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to not know what is the definition of a man?

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Elendon · 29/01/2018 14:12

I simply cannot define a man unless I bring biology into it.

Can anyone tell me what the definition of a man is?

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SimonBridges · 30/01/2018 18:05

On my thread I asked how I could dress as male.

I said that to dress as a woman there are a number of choices that are female only, dresses, heels, skirts.
To dress as a man there are no clothes that are really exclusively male.

Evelynismycatsformerspyname · 30/01/2018 18:25

What was the deletion message Simon ? How could deleting that be explained?

ConfusedWife1234 · 30/01/2018 21:16

Bertrand I do not see myself as a woman in the first place. For me things such as ethnic groups, subculture, generation, religion and so on are gar more important when it comes to shared history, just for the statistics.

I also think that there often is no sisterhood among women, just think of the wars about breastfeeding, the right age to have a child, stay at home mom vs. working mom and so on.

Elendon · 31/01/2018 18:49

So Confusedwife1234 can you define brotherhood? You seem to understand sisterhood.

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Elendon · 31/01/2018 18:52

Oh and just for context all my late 40/early 50 year old males have all said no way would they be having children. Way to old for that shit was their preferred view! They all pitied older dads and found them laughable in the playground. Granddad dads they were called.

So much for brotherhood!

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TheBrilliantMistake · 31/01/2018 19:15

I am not sure ConfusedWife1234 'understands' sisterhood as she's essentially challenging what that definition can possibly mean, and there is as much disparity between women's thoughts and feeling as there is between men and women... i.e. what is this sense of 'togetherness'?
I agree with her (from a male perspective). I can find common attributes with other men but I can find just as many disparities, and I can certainly feel more in tune with one woman, than I might do with another man.

As an extreme example, in what ways do I share much common experience with an elderly Australian Aborigine male above and beyond that I share with a middle aged British woman? Just being male seems a pretty tenuous commonality.

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