From a non-feminist perspective, when does a boy really become a man?

XavierMalory · 2019-02-22T16:27:05+00:00

A boy becomes a man, when he feels the need to be responsible for something he wasn't before.

radicalsyntax · 2019-02-22T16:12:07+00:00

I think it's the circumstances that make the man so it can vary from individual to individual. It's more grey than just a set age.

mgtowolf · 2019-02-22T16:34:13+00:00

It's kind of a dumb concept really, this childhood/adulthood thing. It all really depends on how you decide to define adult, and how much children are coddled.

I grew up in a more rural area, my "childhood" was very different than someone that grew up in the suburbs or a big city. I got my first gun when I was 8 years old, I learned to drive a pickup when I was 11. I had a lot of responsibilities, but I also had a lot of freedom.

Joey_Lopez · 2019-02-22T17:06:19+00:00

When he takes the red pill

Clockw0rk · 2019-02-22T19:08:00+00:00

Biologically: puberty, same as girls, generally the same (mostly) time period and done with it by 18.

Psychologically: when they’re expected to make a living for themselves without family assistance. (This often hits boys before girls)

Emotionally: after having known love, and loss of love. Not necessarily from the same place (family and family pet may suffice). Varies wildly from person to person, boys and girls.

Professionally: 5 years in most professions, as little as two years in some military or other high risk positions. Boys are more often to hit this sooner as girls don’t hold onto jobs very long before seeking other opportunities.

Everything anecdotal. Deal with it.

rustytherooster · 2019-02-22T16:30:08+00:00

In Canada? when he throws off the yoke of indoctrination of the state liberalism

antilopes · 2019-02-23T10:06:22+00:00

No different from when a girl becomes a woman, so far as I know.

It is a process not an event and there are many aspects.
A big part is becoming independent and taking responsibility for yourself in various spheres - financial, social, legal, emotional, spiritual, romantic, sexual, intellectual.

You are born with personality characteristics, then your character develops during your upbringing and interaction with your environment. Each choice you make affects who you become, so choose your companions and role models carefully.

People whose lives have not provided them with enough opportunity for significant choice or enough challenges or hard tests and failures, may feel, correctly or not, that they are not proper grownups.

All this can look different in hindsight. Some people are surprisingly mature while still in their teens or early 20s, and know it. A larger proportion aren't, and don't know it.

MrMelon2008 · 2019-02-23T00:49:51+00:00

When they're 18.

Title	From a non-feminist perspective, when does a boy really become a man?
Author	GenealogyFan77
Upvotes	12
Comments	14
Date	February 22, 2019 4:09 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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