Most men in our society have developed an attitude which I call “The Mannitude.” This particular attitude is a by product of societal pressure that is embedded upon each and every man while growing up.
As I was going through the comments on my previous post, I was glad that there are men who actually think the way I do. I was expecting lots of rude comments and so on but to my surprise they weren’t. I myself have tried to be a stereotypical man – a man with muscles, a man whistling at girls but like I have stated in the post above, it just didn’t feel right.
It just felt as somebody was dragging me into the hole that I didn’t want to go in.
Being a man isn’t about thinking that the world owes it to you. Being a man is about standing for yourself when need be, not every time something is thrown at you. Being a man is about knowing when you are wrong. Being a man is when you have the ability to shed tears when you have to.
So what the heck is “The Mannitude?”
Mannitude is the attitude men have developed due to societal pressure. The need and desire to be the one to provide and to be the one to take all the credit. In today’s modern world a family is usually run by two person – man and a woman, yet a man is taught to think of himself as a sole provider. “The Mannitude” refers to the knowledge that is give to a boy while he grows up to be a man. The Mannitude is a wrong approach to what is being taught to young boys and girls as to what a man should and act like.
A dad wearing a shirt that says “” while eating at a restaurant with his kids, that’s the mannitude – the wrong attitude. Sending out the wrong message to his own young one’s. Mannitude is a message that an older brother throws at his sibling while he watches TV and says “Boy! Check out her ass. She looks freaking hotttt.” Mannitude is the attitude that the society has taught men from the time they were young as to how they should develop as a man, which in my opinion is a wrong message to be sending out.
Think Men, Think! Is “The Mannitude” worth it when your 15 year old son comes home and says “Dad, I got ( name here ) pregnant! ?” No it isn’t. Give your kids the right message. If you got a mannitude, lose it, bury it and set an example by being different. Being different isn’t always a bad thing. If you got a mannitude, I am sorry to break it to you, but you are no where close to being a real man!
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1 Awareness // Sep 17, 2009 at 10:57
What is ironic about this attitude of men is that under this projection of manhood (mannitude as you call it) is fear. It is a facade built up to compensate for weakness of a poor self image.
2 Rose // Nov 1, 2009 at 08:49
Bravo! Well said! A real man doesn’t have a mannitude. Men with a mannitude turn off women. They need to give up the cave man attitude and get real. Thx, great post!
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