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Monday, February 6th 2006

2:37 PM

Macho vs Metrosexual – Article I

Is it imperative that macho and metrosexual be entirely divided?

There are many issues that come with the evolution of men. Some men feel threatened by change and some men feel threatened by emotions. These two issues are the basis of the difference macho verses metrosexual men.

The first item of discussion is what a man is. All men develop the same basic anatomy. There are some men who develop breasts due to estrogen levels in their bodies, but there are very few other differences from man to man.

Men develop emotionally based upon their environment, but all men have emotions in the same degree as all women have emotions. The problem is how boys are raised. Society has developed a system of forcing boys to hide their emotions and girls to display their emotions.

The truth of the matter is that men can be strong and sensitive at the same time. It is not imperative for a man to be macho at the expense of being human. Men naturally develop with emotions, but our society teaches men that emotions are bad for them. The truth is that men need to embrace their emotions because without them men are not healthy.

Hiding or denying emotions creates inner turmoil that destroys the inner man and leaves the man angry and unhappy. Not being allowed to express emotions causes men to resent the people around them. They will not express it and may not even know it but they feel anger with the people around them who they feel are preventing them from expressing those emotions.

Metrosexual men understand that they can show emotions and still be masculine since masculinity is more than just brute strength. It is neither imperative nor realistic to separate metrosexualism and strength in males. The difference between macho men and metrosexual men is no more than displayed emotions. This means that metrosexual men bring together the strength of macho men with the emotions of all men and create whole men.

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