GROWING MACHO MEN
---I was
listening to a woman speaking on a TEDtalk. She said something I found interesting. The
very way that we treat little boys growing up in our society is to ‘’man up,
toughen up, don’t be a sissy, real men don’t cry, etc.’’ We teach them that it
is NOT alright for a male to cry…to have feelings, to NOT be tough or to make
mistakes. If the feeling to cry comes to him, to be a man, he must learn to
suppress that feeling and sublimate the feeling into a not crying situation. She said
that this statement, this dynamic, is directly responsible for the violence
that we are facing in our communities.
CLICK THOUGHTOON!
---I am very
interested in what she is saying. It supports much of what we have been talking
about. There was a saying that she used that I never heard before. She heard a
former NFL player use this expression. ‘’Boys who can't cry, shoot bullets.’’
---We
certainly can see that one can’t get his needs met if he keeps them so hidden. We have to get our music out while it is still music.
1. People need connection with one
another.
2. We are all designed to find our
tribe.
3. We all need one person who sees who
we are…and loves us UNCONDITIONALLY.
4. Some men believe their manhood or value is
in their muscles, money or mojo.
5. Some men wear a mask (not themselves) to protect themselves
from shaming or criticism usually from other men. The mask talked about here is the psychological mask people use to hide behind. This was originally written well before Covid-19 was on the scene.
t
---Please listen to
video yourself BELOW. She makes a lot of sense.
NICOLE EMMA
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