat amplified amongst guys.
And really, it all boils down to what too few people are against:
Our innate need to impress others.
It's the same old topic all over again... *sighs*
Btw I think you mean "machoism".
Masochism means something quite different.
=P
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